AI now supports many parts of the private wealth industry, but families continue to look for advisers who bring personal understanding and clear judgement. At the Citywealth IFC Awards 2026 we honour the people who use innovation wisely and keep the focus on the individuals they serve.
Read moreAdvising members of a well-known Hong Kong family in the real estate business on settlement of an offshore trust structure and related restructuring of Hong Kong companies and underlying assets for succession planning. This matter involves large-scale real estate projects over USD2 billion.
Advising a Hong Kong private real estate developer on the restructuring of various trusts involving large scale real estate portfolio worth USD1 billion in Hong Kong for succession planning and tax efficiency purposes. This involves restructuring of multiple loans, distributions of shares and investment portfolio to beneficiaries (with such distributions successfully adjudicated by the Stamp Office), winding up of trusts and liquidation of private trust companies. Stamp duty exemption was initially denied but was appealed and successfully obtained subsequently. The jurisdictions involved in this matter include BVI, Cayman, Liberia and Hong Kong.
Advising on the USD250 million acquisition of a hotel in Canada using a trust structure to address compliance, confidentiality and tax concerns for a Hong Kong based family.
Advising a single family office with over US$5 billion in assets in Hong Kong, U.K., U.S. and Canada in all matters including tax, compliance, investment structures and M&A, litigation, succession planning and management matters. Because of the jurisdictions and nature of work involved, we work extensively with foreign counsel and other advisors as needed to ensure the client‘s objectives are met.
Advising a well-known entrepreneur in PRC in analyzing the taxation and overseas investment of family members. We designed and implemented the reorganization of approximately US$ 3 billion of assets into an offshore family trust.
AI now supports many parts of the private wealth industry, but families continue to look for advisers who bring personal understanding and clear judgement. At the Citywealth IFC Awards 2026 we honour the people who use innovation wisely and keep the focus on the individuals they serve.
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What Is OBBBA and Why It Matters for Global Wealth.
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The Intersection of Art, Activism, and the Value of Protest. We hear that a court ruled that graffiti works were protected under the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 in New York and the developer was ordered to pay the maximum amount of statutory damages of $6.75 million.
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As the global wealth landscape shifts eastward, Hong Kong and Singapore have become the twin anchors of private wealth in Asia. Bronze Lion outside Chinese red temple.
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This week’s 60-second piece is dedicated to Clifford Ng, Co-Managing partner at Zhong Lun Law Firm LLP, Hong Kong.
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As China celebrates 75 years of communism, Citywealth caught up with leading advisors in the region to get an update on the current environment.
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