Private Wealth

Protecting and nurturing private wealth worldwide, with tailored advice and a personal touch for every stage of your family's journey.

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Jurisdictions

Our private wealth team sits in London, Paris, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai.

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Languages

Our team works in business-level fluency in eleven languages.

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Lawyers

Our private wealth team of over 50 lawyers supports HNW and UHNW clients around the world.

Managing personal and family wealth in today’s world is more complex than ever. Clients face evolving tax, legal, regulatory and commercial challenges that need to be addressed and managed so that they can focus on what matters most to them.

Clients turn to us when they want to protect and structure their wealth for the future. Typical needs include navigating cross-border regulations, planning for family and business succession, investment and tax advice, and supporting charitable or not-for-profit ambitions. Many seek a holistic approach, ensuring every aspect of their wealth aligns with their values and long-term goals.

Operating from London, Paris, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai, our international private wealth team supports clients from all backgrounds, combining deep local insight with seamless global coordination.

The firm are one of the top international private client advisers in Hong Kong, Asia more broadly, London and globally.

The Legal 500 Hong Kong 2025

We anticipate risks before they surface, design robust yet flexible structures, and stay with your family so that plans made today still work tomorrow. What sets us apart is the way we work with you: personal, pragmatic, and relentlessly focused on outcomes. By building long term relationships, we become your trusted sounding board, protecting and nurturing your wealth at every stage of your journey.

The result: peace of mind and the freedom to focus on what matters most to you.

Our Services

We have an in-depth understanding of the complexities our clients face when it comes to wealth preservation, family governance, tax and succession planning. Clients come to us for our sector knowledge and experience, along with our ‘can do’ approach, great service levels and attention to detail.

With a truly international footprint and strong local insight, we provide seamless, cross-border support—ensuring our advice is both globally coordinated and locally effective, wherever our clients are based.

We have a strong reputation for advising on complex, high value trust and family disputes, often relating to assets located in multiple jurisdictions within intricate offshore structures.

Recognising the deeply personal nature of private wealth disputes, we work closely with our clients to deliver long-term, pragmatic solutions that achieve the best possible outcomes.

For more information, view our Private Wealth Disputes services. 

Family offices are as diverse as the families they represent. Whether establishing a new family office, working with an existing structure, or engaging a multi-family office, we support clients at every stage.

We specialise in complex, cross border structuring, particularly where business interests, corporate entities, and personal wealth intersect. Our advice is tailored to meet the evolving needs of modern families, ensuring long-term resilience, privacy, and alignment with their values and goals.

For more information, view our Family Offices and Family Businesses services. 

Navigating personal tax in a global environment can be complex, especially for individuals with international ties or assets. Clients often seek clarity and confidence as they manage cross-border tax obligations, succession planning, and investments in the UK.

Wherever you are resident we can provide guidance on structuring your affairs efficiently and ensuring compliance with ever-evolving tax regulations. We support clients with international personal tax planning, succession strategies, and tax-efficient inward investment into the UK, including real estate. We also work seamlessly with our colleagues in corporate tax to deliver end-to-end legal insight across all aspects of direct and indirect taxation, including VAT, for individuals and businesses operating in the UK and globally.

For more information, view our Personal Tax services. 

Our immigration team provides comprehensive advice on citizenship, residency and immigration matters for private clients and corporate entities around the world.

We assist high-net-worth individuals and their families with relocating internationally, whether for lifestyle, investment, education, or business reasons, and support clients looking to establish or expand businesses in new jurisdictions.

For more information, view our Immigration services. 

Our team has extensive experience advising family offices, trusts and individuals on all legal aspects relating to prime residential real estate, as well as a wide range of commercial property matters.

We support clients from the UK and internationally with their real estate investments across global markets, offering pragmatic, commercially focused legal advice to guide major property decisions with confidence.

For more information, view our Real Estate services. 

Our team has extensive experience in establishing charitable organisations and foundations, and advising donors on the legal and financial implications of charitable giving.

We act for many charities, not-for-profit organisations, trusts and philanthropically minded families and individuals. Our advice is tailored, meaningful and focused on helping clients structure and advance their philanthropic and charitable endeavours.

Our clients hold a diverse range of high value assets across multiple jurisdictions. We guide them through the different laws and regulations that govern the ownership, management, protection and transfer of such assets.

Our understanding of the business practices, legal requirements, taxation implications, insurance risks and financial needs within these sectors, allows us to deliver commercially focused advice that aligns with each client's broader wealth strategy.

For more information, view our Luxury Assets services. 

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