Private Client, Probate & Trust

Helping individuals preserve and enhance their wealth over the long-term comes with investment strategy, overall strategy and structure.

Acquisition and Protection of Art Collections
Acquisition and Protection of Art Collections 1600 1200 Alfred Ip

Common issues for art law include valuation, how to protect and acquire ownership of Intellectual Property Rights in art, cross-border transfer and more.

Trust Focus Week: Private Trust Companies
Trust Focus Week: Private Trust Companies 1200 795 Alfred Ip

If you would like to carry on your family business for successive generations and you feel that the retention of such shares is of utmost importance and that you do not want a third-party trustee to interfere with the management of the business, then a PTC or a VISTA Trust may be the solution for you.

Trust Focus Week: Choice of Trustees
Trust Focus Week: Choice of Trustees 1700 1133 Alfred Ip

The major hurdle is finding the right trustee since there is no standard answer as the wishes of the settlor, family circumstances and asset picture or holding structure can all affect the choice of trustee.

Trust Focus Week: Different Types of Trusts
Trust Focus Week: Different Types of Trusts 1000 1499 Alfred Ip

There are different types of trusts for different purposes depending on the settlor’s needs and goals, while the essential characteristic of all trusts is the separation of legal and beneficial ownership.

Trust Focus Week: An Introduction to Trusts – A Medieval Concept Still Relevant Today
Trust Focus Week: An Introduction to Trusts – A Medieval Concept Still Relevant Today 1200 801 Alfred Ip

In the modern days when even chivalry has been pronounced dead by many, trusts remain relevant, especially for those who wish to protect family wealth and plan for succession.

Power and Duties of the Executor of a Will
Power and Duties of the Executor of a Will 1600 1040 Alfred Ip

Anyone making a Will should carefully consider how to choose the executor, and whether to put in additional clauses governing the powers and duties of the executor in the Will.

Domicile and Why it’s More Than Just Where You Live
Domicile and Why it’s More Than Just Where You Live 598 417 Alfred Ip

A person’s place of domicile carries potentially significant legal and practical consequences that may not immediately be apparent

Cryptocurrencies in the Complicated World of Tax, Estate and Trust Law
Cryptocurrencies in the Complicated World of Tax, Estate and Trust Law 1051 701 Alfred Ip

What happens to virtual currencies once the owner has passed away? Is an individual able to distribute such assets if he wishes to do so through his will?

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Proper Estate Planning: When there is a Will, there is a Way!
Proper Estate Planning: When there is a Will, there is a Way! 960 640 Hugill & Ip

If you want a proper way to plan for your succession and ensure your loved ones are looked after in your absence, you need a Will.

Enduring Power of Attorney: Sound Advice for the Unsound Mind!
Enduring Power of Attorney: Sound Advice for the Unsound Mind! 1050 701 Alfred Ip

Most people plan their succession properly. However, they do not envision the possibility of them ever becoming mentally incapacitated.

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