Grounded Ingenuity | Refined Results

Leveraging more than twenty years of experience serving clients in the financial sector, our firm has carved out a strong standing as the preferred organisation for businesses in search of tailored and inventive legal guidance.

We advise private clients including families, high net worth individuals and family offices on trusts, wealth management, estate planning, tax planning, asset protection, Canadian immigration and Hong Kong immigration as well as on the making of investments. Our work in this area leverages our market leading practices in financial services regulation, hedge funds and private equity.

WHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU

Armed with deep insights into our client's industries, Timothy Loh LLP is ready to navigate you through the legal complexities with the following:

Regulatory Advice

We can assist you by:
  • Guiding you through the legal process of setting up family offices

  • Advising on the application of licensing requirements, applying for SFC licenses from the Securities and Futures Commission (“SFC”) under the Securities and Futures Ordinance (“SFO”) and structuring family offices to minimize triggering SFC licensing requirements

  • Advising on insider trading and market manipulation laws as well as other laws in respect of trading strategies

  • Advising on disclosure of interests obligations

Trusts

We can guide you through:
  • Trust creation to protect your wealth and family assets from erosion through taxation or creditor action (including hostile spouses and other family members) and to ensure the orderly management and distribution of income and capital to current and future generations of the family

  • The selection of a trustee, the terms and conditions of the trust deed and related documentation including letters wishes and the establishment of a captive private trust company to serve as the trustee of a family trust

  • The administration of family trusts including compliance with fiduciary duties and tax laws

Family Offices

We can advise on the following:
  • Inventive strategies that help you unlock capital from your businesses including by the sale of your business, the sale of an interest in your business borrowing and lending arrangements (to be secured by clients’ businesses and their assets) to provide personal liquidity or liquidity for their businesses

  • Employment of investment professionals and other staff. This includes employment agreements, confidentiality, non-disclosure and restrictive covenants, and termination of employment

  • Tax strategies to minimize tax liabilities, including the applicability of the family investment holding vehicle concession

Due Diligence

We will guide you on external investments into hedge funds, private equity or businesses and can advise on:

  • Term sheets, limited partnership agreements (“LPAs”), private placement memoranda (“PPMs”), and subscription agreements

  • Side letters

  • Investment agreements or shareholder agreements to facilitate stakes in general partners (“GPs”) or investment management groups

  • Co-investment arrangements

  • Strategies to minimize tax liabilities for investments into hedge funds and commitments to private equity

  • We can advise on terms and conditions for opening accounts with financial institutions. Whether this would be for trading, custody and the provision of bespoke segregated account asset management services

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COMPLIANCE

Regulatory Advice
We can assist you by:
  • Guiding you through the legal process of setting up family offices including

  • Advising on the application of licensing requirements, applying for SFC licenses from the Securities and Futures Commission (“SFC”) under the Securities and Futures Ordinance (“SFO”) and structuring family offices to minimize triggering SFC licensing requirements

  • Advising on insider trading and market manipulation laws as well as other laws in respect of trading strategies

  • Advising on disclosure of interests obligations

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SOLUTIONS

Trusts
We can guide you through:
  • Trust creation to protect your wealth and family assets from erosion through taxation or creditor action (including hostile spouses and other family members) and to ensure the orderly management and distribution of income and capital to current and future generations of the family

  • The selection of a trustee, the terms and conditions of the trust deed and related documentation including letters wishes and the establishment of a captive private trust company to serve as the trustee of a family trust

  • The administration of family trusts including compliance with fiduciary duties and tax laws

Family Offices
We can advise on the following:
  • Inventive strategies that help you unlock capital from your businesses including by the sale of your business, the sale of an interest in your business borrowing and lending arrangements (to be secured by clients’ businesses and their assets) to provide personal liquidity or liquidity for their businesses

  • Employment of investment professionals and other staff, including employment agreements, confidentiality, non-disclosure and restrictive covenants and termination of employment

  • Tax strategies to minimize tax liabilities including the applicability of the family investment holding vehicle concession

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INVESTMENTS

Due Diligence

We will guide you on external investments into hedge funds, private equity or businesses and can advise on:

  • Term sheets, limited partnership agreements (“LPAs”), private placement memoranda (“PPMs”), and subscription agreements

  • Side letters

  • Investment agreements or shareholder agreements to facilitate stakes in general partners (“GPs”) or investment management groups

  • Co-investment arrangements

  • Strategies to minimize tax liabilities for investments into hedge funds and commitments to private equity

  • We can advise on terms and conditions for opening accounts with financial institutions for trading and custody and the provision of bespoke segregated account asset management services

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HOW WE OPERATE

Our pursuit of excellence anchors the firm's sophisticated approach.

We blend professionalism with dedication, enabling us to provide exceptional legal services.

Our practices are encapsulated within these domains:

Capital Preservation

Capital Preservation

With a client-first approach, we are committed to safeguarding your wealth and assets. Whether through tailored trust setup, family holding company structures or otherwise, we offer tools to provide robust protection against taxation or potential creditor actions.

Family Offices

Family Offices

We prioritize your needs by guiding you in setting up family offices, navigating regulatory complexities such as SFC licensing and providing strategic options to structure family offices to minimise the possibility of triggering SFC licensing requirements.

Liquidity

Liquidity

We advise on arrangements to unlock your business capital, advising on the sale of interests in your businesses, as well as borrowing and lending arrangements secured by interests or assets in your businesses. With a blend of strategic insight and commitment to clear communication, we provide liquidity solutions tailored to your personal or business needs.

Investments

Investments

Whether you are investing in hedge funds, private equity or directly in businesses, we guide you through due diligence, deal structuring, and deal documentation. We review LPAs, PPMs, term sheets and prepare side letters and investment agreements for stakes in GPs or investment management groups. We simplify the process of opening accounts, including discretionary asset management accounts with private banks and wealth managers. We provide a seamless and efficient account setup.

Tax Planning

Tax Planning

We provide tax planning advice in respect of tax optimal investment structures and the minimization of tax liabilities on the passing of assets from one generation to another.

In Private Clients & Family Offices, our practice has been recognised by:

“Elite Practitioner”

“Highly Regarded Lawyer”

“Recommended Practice”

“Leading Lawyer”

OUR EXPERIENCE

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