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At Rajah & Tann Asia, we are dedicated to supporting and helping you to manage, protect and grow your wealth and investments every step of the way. You can place your confidence in us as we see ourselves as your trusted advisers, looking to build strong relationships with you and your future generations. We are well equipped to deal with the sophisticated issues that you and your family may face, and we remain dedicated to delivering tailored solutions to meet every specific need.

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New Screening Report Requirement for S13O, S13U Tax Incentive Applications by Family Offices

This new requirement is part of a series of moves by MAS to heighten regulatory scrutiny of family offices, with a focus on money laundering risks.

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Here for you and your future generations

Our team is based in Singapore, which is strategically located in the heart of Asia and one of Asia’s leading wealth management hubs, with a stable government and robust legal and regulatory infrastructure. The country’s tax and trust laws provide for confidentiality, flexibility and protection of assets of high net worth individuals and families. With a deep understanding of these local laws, coupled with an international perspective, we have built a strong reputation in helping our private clients, many of whom are on Forbes lists across the world, make critical decisions to implement their wealth and succession planning objectives.

Our team of legal experts adopt a comprehensive approach to help you manage, protect and grow your wealth and investments, and we will remain close to assist you and your family through the various phases of your life from wealth accumulation to wealth maintenance and finally to wealth distribution. Whether your goal is tax efficiency, philanthropy, asset protection or the smooth transfer of wealth to the next generation, we are here to guide you through the process to realise these goals. Should a dispute arise, whether it relates to a trust, estate or will or a broader family or commercial disagreement, we recognise that going to court is not always the answer. Our industry leading dispute lawyers, including a bench of 7 Senior Counsel will be accessible to give you clear and dispassionate advice on your options.

Our focus remains and will always be to provide the highest levels of bespoke services to our most discerning client base.

Tax, Trusts and Estate Wealth Planning and Structuring

In an increasingly globalised environment, we recognise that there is no one-size-fits-all solution to structure your personal and business assets. Our team is here to help you navigate complex trusts and tax laws and can assist you in creating bespoke tax-efficient structures to effectively manage your assets and investments.

We believe that the key to effective wealth structuring is stability and flexibility. By leveraging our deep expertise in tax, we can assist you in implementing a personalised framework to provide long-term asset protection while ensuring flexibility and discretion to meet changing personal and business needs. In this regard, we frequently assist clients across the region in setting up sophisticated holding structures to benefit from various tax incentive schemes.

Working closely with leading trust companies, private banks and accounting firms, our goal is to provide you with a seamless experience in preserving and managing your wealth for you and your future generations.

Our wealth of experience sees us well-equipped to provide commercially savvy advice in both local and cross-border tax and trust matters across the entire spectrum of our clients’ legal needs. Examples include advising on the personal and corporate income tax, Goods and Services Tax and stamp duty. Our team includes highly experienced tax and private wealth practitioners who are award-winning and globally recognised for their expertise.

Business Succession Planning

As your business expands and your family matures, we can assist you in handing over the reins of the family business from one generation to the next.

Our work encompasses all aspects of structuring and restructuring closely held family businesses across various jurisdictions, including the creation of strategic ownership structures and advising you on the tax implications arising from the transfer of your business to the next generation.

Each family has a unique dynamic, and we strive to forge strong links between current and future generations of your family by ensuring that any restructuring plans are carefully integrated with Family Governance frameworks. In this regard, we view ourselves as trusted advisors who can provide you with the peace of mind to ensure that your family business is managed effectively for generations to come.

We also regularly advise on and draft complex pre- and post-nuptial agreements and work closely with our clients to provide personal and effective advice on their wealth planning and preservation desires in the context of marriage.

Family Office Set Up, Funds and Investment Management and Governance

Establishing a family office to grow and protect your family’s wealth is an important milestone for many. If you are considering setting up a Family Office in Asia to actively invest and manage your family’s assets, our highly experienced team is ready to help guide you along every step of the process. This includes utilising a Variable Capital Company as a fund vehicle.

By analysing your assets and the location of these assets, our team will suggest various appropriate family office structures and help secure the available tax incentives for your fund. Our experienced team will seamlessly handle all aspects from tax advice to fund establishment and employment issues.

We have deep expertise in the setting up of both single and multi-family offices and will help you navigate the tax implications of holding your assets in various jurisdictions to ensure compliance with international and local tax laws, transfer pricing rules and investment regulations.

We frequently work with family offices on the recruitment of key personnel, including the negotiation of employment agreements, and the development of deferred compensation structures designed to align the interests of the employee with those of the family.

Wills and Probate

We can help you prepare for the inevitable by ensuring that future generations are well taken care of. This includes drafting jurisdiction-specific or worldwide wills, establishing family trusts, applying for lasting powers of attorney, resealing overseas wills and applying for grants of probate.

Working together with our regional offices and international partners, we often handle multi-jurisdictional wills and probates.

Investment Products & Real Estate

Whether you want to leave a legacy to your family for generations to come, assure the continuation of a business you have built or make a significant impact through philanthropy, life insurance policies when used strategically, can help you address these goals.

We have a wealth of experience to advise you in selecting the appropriate insurance products to maximise your wealth and pass it on to the people or causes that are important to you with less risk and the potential for greater tax efficiency.

Whatever the current state of the property market, experience counts. We have handled some of the largest real estate transactions in Singapore and have guided high net worth individuals, privately owned companies and family offices on all aspects of their corporate real estate portfolios, spanning investment and acquisition, financing, development, planning, construction, management and disposal. We also work with important players in the property industry such as agents and developers to find both personal and commercial solutions for our clients.

Our extensive Rajah & Tann Asia network also enables us to tap into the resources of our regional offices and international partners, giving us the means to provide our clients with on-the-ground experience specific to their context and the jurisdiction they are located in.

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Philanthropy and Charitable Giving

If you are looking to establish and register grant-making foundations or charities in Singapore, we can guide you through the process, including registering your charity under the local charities’ regime and other relevant schemes.

Depending on your individual needs and preferences, we can assist in the creation of suitable charitable vehicles including charitable trusts, societies and companies limited by guarantee. When donating to charitable causes, we can help you maximise tax-efficiency whilst ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations in order to facilitate lifetime and charitable giving.

Dispute Resolution

Whenever a dispute arises, whether it relates to a trust, estate or will issue or a broader commercial disagreement, for our private clients, we recognise and understand the special needs, dynamics and politics of families, family businesses and personal relationships. Going to court may not always be the answer to every problem. Our industry leading dispute lawyers, including eight Senior Counsel, have been consistently involved in landmark disputes across the region and stand ready to guide you through any legal minefields.

Immigration

If you or any of your family members have decided to make Singapore your home, our highly experienced team can help advise you on the numerous residency schemes available in Singapore. We have particular expertise in applications under the Global Investor Program and can assist you in selecting the most appropriate immigration option.

Our team is discrete and solution-oriented and can assist you with unusual or extraordinary immigration requests.

We support and advise clients with any link to Switzerland and surrounding European countries. Be it family members, real estate, foundations, trusts, or any other form of wealth in Switzerland or Europe, our highly experienced team provides domestic and cross-border advice in matters across the entire spectrum of your legal needs.

Fine Art

For many of the world’s most successful, the passion of collecting art and artifacts can be a lifetime endeavour. The sophisticated nature of art requires equally sophisticated legal advice, our team of art law experts are here to provide you with unmatched services and advice to help you navigate your way through the world of fine art.

Our private client services encompass all art-related affairs, such as tax, trusts, estate and will matters. Having served high-profile figures, international institutions and private individuals our team of award-winning practitioners have the capabilities to aid in local and cross-jurisdictional transactions, such as in the sale, purchase, consignment and loan processes. We also provide advice on fraud or criminal aspects of art and ensure your art dealings adhere to all compliance obligations.

We are equipped with the means to verify provenance of fine art pieces, conduct comprehensive research on collectibles of significance that might cater to your interests and can also assist you in the setup and management of any kind of art investment structures.

Should the need arise, our clients have access to top dispute resolution specialists for contentious cases where questions of ownership, copyright and authenticity are brought up. The Rajah & Tann Asia network provides us with a wide range of expertise that include an international network of art contacts, insurers and auctioneers.

We are here to ensure your journey through the world of fine art is frictionless, with confidentiality at the forefront, and much like your wealth, Rajah & Tann Asia is committed to preserving and growing your fine art collection and investments.

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Recognition

Band 1 – Private Wealth Law (Singapore)

Chambers High Net Worth (2024)
Band 1 – Family Offices & Funds Structuring (Singapore)

Chambers High Net Worth (2024)
Tier 1 – Private Wealth & Family Law (Singapore)

The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific (2024)
Tier 2 – Family and Matrimonial (Singapore)

Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific (2024)
Highly Recommended – Private Client (Singapore)

Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific (2024)
Matrimonial and Family Law Firm of the Year (Singapore)

ALB SE Asia Law Awards (2020)
"Rajah & Tann Singapore has a strong family office practice. The team provides services that establish, advise on and restructure family offices."

Chambers High Net Worth (2024) (Singapore)
"Rajah & Tann Singapore provides high net worth individuals with business succession planning and trusts advice. The firm also advises financial institutions and the owners of closely held businesses."

Chambers High Net Worth (2024) (Singapore)
"Advises a substantial number of ultra-high-net-worth individuals and wealthy families in Asia and worldwide, along with a range of institutional clients. It continues to work intensively in the establishment of family offices and in business succession planning. It has a prestigious record in wills and probate, family and matrimonial law, real estate, integrated tax, and trusts and estate wealth planning and structuring, among other areas."

The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific (2024) (Singapore)
"The team is very knowledgeable on all matters trust and tax related in Singapore and are one of the first firms you think of for advice. [They] provide first-class trust and tax advice in Singapore."

The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific (2024) (Singapore)
"R&T team takes a practical and sound approach to its legal advice. In an increasing complex regulatory and fast evolving legal changes, R&T maintains its agility and is at the forefront of keeping clients informed."

The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific (2024) (Singapore)
"The Rajah & Tann team is able to deliver robust and clear advice to clients, and their grasp of Singapore tax risks in particular is strong given the background of their lead partner who used to head the legal team at the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore."

The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific (2024) (Singapore)

Advises a substantial number of ultra-high-net-worth individuals and wealthy families in Asia and worldwide, along with a range of institutional clients... has a prestigious record in wills and probate, family and matrimonial law, real estate, integrated tax, and trusts and estate wealth planning and structuring, among other areas.”

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2024) (Singapore)