Private Client Practice
Personal wealth in China has grown rapidly over the last few decades. People have started to pay more attention to the preservation and growth of personal wealth and estate planning. JunHe’s private client team helps clients plan for the management of family businesses and assets. We help build a firewall between individual and corporate assets for risk prevention and design customized estate planning. JunHe’s experienced team can advise on ways to prevent and respond to disputes regarding marriage, family and inheritance.
Our Team
Our private client team consists of partners with specialization in many different areas. At the same time, our private client team works closely with other teams specializing in practice areas such as corporate matters, capital markets, tax law, labor, and dispute resolution. Our valued clients benefit from the rich experience of our teams of more than 1,000 professionals throughout twelve offices within and outside China. We collaborate with leading trust companies and professional service agencies in private client practice from various overseas countries and regions. Therefore, we can use our rich international experience on one hand and our thorough understanding of China on the other, to provide domestic and international private client solutions and relevant legal services.
Core Fields
Business and Family Wealth
Provide advice on the establishment of companies
Pre-IPO planning and post-IPO governance of family businesses
Design equity ownership of family businesses, and optimize governance structures
Draft family agreements for family members to get involved in, manage and own businesses
Trusts and Foundations
Pre-IPO trusts
Offshore trusts
Foreign foundations
Insurance trusts
Equity trusts
Stock trusts
Family Wealth Planning
Wealth management planning for marriage of high-net-worth individuals
Prenuptial and marriage agreements
Estate planning for high-net-worth families
International estate planning
Bequest of equity interest
Advising on the handing down of a family enterprise to family members or the sale of a family enterprise to third parties
Comprehensive estate planning
Taxation
Tax planning for transactions and businesses
Advise on the tax issues of enterprises, individuals and transactions
Tax planning and compliance
Transactions
Purchase and sale of real estate and artworks and related financing arrangements
Pledge of artworks
Purchase and sale of airplanes and related financing arrangements
Sale of equity interest or assets in China or other jurisdictions
Philanthropic Planning
Charitable giving and charitable organizations
Dispute Resolution
Marriage and family disputes
Inheritance disputes
Company-related disputes
Request for admitting and enforcing civil judgments and decisions made by foreign courts