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HOW WE CAN HELP REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE ACCOLADES

At Vivien Chan & Co., we pride ourselves on our experience in being close counsel to high net worth individuals and generations of established families.

From formation of trust to acquisition of asset portfolios across jurisdictions, our lawyers are experienced in dealing with the most delicate and confidential issues, ensuring that our private clients receive the finest tailor-made legal support. Our lawyers are well versed in different aspects of legal practices and work in collaboration to serve clients’ needs.

HOW WE CAN HELP

Art, antiques and collectibles (digital and tangible)
Charities, donation schemes and arrangements
Defamation
Establishment of trusts and foundations
Immigration law, citizenship and domiciliation
Pre-nuptial and Post-nuptial agreements
Trust vehicles for wealth management

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

ART, ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES (DIGITAL AND TANGIBLE)

Advise on equitable distribution of antiques collection in divorce proceedings
Advise on issues of ownership title of antiques portfolio acquisition for a private art museum
Devise a trust structure for holding cryptocurrency and virtual assets

TRUSTEES’ DUTIES AND DISPUTES

Represent a settlor of a discretionary family trust who is a co-founder of a leading property company against the trustee for failure to comply with the letter of wishes issued by the settlor, breach of duties and conflict of interest
Advise settlor of irrevocable trust with international assets on tax arrangements and ways to circumvent the trust vehicle when the settlor changed his mind

CHARITIES, DONATION SCHEMES AND ARRANGEMENTS

Advise high net worth individual on creation of charitable trust and tax structure
Represent a charitable foundation in setting aside an acquisition of antiques portfolio based on false representation of origin

DISPUTES RESOLUTION

Represent a high net worth individual in enforcing oral consultancy agreements for back door listing and defending claims for the return of convertible bond issue as remuneration
Represent a high net worth PRC individual to pursue his claims exceeding HKD180 million against a securities house and the management with respect to the share repurchase arrangement
Counsel to a founder of a decacorn company in her disputes with the co-founders to protect her interest during the funding rounds and IPO application

ESTATE PLANNING, WILLS AND SUCCESSION

Counsel to a high net worth individual in structuring a tax expedient succession plan involving multi-billion dollars assets across multiple jurisdictions
Counsel to founder of family business in restructuring of corporate vehicles for estate planning

AUTOMOBILES, YACHTS AND JETS

Advise high net worth individual on private jet acquisition, aircraft management arrangement and aviation rights
Advise high net worth individual on private yacht construction, navigation rights and acquisition

TRUST VEHICLES AND WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Establish a trust company for a major private manufacturing business in Hong Kong, devised trustee control mechanism and advised on restructuring of the trust
Advise trustee of a major German family discretionary trust on distribution of trust properties in different jurisdictions to settlor's children and unmarried spouses on passing of the settlor

DEFAMATION

Lead counsel in cross-border libel actions against the publisher in China and the distributor in Hong Kong on serious bribery allegations
Represent a venture capitalist to stop a cyberbullying campaign directed at him through successfully taking down the disparaging posts from multiple platforms of different jurisdictions

WHAT OTHERS SAY

"Amway has been a loyal and satisfied client of Vivien Chan & Co. from the very beginning. The excellent service, depth of knowledge and most importantly, the sage advice you and the lawyers of Vivien Chan & Co. have provided to Amway have been an integral part of our success in Hong Kong and China."

~ Amway ・ Alticor

"Vivien Chan is a master of strategy. When I need strategic counsel in a difficult situation, I come to her."

~ Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

"Vivien and her team are always responsive and informative regarding the legal options available to our clients and the practical considerations."

~Coats & Bennett

"I have been impressed with the responsiveness of the team of lawyers at Vivien Chan & Co. and their ability to always find practical insightful solutions to our legal and business issues."

~ Tom Group Ltd

"As a renowned legal advisor, throughout the years Vivien Chan & Co. has made numerous contributions that helped clients realize their vision and goal. Congratulations on running one of the finest law firms in Hong Kong!"

~Esquel Enterprises Ltd

ACCOLADES

CORPHUB HONG KONG'S MOST OUTSTANDING BUSINESS AWARDS

Greater China's Most Outstanding Full-Service Law Firm
of the Year 2022

WHO’S WHO LEGAL

Thought Leaders 2021 and 2022
China and Hong Kong
Ms Vivien Chan

THE SILICON REVIEW

50 Most Trustworthy Companies of the Year 2020

BENCHMARK LITIGATION

ASIA-PACIFIC AWARD

Notable Domestic Firm for Private Client
in Hong Kong 2020

APAC INSIDER BUSINESS INSIDER AWARDS

Best Full-Service Law Firm
in Greater China 2019

ASIAN LEGAL BUSINESS

Dispute Resolution Boutique Law Firm of the Year 2019 (Finalist)

ACQUISITION INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE

Acquisition International 2019
Global Excellence Awards

CORP TODAY MAGAZINE

Global Business Awards:
Best Corporate Service Providers 2019
Hong Kong

LAWYER MONTHLY MAGAZINE

PRIVATE CLIENT AWARDS - CHARITIES AND FOUNDATIONS

Lawyer of the Year 2018
China

China Business and Trade Family Law Insolvency and Restructuring Litigation and Dispute Resolution Mergers and Acquisitions Real Estate Tax and Wealth Planning

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