23rd September 2022: Greater Bay Area Legal Seminar on Trusts and Family Succession Planning

Mr. Henry Wai, the Vice-Chairman of the Greater China Legal Affairs Committee of the Law Society of Hong Kong, on behalf of the Law Society of Hong Kong, gave a speech on “Family Offices, Limited Partnership Funds, and Family Succession Planning” in the Greater Bay Area Legal Seminar on 23rd September 2022, where Mr. Wai addressed on the following topics:-

  • What are family offices
  • Structure of family offices 
  • Structure and tools family offices use to hold assets 
  • Major provisions of the Limited Partnership Fund    Ordinance (Cap. 637) 
  • Registration of limited partnership funds 
  • Operation of limited partnership funds 
  • Structure of limited partnership funds in Hong Kong 
  • Redomiciling funds to Hong Kong 
  • Benefits of setting up limited partnership funds      in Hong Kong 
  • Preferential policies as to family offices in Hong Kong 
  • Preconditions for tax concessions for family-owned
    investment holding vehicle  
  • The FamilyOfficeHK set up by the InvestHK 
  • Advantages of Hong Kong as a wealth management
    hub
  • Scope of further reform of trust law in Hong Kong