Structures and Succession
Legal frameworks for long horizons.
Capital, Family and Place
On belonging, optionality, and a more resilient future.
Optionality is easier to acquire than to maintain. A second residence, a holding company and a trust each carry obligations, and the question is which of them a family will still understand in twenty years.
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Hong Kong’s Enduring Advantage
Why the city remains indispensable for cross-border families.
Predictions of Hong Kong's decline tend to measure the wrong things. For families whose affairs cross borders, the city's usefulness rests on courts, professionals and records that continue to work as expected.
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The Next Generation Offshore
Succession, substance, and the jurisdictions that still make sense.
Offshore structures built for a previous generation often outlive their purpose. Substance requirements, information exchange and the scrutiny of a new generation of heirs have thinned the field to jurisdictions still doing the real work: staffed offices, filed accounts, decisions made where they claim to be made.
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The Next Hong Kong
Capital, jurisdiction, and the city’s enduring advantage.
Hong Kong’s role in global finance is often misunderstood. A closer look at its institutional depth, legal architecture, and regional position suggests a more durable story.
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Essays on cross-border capital, corporate structuring, and family-wealth succession.