Patricia Woo LLB

Patricia Woo is a fund, trust and tax lawyer noted for her practice in helping global ultra-high-net-worth families set up and operate investment-centric, service-centric and comprehensive value-centric family offices. Her expertise spans structuring of single family offices and multi-family offices, regulatory licensing and exemption, family investment guidelines, internal control and compliance manual, family constitutions, family council, hiring and compensation, internal hedge fund and private equity fund formation, management and administration, negotiations with private bankers, prime brokers, global custodians, execution brokers and administrators, and such charitable and philanthropic ventures as establishing and restructuring of charities.

She also handles matters arising at different stages of a trust’s lifecycle, namely, creation of trusts and private trust companies, their management, restructuring and termination, and loan and acquisition transactions. She drafts complicated wills, enduring powers of attorney and handles other cross-border succession and tax issues and advises private banks and trust companies in the launch of new products and services that target ultra-high-net-worth families.

Patricia is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst, Certified Tax Advisor, member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (and its Academy Community) and Certified Islamic Finance Executive. She also holds a STEP Certificate and Diploma in International Trust Management, STEP Advanced Certificate in Trust Disputes and Advanced Certificate and Diploma in Fund Administration.