Rachel Yao
Practice Expertise
Areas of Practice
- Bermuda Legal Services
- Corporate
- Corporate Structuring
- Corporate Trust Structures
- Estate Planning
- Family Office
- Investment Funds
- Listing REITs
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Private Client
- Private Trust Structures
- Regulation of Trust Company Business
- Taxation and Economic Substance Requirements
- Trusts and Private Wealth
- Wills and Inheritance View More
Profile
Rachel TEP is counsel based in Singapore and leads the firm's trusts and private wealth practice in Asia. She is the only native Chinese Mandarin speaking trusts and private wealth lawyer based in Singapore who specialises in offshore law.
Rachel has particular experience advising high net worth individuals and ultra-high net worth individuals from the Asia-Pacific region, many of whom are ranked on the Forbes World's Billionaires List and the Hurun China Rich List (which ranks China's wealthiest people with a minimum net worth of 5 billion yuan (US$690m)), with their family wealth preservation, global asset allocation and the establishment and restructuring of a wide range of trust structures. She also regularly advises and acts for professional trustees, single family offices and multi-family offices, wealth management companies, and private banks.
In addition to her specialisation in trusts and private wealth matters, Rachel also has a broad range of experience in corporate and commercial transactions, including cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, foreign direct investment-related general corporate law. She advises international companies from a wide range of industries on their legal matters and business transactions worldwide.
Rachel is Full TEP Member of The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP). She is also a native speaker of Mandarin, fluent in English and proficient in Cantonese.
Areas of Practice
- Bermuda Legal Services
- Corporate
- Corporate Structuring
- Corporate Trust Structures
- Estate Planning
- Family Office
- Investment Funds
- Listing REITs
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Private Client
- Private Trust Structures
- Regulation of Trust Company Business
- Taxation and Economic Substance Requirements
- Trusts and Private Wealth
- Wills and Inheritance
Professional Career
Recent Experience A comparison of Jersey foundations and trusts"Lifting the veil of trust": factors undermining trust resilienceCarey Olsen attending STEP Asia 2024
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