Biography
Jane is the practice head of Private Wealth Management of Fangda Partners and admitted to practice in both PRC and New York. She has been in private practice for more than 19 years and is a trusted advisor to many ultra-high-net-worth individuals (domestic and international) and their families, supporting and guiding them in respect of:
· Cross-border estate planning
· Setting-up and administration of private trusts (onshore and offshore)
· Nuptial agreement and divorce
· Family governance advisory (design, document and implement family governance structures)
· Cross-border inheritance and estate litigation
· Philanthropic giving (charitable trust and foundation)
· Setting up, running or exiting of private business ventures
Jane is well recognized for advising clients in relation to complex cross-border estate planning. Chambers Great China Region 2023/2024 recognizes her as Band 1 in Private Client/Wealth Management and admires her as “an increasingly prominent lawyer in handling cross-border family wealth planning, trust and inheritance matters on behalf of individuals”. Meanwhile Jane acts as outside legal counsel for a dozen of trust companies, private banks and single family offices.
Before focusing on private client services, Jane has many years’ experience in addressing various legal issues for domestic and multinational corporations on complex general corporate advisory, domestic and cross-border mergers & acquisitions, international and domestic business transactions, employment law, joint ventures and commercial dispute resolution.
Prior to joining Fangda Partners, Jane was a partner of another leading local law firm. Previously, she successively worked with two other law firms that are members of a global network of two “Big Four”. She acted as their Chief Legal Counsel of Family Office Services and practice head of Private Client Legal Services, respectively.
Jane is Committee Member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioner (“STEP”), China Branch and Committee Member of China Development Sub-committee of STEP Hong Kong Branch.