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Ler Woon Phua
Senior Associate | Singapore
Secretary Noraini Mohamad
Operating as Withers KhattarWong LLP in Singapore.
Ler Woon is a senior associate in the private client and tax team.
Ler Woon advises high net worth individuals and families on their estate planning. She has experience advising her clients on a broad range of matters including domestic and offshore tax planning, single family offices, regulation and governance and bespoke family charters.
She also advises corporations and high net worth individuals on matters relating to income tax, stamp duty, GST, property tax and international tax and treaties.
Prior to joining Withers Khattarwong LLP, Ler Woon was practising with the Singapore tax and private client services team of one of the leading and largest international law firms.
Experience
Track record
Single family offices set up
Advised high net worth individuals on the regulatory and tax issues relating to the setting up of single family offices
Family governance issues
Advised families on family governance issues
Singapore and Indonesia tax exposure
Advised Indonesian clients on the process to relocate to Singapore, including working with Indonesian counsel to manage their Singapore and Indonesia tax exposure
Strategic joint venture
Advised one of the largest technology companies on its strategic joint venture including proposing various joint venture models to achieve tax efficiency
Singapore tax perspective
Advised multinational corporations on their cross-border restructuring, mergers and acquisitions from a Singapore tax perspective and proposing alternative implementation steps to achieve tax efficiency
Singapore tax authorities
Assisted clients with negotiating with the Singapore tax authorities
Admissions
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Advocate and Solicitor, Singapore (2018)
Education
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University of Nottingham, LLB Law (Hons)
Languages
- English
Memberships
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Law Society of Singapore
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Singapore Academy of Law
Key dates
- Year joined: 2021