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Tanya Tan
senior associate | Singapore
Secretary Alicia Goh
Operating as Withers KhattarWong LLP in Singapore.
Tanya is a senior associate in the private client and tax team.
Tanya assists high net-worth individuals and families with their wealth and succession planning matters. This includes advising clients on cross-border tax planning, trust and foundation structuring, family governance, family offices as well as related tax and regulatory matters.. Tanya also has experience advising multinational conglomerates on broader Malaysian legal and tax matters, spanning cross-border M&A and global restructuring exercises.Prior to joining Withers KhattarWong LLP in 2022, Tanya spent 5 years in the tax and wealth management team at one of Malaysia's most prominent international law firms, where she also advised affluent families on their trust and estate planning.
Track record
Cross-border tax planning and restructuring
Assisted clients with cross-border tax planning and restructuring of entities for tax efficiency and wealth protection purposes.
Establishment of single family offices and fund structuring
Advised clients on establishing single family offices, fund structures, applying for a suitable Singapore fund tax incentive and/or advising on related regulatory and tax issues.
Succession planning and ancillary tax matters for global mobile families
Assisted globally mobile families with diversified interests across several jurisdictions on succession planning and ancillary tax matters.
Tax-efficient succession structures for Malaysia's HNWI
Assisted some of Malaysia's most affluent individuals with designing and implementing tailored, tax-efficient succession structures to suit their legacy and wealth planning goals.
Advice to multinational companies
Provided legal, tax and regulatory advice to multinational companies on their global restructuring exercises.
Malaysian charitable foundations
Advised several notable Malaysian charitable foundations and its Board of Trustees on various legal, tax, and operational issues.
Talks
- Presented at various client and private bank seminars on Malaysian legal, tax and regulatory updates impacting the private client and wealth management space.
Admissions
Malaysia - Admitted as Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya (2017)
England & Wales - Called to the Bar (2016)
Education
Nottingham Law School, UK - Bar Professional Training Course (2016)
University of Warwick, UK - LL.B. Bachelor of Laws (With Honours) (2015)
Languages
- English
Key dates
- Year joined: 2022