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Yee Hoong Chua
Partner | Singapore
Secretary Anita Abu Bakar
Operating as Withers KhattarWong LLP in Singapore.
Yee Hoong is a partner in the private client and tax team and is a Singapore-qualified lawyer.
She advises companies, businesses and individuals on Singapore income tax, stamp duties, goods and services tax, the application of tax treaties and tax residency requirements. She also advises families and individuals on tax, trusts, wills and succession, gifts, philanthropy, migration and family office planning. Yee Hoong also acts for clients in applying for grant of representation, the administration of estates and posthumous estate restructuring.She often works with clients with international perspectives and her practice often involves consideration of cross-border legal, conflict of laws and tax issues. Her unique background experience allows her to bring a multi-disciplinary approach to tailor solutions and integrated advice to fit the clients' needs.
Insight
External publications
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"Additional Buyer's Stamp Duty of 35% chargeable on the transfer of residential property into certain trusts with effect from 9 May 2022" - May 2022， co-author.
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Avoiding legal pitfalls in charitable giving' - first published in the Business Times, Singapore - July 2019
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'Proposed law changes to stamp electronic records in Singapore', With...Insight, and featured in Wolters Kluwer's Global Tax Weekly Issue 303 - August 2018
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'Alternative forms of giving and investing' - Business Times, Singapore - August 2018
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'Aging with grace - the Mental Capacity Act and lasting power of attorney', Business Times - June 2016, co-author
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'Rocking the Foundation', Singapore Tatler - May 2016, quoted
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'Starting with a will', Business Times - February 2016, co-author
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'Goods and Services Tax Law & Practice (2nd Edition)', Lexis Nexis, Singapore - 2015, contributory author
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'The Private Wealth & Private Client Review (4th Edition)', Singapore chapter, __ Law Business Research - 2015
Admissions
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Advocate and Solicitor, Singapore (2005)
Education
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National University of Singapore Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
Languages
- English
- Mandarin
Memberships
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The Law Society of Singapore
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Singapore Academy of Law
Key dates
- Year joined: 2005
- Year became partner: 2012