Families passing significant assets to the next generation want expert advice so they can feel confident about the security and ultimate disposition of their assets. Financial institutions handling estates of clients need expert, confidential legal advice as to avoiding, or handling, disputes.

Benefit from a full range of sophisticated legal, tax and financial planning advice to meet your personal goals. Focusing on our clients’ and their intended beneficiaries’ long-term financial and estate planning requirements, as well as addressing more immediate personal, financial, or estate or trust-related matters, our team assists executors and trustees in the administration of complex estates and trusts. Dentons Rodyk is also prepared to handle estate and trust-related litigation, working with our host of experienced litigators when appropriate.

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Recognition

Dentons Rodyk named one of Singapore's best law firms for fifth year running

November 1, 2024

Dentons Rodyk has once again been named one of Singapore’s best law firms by national broadsheet The Straits Times and global data research portal Statista.

Dentons Rodyk wins four awards at the WealthBriefingAsia Awards 2024

May 31, 2024

Dentons Rodyk is pleased to announce its four award wins at the Twelfth WealthBriefingAsia Awards 2024, a distinguished event that recognises excellence in wealth management and family office sectors across the Asia region.

Dentons Rodyk recognised in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024

January 18, 2024

Dentons Rodyk is pleased to announce that 14 of the firm’s lawyers and 25 practice areas have been ranked in the 2024 edition of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific. 

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Insights

New IRAS Transfer Pricing Guidelines on related party domestic loans

October 14, 2024

Singapore: Under the latest IRAS Transfer Pricing Guidelines, related party domestic loans entered into from 1 January 2025 must apply the arm’s length interest rate which can be based on the IRAS indicative margin. This marks the end of the previous interest restriction approach. In this client alert, we discuss how this change may affect both corporate and private wealth clients, including single family offices (SFOs) with interest-free loans in their existing structures.

Sullivan: Setting the stage for developments in trust administration in Singapore

September 20, 2024

Singapore: In this client alert, we discuss the Singapore High Court’s recent decision of Sir Cornelius Sean Sullivan v Hill Capital Pte Ltd and Another [2024] SGHC 157 and its unique factual circumstances, where the purported beneficiary of a trust challenged the applicability of the jurisdiction clause after the trustee changed the proper law and forum for administration from Isle of Man to Singapore.

A guide to jurisdictional selection and structuring strategies for family offices (Japanese)

September 3, 2024

Singapore: This is a guide to assist family offices make good decisions about where to set up their structures and operational activities.

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News and Events

Recent Press Releases

China private wealth and Singapore family office specialist Linda Bai joins Dentons Rodyk

March 6, 2024

Global law firm Dentons Rodyk has announced its first partner hire of the year with the appointment of China private wealth and Singapore family office specialist Linda Bai as a Partner in the firm’s Private Wealth, Family Office and Tax practices, with a focus on China clients. 

Senior Partner Edmund Leow SC appointed as co-chair of Tax and Trust Committee

February 14, 2020

Senior Partner Edmund Leow, SC, who heads the firm’s Tax and Trusts practice, has been appointed as co-chair of The Law Society of Singapore’s Tax and Trust Committee 2020.

Edmund Leow, SC elected as President of the Singapore Trustees Association

March 26, 2019

Dentons Rodyk Senior Partner Edmund Leow, SC who heads the firm’s Tax and Trusts practice, has been elected as President of the Singapore Trustees Association (STA), following the association’s Annual General Meeting held on 13 March 2019.

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