Private Wealth

At Rajah & Tann, we are committed to helping you safeguard, grow, and transfer your assets with confidence, ensuring that your legacy is protected for generations to come.

Our bespoke services are designed for the unique needs of high-net-worth individuals and families, covering:

Tax, Trusts & Succession Planning
Family Offices & Structuring
Family Governance
Wills & Probate
Philanthropy & Charitable Giving
Dispute Resolution
Immigration & Real Estate Matters

Your Trusted Private Wealth Partner in Safeguarding Wealth and Securing Legacies

Every client has a unique story, and so does every family. That’s why we take the time to listen, understand your priorities, and craft solutions that reflect what truly matters to you. Whether you are an entrepreneur, business owner, high-net-worth individual, or steward of a family office, our team is committed to delivering practical, tailored advice with clarity and discretion.

Dedicated Private Wealth Practice

Our team is regularly engaged by ultra-high-net-worth families in Singapore and beyond, many of whom are Forbes listees internationally, as well as leading trust companies.

We assist in creating family offices, multi-generational trusts, charitable trusts, and foundations that address your unique succession planning needs, ensuring a smooth transition of management and ownership while preserving the value of operating companies.

Our transactional tax expertise allows us to provide comprehensive advice on structuring trusts for maximum efficiency, protection, and compliance.

Above all, what sets us apart is our commitment to you. We measure our success by the trust and confidence our clients place in us, and we are dedicated to walking alongside you at every stage of your wealth journey.

Tailored Solutions for Every Goal

Whether your goals involve tax efficiency, philanthropy, asset protection or seamless wealth succession, we are here to help achieve them.

Should disputes arise, we recognise that going to court is not always the answer. Our industry-leading dispute resolution team, including 7 Senior Counsel – the largest bench in Singapore, offers clear, objective advice backed by industry-leading expertise to resolve matters effectively.

Singapore as Asia’s Wealth Management Hub

Our team is based in Singapore, a global wealth management hub with a stable government and robust legal infrastructure. The country’s tax and trust laws provide confidentiality, flexibility, and asset protection for high-net-worth individuals and families.

Pairing deep knowledge of these local laws with an international perspective, we help private clients worldwide make critical decisions in implementing their wealth and succession planning objectives.

Bespoke Wealth Management and Succession Planning Services

Tax, Trusts and Succession Planning

We craft comprehensive estate solutions to manage your assets with clarity and foresight, integrating seamless tax advice and sophisticated trust structures to navigate cross-border complexities.

We also guide business succession planning to secure legacies and maintain the flexibility for future growth.

Family Offices, Funds and Investment Management and Governance

We guide clients in establishing single and multi-family offices, advising on local tax laws, and structuring investment funds for long-term success.

This includes assisting clients in navigating the tax implications arising from the ownership of assets in various jurisdictions and complying with both international and local tax laws,

In addition, we provide comprehensive investment management advice across fund structuring, fund formation and the ongoing strategic counsel of investment funds, designed to elevate your investment portfolio within the global landscape.

Family & Matrimonial

Our specialised Family & Matrimonial team provides comprehensive legal support to clients navigating family laws both locally and internationally.

Reflecting the diverse expertise of our lawyers, our wide array of services ranges from divorce and separation to child custody and financial disputes.

Additionally, we offer alternate modes of dispute resolution, advising on and drafting Pre- and Post-Nuptial Agreements.

We also have extensive experience handling cross-border family law issues. This encompasses international child abduction and relocation, cross-jurisdictional divorce, child custody, asset division and maintenance.

Led by Kee Lay Lian, who has over three decades of experience, our distinguished team also includes Partner Yoon Min Joo, a native Korean.

Our linguistic diversity, with partners fluent in English, Mandarin, Japanese, and Korean, allows us to communicate effectively with clients from different cultural backgrounds, ensuring their needs are thoughtfully addressed.

Family Governance

We guide clients through family governance and dynastic planning, bearing in mind divergent priorities amongst family members and the core values of our clients.

This consideration extends across our services, including drafting family constitutions, trust deeds and wills that embody the common goals of a family, ensuring harmony and continuity across generations.

We also assist with setting up private trust company structures, family councils and advisory boards.

Wills & Probate

From drafting wills to handling contentious probate matters, we ensure a smooth transition of wealth while respecting family dynamics.

We also represent families, executors, administrators, trustees and/or beneficiaries in contentious probate matters.

Philanthropy and Charitable Giving

With a philanthropic vision, we help clients foster a legacy of generosity by ensuring their charitable efforts are tax efficient and compliant. Advising on charitable vehicles tailored to individual needs, we also assist with lifetime giving strategies.

Our work further includes supporting the establishment and registration of grant-making foundations and operating charities in Singapore. This encompasses charitable trusts, societies, and companies limited by guarantee.

Our experience also extends to advising international institutions on innovative structures. Notably, we were appointed by The World Bank to assist in the setup of a first-of-its-kind Singapore law governed trust structure for catastrophe disaster risk insurance, participated by ASEAN+3 countries.

Dispute Resolution

Recognising the value of resolving private client disputes both within and beyond the courtroom, we strive to preserve relationships and legacies.

Our bench of industry-leading dispute lawyers includes 7 Senior Counsel, and they are all readily available to offer clear and impartial advice.

Related Immigration and Real Estate Planning Matters

We advise on Singapore citizenship and PR applications, including the Global Investor Programme, and related real estate planning.

Get Legal Advice on Private Wealth or Wills and Trusts Matters

Your wealth deserves careful planning and trusted guidance. Speak with our Private Wealth Practice team and discover how we can help you protect your legacy, safeguard your family’s future, and achieve peace of mind.

For more details, please reach out to Vikna Rajah, Head of the Tax and Private Wealth Practices, at [email protected].

Recognition

Matrimonial and Family Law Firm of the Year

ALB SE Asia Law Awards (2020 & 2025)
Band 1 – Private Wealth Law

Chambers High Net Worth (2024)
Band 1 – Family Offices & Funds Structuring

Chambers High Net Worth (2023 & 2024)
Tier 1 – Inheritance & Succession, Private Wealth Management

The Straits Times Singapore’s Best Law Firms (2025)
Tier 1 – Private Wealth & Family Law

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2022-2025)
Tier 1 – Private Client

Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific (2025)
Tier 2 – Family and Matrimonial

Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific (2023 & 2024)
Tier 2 – Family Law

The Straits Times Singapore’s Best Law Firms (2025)
"R&T has a strong private client and family practice."

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025
"Rajah & Tann Singapore has a strong family office practice. The team provides services that establish, advise on and restructure family offices."

Chambers High Net Worth (2024)
"Rajah & Tann Singapore provides high net worth individuals with business succession planning and trusts advice. The firm also advises financial institutions and the owners of closely held businesses."

Chambers High Net Worth (2024)
"Advises a substantial number of ultra-high-net-worth individuals and wealthy families in Asia and worldwide, along with a range of institutional clients. It continues to work intensively in the establishment of family offices and in business succession planning. It has a prestigious record in wills and probate, family and matrimonial law, real estate, integrated tax, and trusts and estate wealth planning and structuring, among other areas."

The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific (2024)
"The team is very knowledgeable on all matters trust and tax related in Singapore and are one of the first firms you think of for advice. [They] provide first-class trust and tax advice in Singapore."

The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific (2024)
"R&T team takes a practical and sound approach to its legal advice. In an increasing complex regulatory and fast evolving legal changes, R&T maintains its agility and is at the forefront of keeping clients informed."

The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific (2024)
"The Rajah & Tann team is able to deliver robust and clear advice to clients, and their grasp of Singapore tax risks in particular is strong given the background of their lead partner who used to head the legal team at the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore."

The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific (2024)