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Mark Lea advises international families on their international estate planning. He is concerned to achieve what these families need and want with regard to:
He is frequently retained by families to “conduct the orchestra” of continuing advice which they need in an ever-changing world.
Mark Lea was educated in England at Eton College, where he was President of the Eton Society. He qualified as a solicitor in 1970 in London, before joining the Merchant Bank N.M. Rothschild & Sons Limited, where he worked closely with the Chairman Lord Victor Rothschild KCMG GC at a time when he was Head of the UK Government Think Tank.
Mark Lea became a Director of Rothschild’s Trust Companies and of its Guernsey Bank.
Since 1971, Mark Lea has been concerned with international estate planning and structuring and international comparative taxation. Having been a partner and then Chairman in one of the UK’s most successful provincial law firms, he moved permanently to Asia and was admitted to practice as a solicitor in Hong Kong in 1995. Mark was a founding partner of Lea & White, Solicitors, in Hong Kong. Lea & White ceased practice in Hong Kong with effect from 1st October 2024 and was replaced by Lea & White International Advisers Pte. Limited (“LWIAS”), in Singapore, of which Mark is a director. LWIAS provides similar advice to Lea & White and is fully and properly insured. Mark continues to advise families with international members and interests through LWIAS and works with carefully selected professional collaborators in selected jurisdictions around the world.
Mark Lea also advises Trust Companies on how they can best service their clients’ needs and assists them in providing documentation and structures for this.
Mark Lea was a Member of the Inland Revenue Board of Review of Hong Kong. For some 5 years he served on the executive committees of Hong Kong Trustees Association and of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (Hong Kong Branch). He has since been a member of their Joint Law Reform Committee.
Mark Lea advised the Government of Singapore with regard to the Trustees Act of Singapore. He originated the proposals for changes to the Trust Law of Hong Kong and advised on such changes. He advised the Malaysian Government on changes to the laws of Labuan, including Trust Law, Foundations Law and Limited Partnership Law. He remained an international adviser to that government for 10 years. He advised the Government of Samoa on and drafted new Trust Law, new Foundations Law and a new Trustee Companies Act for Samoa and advised on and drafted changes to other relevant laws in consequence. He has subsequently advised the Government of Samoa on its sustainability as an International Financial Centre.
Mark Lea taught a course on international estate planning, including the use of trusts and foundations, as Adjunct Professor of Law, at the National University of Singapore for 10 years from 2004 to 2014. He has taught similar courses in Samoa for the Samoa International Finance Authority between 2014 and 2023. He designed and prepared all materials of Part A Training Course and for 50% of Part B Training Course for the Hong Kong Trustees Association and taught Part A in full twice and 50% of Part B initially through the Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute.
Mark Lea has also provided many seminars on international estate planning and has spoken at many conferences on matters concerning international estate planning. He is consistently highly ranked and awarded acknowledgement for his achievements in international estate planning.
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Jye Hall Anita Bradley has been an absolute dream to deal with. Anita's conveyancing skills and knowledge knows absolutely no boundaries along with her effective communication skills which has made selling and buying a completely stress free exchange for us. We recommend PBL Law to everyone looking for outstanding service. We will definitely be returning clients. Kushlan Aluwihare PBL Law Group were fantastic. Anita from PBL worked with us closely during our property search and made the exchange and settlement process smooth and stress free. Highly recommended. Gail Whitford PBL handled my late mothers estate, they were very obliging and patient with any and all questions that we had, thank you to David , Sharon and the other staff that we dealt with, everyone was so easy to talk to and friendly .David came to the home where my Mother was living and helped her to get her will in order, Sharon helped us through the process of executing her wishes when the time came even doing a house call which was so much easier, thank you all so much S M I have experienced an excellent service from PBL (especially from Anita) during the sale of my recent property on Central Coast, and during the purchase of our current property in Sydney. Throughout many challengers, especially with the sale, Anita presented her very professional and knowledgeable conveyancer, positively solving all obstacles. "Above and Beyond" Award going to Anita!!! :-) Amanda Reitzin The five-star reviews are well-deserved. I needed a motion and a bylaw drawn up for urgent repairs of my strata unit and the AGM was in two weeks' time. My solicitor was friendly, efficient, knew what documents to ask for, and had all the paperwork prepared well within the timeframe. She also took the time to run through all the legalese and the different possible scenarios with me to make sure I understood. I am so glad to have found this firm and I will not hesitate to use their services again in future if the need arises. Ricky Cooper Anita is amazing! So attentive, approachable and communicates everything every step of the way. I have now bought and sold property with Anita and I cannot recommend her highly enough. Ron Thomsen Our Commercial Property conveyancing was handled very professionally. Anita’s experience and responsiveness was an asset in this transaction. Trace M I am so grateful for Anita Bradley from PBL Law Group helped me with this property settlement, she has went above beyond to ensure I understand everything because of our deafness. I will recommended Anita or their team. Thank you so much for all the hard work you have done for us. Tricia Wheatstone For almost 18 months I have been a client of Alex Ilkin. Alex is very knowledgeable and professional and has consistently provided me with thorough, honest and well set out advice, including steering my case through appeal proceedings. He always worked for my best interests with integrity and compassion. I recommend Alex and his team at PBL.