Private Client Lawyers for International Families & UHNW Clients

PBL Law Group is the premier law firm for UNHW individuals & families to protect & grow global wealth across borders & generations.

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Who Our International Private Client Lawyers Help

High Net Worth Individuals

We protect your global wealth with tailored cross-border estate plans & tax optimisation strategies.

Multinational Families

We secure your legacy across borders with coordinated multi-jurisdictional Wills & trusts.

Expats & International Professionals

We navigate complex residency, domicile, & tax issues for your compliance & peace of mind.

Owners of Foreign Assets

We engineer sophisticated legal & tax structures to hold, manage & protect your international assets.

Cross-Border Heirs

We guide you through the complexities of international probate, asset transfers, & inheritance tax.

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Our International Private Client Advisory Process

1

Global Legacy Blueprint

We conduct a deep audit of your entire global footprint to design the master blueprint for your family’s legacy.

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Multi-Disciplinary Design

Our elite tax, commercial & legacy experts design the optimal, integrated architecture for your wealth, business & family.

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Seamless Implementation

We act as your central command, executing the blueprint & managing all legal & regulatory needs across jurisdictions.

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Ongoing Support & Review

We act as your long-term external general counsel, providing ongoing stewardship for enduring legacy.

Global Assets Demand World-Leading Counsel

The preservation & growth of significant private capital is a complex, high-stakes enterprise. It demands a level of integrated, multi-disciplinary counsel far beyond the capacity of any single advisor. A fragmented approach exposes your legacy to critical risks that lie at the intersection of your assets, your business & the law.

PBL Law Group provides this complete, partner-led counsel. Our team of Raea KhanMark LeaGeorge Halikiotis, & Anthony Watson unites leading expertise in legacy planning, trust law, commercial structuring & complex international tax. We provide the definitive strategic counsel required to structure, defend & grow your legacy across borders & generations.

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Why Choose Our International Private Client Lawyers

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World-Leading Expertise

Our team includes lawyers who have advised foreign governments on trust law, providing unparalleled global insight.

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Holistic Global Strategies

We architect a single, integrated strategy for your family, business & wealth with no structural weak points.

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Generational Counsel

We go beyond standard advice, acting as your long-term counsel for an enduring legacy.

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Dedicated & Discreet Service

We provide clear communication & treat every client with personal care & absolute discretion in all matters.

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We provide expert private client advice internationally. Meet with our team at our CBD offices in Singapore or Sydney.

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A Legacy Divided

A domestic estate plan is legally powerless across borders, leaving your life’s work at the mercy of competing foreign laws, “forced heirship” rules & multiple tax authorities. This guarantees a legacy of conflict, frozen assets & devastating value erosion for your family.

PBL Law Group designs a single, coherent international estate plan, using coordinated Wills, trusts & succession structures to create a legally-binding framework that is enforceable in every jurisdiction, providing absolute certainty for your family’s future.

Wealth Under Siege

The very success that built your wealth now makes it a target. A fragmented defence of disconnected trusts & companies leaves you vulnerable to frivolous litigation, creditor claims & sovereign risks of a single jurisdiction.

We provide your integrated, architectural defence. We engineer a multi-layered legal fortress, using jurisdictional diversification & discreet ownership structures to make you an unattractive target, deterring threats & preserving your family’s capital & privacy.

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The Structural Drag

Holding your capital in amateur structure creates a “structural drag” with permanent tax leakage, operational friction & exposure to risk. It is a silent brake on the growth of your legacy, preventing you from deploying capital with the speed & precision of a professional financial institution.

We provide the institutional-grade architecture to awaken your capital. We engineer a sophisticated framework of LPs, FICs & holding companies to professionalise your investment program, transforming your portfolio from a collection of assets into a powerful private enterprise.

The Global Tax War

In an era of global data sharing, the UHNW individual is the primary target in a global war for tax revenue. An ambiguous or poorly planned residency & corporate structure is a critical vulnerability that aggressive tax authorities will exploit, leading to dual taxation, audits & catastrophic penalties.

We are your definitive strategic counsel in this conflict. We build a clear, legally defensible tax & residency position for you & your entities, transforming your global complexity from your greatest risk into your most powerful strategic advantage.

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From Wealth to Enterprise

The transition from founder-led wealth to an enduring multi-generational enterprise is where 90% of legacies fail. A lack of formal governance & a failure to professionalise operations leads to family conflict, a leadership vacuum & the erosion of the family’s core capital.

We act as the external general counsel to your legacy. We provide the institutional blueprint for your family office, from its legal design & jurisdiction to its governance & constitution, ensuring your wealth is transformed into an enduring family enterprise.

The Gilded Cage

You have achieved the financial freedom to live a borderless life, only to find yourself trapped in a new, more complex prison of conflicting compliance rules, tax laws & sovereign threats. Every border you cross creates a new risk that limits your true freedom.

PBL Law Group provides the blueprint for a life without walls. We design a holistic framework for your citizenship, tax residency & global banking, delivering the absolute security required to unlock a life of genuine, unburdened global mobility.

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FAQs for International Private Client Services

It is the transition from managing a collection of assets to governing a professional financial enterprise. This requires an institutional-grade legal & tax architecture designed for preservation, growth & generational transfer.

The challenges of UHNW wealth exist at the complex intersection of tax, trust, commercial & family law. A fragmented team of advisors creates structural weak points; only an integrated, multi-disciplinary counsel can provide a truly resilient solution.

The single biggest risk is a failure of governance. A lack of a formal, professional framework for decision-making, succession & dispute resolution is the primary driver of the family conflict that destroys 90% of legacies by the third generation.

A legacy plan is a comprehensive, multi-generational architecture for your entire global footprint. It goes beyond a standard estate plan to integrate your business succession, investment structures, tax strategy & philanthropic vision into a single, coherent master blueprint.

A formal structure (like an LP or FIC) is essential for asset protection, tax efficiency & professional discipline. It transforms ad-hoc investing into a scalable, institutional-grade enterprise.

It is a life architected so that no single jurisdiction has total claim over your personal freedom, your wealth, or your security. It is achieved through a sophisticated, integrated strategy of multiple citizenships, residencies & legal structures.

A family needs a Family Office when its wealth reaches a level of complexity where professional, centralised management becomes a necessity. It marks the transition from being a family with assets to a family enterprise.

It is the strategic holding of assets across a portfolio of premier, stable international jurisdictions. This is the single most effective way to protect your wealth from the sovereign risk of any one country, such as a future wealth tax or political instability.

This is achieved by engineering a legal “firewall”—a structure of trusts & holding companies that legally separates your personal assets from your business. This ensures a commercial failure cannot attack your family’s legacy.

It is a sophisticated strategy involving multiple citizenships & residencies. It provides a UHNW family with a web of global access & security, mitigating the risk of any single country changing its visa or residency laws.

“Asset situs” is the legal location of your assets, such as where a property is located or a bank account is held. It is a critical factor, as it determines which country’s tax and inheritance laws apply to that specific asset. The experts at PBL Law Group meticulously map your asset situs to prevent legal conflicts.
Probate for international estates can be far more complex, often requiring separate probate applications in each country where assets are located. This can be a lengthy and costly process involving multiple legal systems. PBL Law Group helps streamline cross-border probate to ensure an efficient transfer of assets.

A holistic strategy ensures that your tax plan, your estate plan & your investment plan all work in harmony. A fragmented approach, managed by disconnected advisors, is a recipe for conflict, inefficiency & catastrophic risk.

For a UHNW family or family office, an external general counsel like PBL Law Group acts as the central legal command. We coordinate all other advisors & architect the single, coherent strategy for your entire enterprise.

Effective international estate planning requires collaboration with legal and tax professionals in each relevant country to navigate local laws. With an extensive global network, PBL Law Group facilitates the necessary coordination and communication to ensure a seamless and compliant process.

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