William Ahern

Background

About William Ahern

I am a Hong Kong based Lawyer offering the following services: • Cross Border Trust & Estate Planning • Wills • Probate • Hong Kong & Cross Border Tax • Family Office Advisory • Private Client Regulatory • Succession planning • CRS & FATCA • Structure Review • Corporate & Trust Health Checks • Family Governance I have worked both as a Solicitor and a Family Wealth Consultant in Australia & Hong Kong advising on a wide range of family wealth conservation and succession issues since 1987. Over the past 30+ years, I have worked for some of the world’s leading Trust Companies, Private Banks and Law Firms including Deacons, HSBC and TMF. I have wide experience in Hong Kong revenue law, trust law and regional tax planning, including offshore aspects of Australian tax law. I am a former chair of Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) Hong Kong and a vice-Chair of STEP’s Public Policy Committee and a former member of STEP Worldwide Board of Directors and Council. I am also an Academician of the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law. In March 2018, I was appointed by the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury of Hong Kong to serve as a panel member of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Review Tribunal for a term of three years from 1 April 2018 to review, among others, any decision made by the Registrar of Companies in implementing the licensing and disciplinary regime for trust or company service providers, and any decision made by the Commissioner of Customs and Excise on licensing matters in respect of money service operators. I am admitted to practice in Hong Kong, Queensland and England & Wales.