With increasing wealth levels in Asia, more family offices are in recent years set up in the region.  This has already been a global trend – in a recent front-page article of The Wall Street Journal, family office was referred to as the new force on Wall Street (“New Force on Wall Street: The ”Family Office”, 9 March 2017).

We examine the key elements of the functions and services for family offices, and outline some key legal aspects as well as relevant regulatory considerations for establishing family offices or structures, or when family office professionals offer related services, in this special publication: