北京德和衡律师事务所上海分所，近日与中英人寿上海分公司合作设立了中英家族办公室。该办公室将主要在上海执业，为企业家提供和家庭及财富相关的私人法律服务。

根据德和衡的一份新闻稿，家族办公室的业务主要分四类：推动私人律师发展，为企业家提供个人、家族企业合规服务；婚姻家事业务，进行婚前婚后财产评估、家事争议解决、跨国婚姻争议解决；财富规划，尤其是将个人财产和公司财产进行隔离，并提供税务和理财服务；最后是遗嘱的规划、确立和继承权争议解决。

家族办公室现由约10名律师组成，其中包括2位高级合伙人、约3位集团合伙人，以及多位税务、婚姻、信托基金等领域的执业律师。团队负责人为德和衡上海高级合伙人黄贤文律师，黄律师拥有银行及保险公司跨领域从业背景，近年来专注于金融资管类服务。

德和衡未来会专注于为家族办公室客户提供多元化资产配置建议，尤其在保险、信托、私募股权基金等方面为客户提供更多建议。

根据ALB之前的报道，随着中国成为世界上增长最快的财富市场，对财富管理律师的需求也逐渐增加，针对传承规划、继承、信托等提供建议。越来越多中国律师事务所开始专注于这个快速增长的业务领域。

DHH opens family office in Shanghai focusing on growing private wealth

Beijing DHH Law Firm has opened a family office in Shanghai together with AVIVA-COFCO Life Insurance Company in Shanghai. The office aims to provide legal services to Chinese entrepreneurs concerning wealth and family issues.

As reported by ALB, with China now being the fastest-growing wealth market in the world, wealth management lawyers are very much in demand. As a result, Chinese law firms have begun to specialise in this fast-growing practice area.

DHH said that the new office will focus on four areas: advising on regulatory aspects of personal wealth and family business; marital and family dispute resolution; wealth management, including tax and finance services: and inheritance planning and execution. 

The family office now has around 10 lawyers, with two senior partners and three partners. It focuses on tax law, marital law and trusts and funds. The team is led by senior partner Huang Xianwen, who has experience in banks and insurance companies, and a special focus on finance and asset management.

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