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Withers Bolsters Growing Wealth Planning Team In Singapore

Withers, the international law firm, has appointed Simon Michaels as a partner in its Singapore office, becoming the third partner to join the group in the city state since the office opened in May.
Michaels will take up his role in Withers’ wealth planning practice from January next year, focusing on tax and wealth planning, advising Singapore’s ultra high net worth families and trust companies, the firm said in a statement.
A dual-qualified English barrister and solicitor, Michaels has been listed as a leading individual in renowned legal ranking publications, including Legal 500 2011 and Chambers Asia 2012.
Moving to Asia in 2009, Michaels has advised a number of Asia’s wealthiest and most prominent families, putting into place trust and other wealth structuring solutions for several US multi-billion net worth clients and has acted in contentious international trust matters, Withers said.
Most recently, he was a partner and head of the South East Asian private client practice at Berwin Leighton Paisner.