Withers

Private client and tax

Partner

She focuses on trust and succession planning, and advises high-net-worth individuals and institutional trustees on wealth protection structuring as well as the importance of planning for incapacity. She also advises on taxation in Hong Kong for individuals and family investment holding vehicles, and related planning opportunities. She has also advised corporations on the set up of employee share trusts.

Deirdre is listed as an 'up and coming' private wealth practitioner in Chambers' HNW Guide 2021-2022. She has been recommended as a leading private client lawyer in Who's Who Legal. Furthermore, she has been recognised in Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2019-2022; Citywealth's 2019 Powerwomen List and Citywealth's 2019 Leading Private Client Lawyers list.

She passed the STEP diploma on International Trust Management with Distinction in 2014. She is qualified in England & Wales, Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area of China.

English, Cantonese, Mandarin

Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners Hong Kong Ballet Company, Governor and Honorary Secretary Hong Kong Ballet Group, Board member Agricultural and Fisheries Department of the Hong Kong SAR Government, Advisory Committee War Memorial Pensions Appeal Board of the Hong Kong SAR Government

University of Cambridge, MA City University, MBA College of Law, Guildford, LPC STEP Diploma in International Trust Management (Distinction) STEP Advanced Certificate in UK Tax for International Clients (Distinction)