Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow

Tax

Principal

Dawn Quek is a leading tax and private client lawyer in Singapore with more than two decades of experience in corporate tax and international tax planning. She is the Head of the Wealth Management practice in Singapore and is the Asia Pacific representative on the Firm's Global Wealth Management Steering Committee. She works with ultra high net worth families and their family offices on international tax planning, estate and succession planning, family governance, and philanthropy.

Dawn is consistently ranked as a leading tax and private client/wealth lawyer by various legal publications including International Tax Review Women in Tax Leaders Guide and the Legal 500 Asia Pacific. She was named "Tax Attorney of the Year" at the International Tax Review Awards 2024, "Private Client Lawyer of the Year" at the 2018 Asia Legal Awards by The Asian Lawyer, and "Women in Wealth Management" at the 2018 and 2020 WealthBriefingAsia Awards.

Dawn is a key player in the local wealth management and financial services scene. She is on the executive committee of the Singapore Trustees Association and frequently participates in formal and informal consultations with government authorities on law reform on issues relating to the wealth management and financial services industry from a tax and legal perspective. She has also co-written articles on international tax planning issues in various tax and legal journals published by CCH and BNA. In addition, Dawn has been quoted extensively in publications such as The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune, Reuters, The Financial Times, The Straits Times, The Business Times and Asian Private Banker on issues and developments affecting the wealth management industry in Singapore.

Dawn advises on tax and wealth management. She assists high net-worth families with their tax, trust and estate planning issues on a multijurisdictional basis, focusing on setting up family offices and using onshore and offshore trust structures and other vehicles to help clients hold and transfer wealth through generations. She advises financial institutions serving such families on issues and regulations that affect their business.

She also provides and coordinates regional and local tax advice for multinational corporations and financial institutions on cross-border transactions and tax restructuring. Her practice includes advising multinationals and financial institutions on the tax issues arising from the set-up of their regional operations, including structuring their operations, obtaining tax incentives, planning for indirect taxes (such as goods and services tax and stamp duty) and tax restructuring. She has a focus in tax structuring for financial institutions and funds, and advises in the fintech space. She also has extensive experience in advising on tax issues in respect of mergers and acquisitions, and has assisted many clients in resolving tax disputes.

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