International Advisory for Chinese Families and Entrepreneurs
WTA is a Dubai-based advisory firm working with internationally active Chinese families, entrepreneurs and family offices on UAE and international wealth, corporate and family office matters. We work alongside the advisers they already trust.
Services / International Advisory for Chinese Families and Entrepreneurs
Who We Help
We work with Chinese entrepreneurs whose businesses now operate beyond China, families whose wealth, investments and members are spread across several countries, and family offices looking at opportunities outside their home market. We also work with the lawyers, private bankers, trustees and other advisers who serve these families.
WTA is a Dubai-based advisory firm providing UAE and international wealth, corporate and family office services. WTA is part of a wider international group that includes regulated professional services firms, providing access to significant capabilities across the UK and European markets. Where jurisdiction-specific legal, tax or regulated advice is required outside the UAE, WTA works with the client’s existing advisers or other appropriately qualified and licensed advisers in the relevant jurisdiction.
What These Families Are Trying to Achieve
How We Help
International Holdings
Supporting the organization and coordination of investments, property and business interests held across jurisdictions, working with local advisers where required.
Wealth and Corporate Structuring
Helping families and business owners develop and coordinate international holding arrangements in a clear, documented way, alongside appropriately qualified advisers where required.
Succession and Governance
Planning how wealth and control pass to the next generation, and how the family makes decisions as it grows and spreads across countries.
Family Office
Assessing whether a family office makes sense, and helping set one up and govern it where it does.
International Business Expansion
Supporting Chinese businesses that want a base for the Middle East, Africa or Europe, including a UAE company or regional office where it fits the business.
UAE Residence
UAE residence for family members who genuinely intend to live there.
Implementation Support
Putting agreed arrangements in place and keeping them running.
The UAE in an International Plan
For some Chinese families and businesses, the UAE can be a useful part of a wider international plan. It sits between Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe, and can serve as a regional base for a business or a home for family members who choose to live there.
Not every family needs a UAE presence, and we will say so when that is the case. We start from what the family is trying to achieve and only suggest a UAE presence where it genuinely serves those aims. Where plans reach the UK or Europe, we can help coordinate that part of the work too.
Working With Your Advisers
We support properly structured, transparent and compliant arrangements, working alongside the client’s existing professional advisers where appropriate. Your lawyers, tax advisers, trustees and private bankers keep their roles. We advise on UAE matters and help coordinate the wider plan, while Chinese and other jurisdiction-specific legal, tax and regulatory advice remains with appropriately qualified advisers.
For Lawyers, Private Banks and Advisers to Chinese Families
If you are a lawyer, private banker, trustee or other professional adviser serving Chinese families with interests in the UAE or across several jurisdictions, we can support the UAE side and help coordinate the wider plan. We keep you informed throughout and respect your existing relationship with the client.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you advise on Chinese tax or law?
Can you work with our existing advisers?
Yes. We coordinate with a family’s existing advisers wherever they are based.