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Jessica Kwok

Jessica's practice is focused on private client and general corporate matters. She regularly advises clients on trusts, succession planning, wills, probate and estate administration, corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions and other general corporate and commercial matters.

Jessica is a Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP) and also a member of the Wills and Estates Sub-committee and the Next Gen Sub-Committee of STEP Hong Kong (The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (Hong Kong) Limited)

Representative Matters

  • Advising a family on estate and succession planning for their family's investment, including wills preparation for different family members and restructuring of various trusts with assets spanning Hong Kong, PRC, Singapore and Taiwan for tax and succession planning purposes

  • Advising a private real estate developer in Canada with over USD5 billion in global assets and real estate development projects across Canada, U.K., U.S. and Hong Kong on trusts, tax, estate and succession planning, merger and acquisitions, loan financing and disclosure and compliance matters

  • Acted for a well-known PRC entrepreneur with over USD3 billion in assets on handling relevant disclosures to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and addressing Hong Kong stamp duty, PRC tax and other regulatory compliance and disclosure matters in other offshore jurisdictions

  • Advised the chairman and executive director of a Hong Kong listed company on settlement of offshore trusts and addressing Hong Kong stamp duty issues and securities regulatory issues arising from the shareholding restructuring in the Hong Kong listed company

  • Acted for a PRC entrepreneur on his group reorganization (including restructuring of shareholder loans and liquidation of offshore companies) and successfully obtained stamp duty relief of over USD2.8 million on distribution of shares of a Hong Kong listed company

  • Advised individual client on establishment of a charitable foundation and successfully obtained tax exemption status in Hong Kong

  • Advised a well-known real estate tycoon in acquiring multiple properties, including yachts, hotels, hospitals and brewery in Canada and addressed various corporate restructuring, disclosure and compliance matters

  • Advised on the acquisition of a leading logistics company that engaged in air, ocean, rail and truck freight forwarding business of over USD100 million in value

  • Advised on the USD1.3 billion sale of businesses by a leading global specialty chemicals company

Honors and Awards

Recognized as Asia and Hong Kong's top 40 legal practitioners by LexisNexis' 40 Under 40 in 2025

Awarded "Wealth Management Rising Star Under 40" in 2025 by WealthBriefingAsia Awards

Recognized as "Recommended Lawyer" in Private Client and Family by Legal 500 Asia Pacific Guide in 2024-2025

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    Solicitor, Hong Kong

  • Education

    P.C.LL., The University of Hong Kong
    LL.B., The University of Hong Kong

  • Professional Experience

    Non-equity partner, and associate, Zhong Lun Law Firm

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English