Hao Wu's practice focuses on tax law and private wealth planning.
In the area of tax law, Hao advises both corporate and individual clients on day-to-day tax matters, with a particular focus on providing comprehensive tax planning advice and solutions for outbound investments by PRC enterprises. Her experience includes, among others, outbound equity structure design, application of tax treaties, tax planning for investment entry and exit transactions, and transfer pricing analysis. She also advises high-net-worth individuals on tax compliance and planning matters, including tax residency planning, onshore and offshore structure planning, tax planning for domestic and offshore family trusts, CRS/FATCA compliance, and responses to anti-tax avoidance investigations.
In the area of private wealth planning, Hao is highly experienced in structuring and implementing a wide range of planning tools and structures, including onshore and offshore trusts, private and public funds, cross-border structures, family constitutions, wills, and marital property agreements. She has advised numerous prominent domestic and international families on asset protection planning, identification and management of personal legal risks, cross-border fund planning, tax compliance and planning, establishment and restructuring of family trusts, family office structuring, identity planning, and domestic and cross-border succession planning. Hao has assisted clients in the establishment and restructuring of hundreds of family trusts governed by the laws of various offshore jurisdictions, the PRC, and the United States/Canada, including charitable trusts.
Prior to joining Han Kun Law Offices, Hao practiced with several leading PRC law firms.