WTA International | Singapore

International Advisory for Singapore-Based Families and Family Offices

Support for Singapore-based families and family offices whose wealth, businesses and family members extend beyond Singapore, working alongside your existing advisers.
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Who We Help

Singapore is an established private wealth and family office center. We work with Singapore-based families, single and multi-family offices and regional business groups whose Singapore arrangements form part of a wider international picture, and with the private bankers, trustees and family office professionals who advise them.

From its base in Dubai, WTA provides UAE and international wealth, corporate and family office services, with direct access to significant capabilities across the UK and European markets. Where Singapore or other jurisdiction-specific legal, tax or regulated advice is needed, we work with the family’s existing advisers or other appropriately qualified and licensed advisers.

What Singapore-Based Families Are Trying to Achieve

For families whose Singapore arrangements are part of a wider international picture, the questions tend to be practical: how the family office should be governed as the family grows, how wealth and control pass to the next generation, how holdings in several countries fit together, and whether opportunities in the Middle East, the UK or Europe deserve a place in the family’s plans.

How We Help

Family Office and Governance

Helping families set clear governance for their family office, including roles, decision-making and reporting, and supporting family offices that operate across more than one jurisdiction.

Succession Across Generations

Planning how wealth and control pass to the next generation when family members and assets are spread across several countries.

International Holdings

Organizing holdings and investments outside Singapore so they sit coherently with the family's existing arrangements.

Trust and Fiduciary Coordination

Working with the family's Singapore trustees and fiduciaries where a plan involves the UAE or other jurisdictions.

Implementation Support

Putting the agreed steps in place and keeping them running.

Where the UAE Fits

For some Singapore-based families, a UAE presence can be a useful part of the wider plan: residence for a family member, a base for Middle East investment, or a regional platform for a family business. For many others it is not needed. We start from what the family is trying to achieve and only suggest a UAE element where it genuinely serves those aims, alongside the family’s Singapore arrangements rather than in place of them.

Working With Your Singapore Advisers

We support properly structured, transparent and compliant arrangements, working alongside the client’s existing professional advisers where appropriate. Your Singapore trustees, lawyers, tax advisers and private bankers keep their roles. We advise on UAE matters and help coordinate the wider plan, while Singapore and other jurisdiction-specific legal, tax and regulatory advice remains with appropriately qualified advisers.

Working With Your Singapore Advisers

We support properly structured, transparent and compliant arrangements, working alongside the client’s existing professional advisers where appropriate. Your Singapore trustees, lawyers, tax advisers and private bankers keep their roles. We advise on UAE matters and help coordinate the wider plan, while Singapore and other jurisdiction-specific legal, tax and regulatory advice remains with appropriately qualified advisers.

For Private Banks, Trustees and Family Office Professionals

If you advise Singapore-based 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.
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Does a family need to leave Singapore to work with WTA?
No. A family can remain fully based in Singapore and still use our services.
Will you work with our existing trustee and private bank?
Yes. We work alongside a family’s existing advisers and coordinate where the plan requires it.
Do you advise on Singapore tax or law?
No. That advice remains with appropriately qualified Singapore advisers.