The Everbright Matrimonial, Family & Wealth Succession practice provides end-to-end legal services for individuals, families, entrepreneurs, and family enterprises, encompassing matrimonial arrangements, succession planning, estate administration, wealth transfer, and dispute resolution. Prioritizing client confidentiality, family dynamics, and the long-term viability of our strategies, we tailor prudent and practical solutions based on a thorough understanding of family structures, asset profiles, and client objectives.

We offer comprehensive, closed-loop support in this field—ranging from consultation, planning, negotiation, and mediation to litigation, enforcement, and notarization assistance. For complex matters involving family business control, cross-border assets, or multifaceted legal relationships, our team collaborates seamlessly with the firm’s Corporate & Commercial, Real Estate, Dispute Resolution, Liquidation & Restructuring, and Cross-Border practices to deliver integrated, cross-disciplinary legal services.

Main service contents：

● Matrimonial & Family Planning and Dispute Resolution
Pre-nuptial, post-nuptial, and divorce property arrangements; disputes relating to divorce, marital property, child custody, visitation, guardianship, and elder support; identification, division, and enforcement matters concerning shared family property.

● Succession Planning & Testamentary Arrangements
Wills, bequests, legacy-support agreements, and inter vivos (lifetime) gift arrangements; intestate succession, testamentary succession, and succession notarization assistance; succession planning for real estate, equity, and other complex assets.

● Estate Administration & Succession Disputes
Investigation of heirs, estate scope, and associated claims and debts; assistance with the custody, disposition, distribution, and title transfer of estates; disputes over the validity of wills, succession eligibility, estate ownership, and debt settlement.

● Family Businesses & Wealth Succession
Succession of family business equity and corporate control; risk isolation (ring-fencing) between family wealth and corporate assets; legal support for family trusts and other wealth succession vehicles.

● Cross-Border Matrimonial & Succession Affairs
Foreign-related matrimonial and succession matters, including those involving Hong Kong and Macau; domestic processing and recognition of overseas estates, wills, and legal documents; coordination of succession for cross-border real estate, equity, and financial assets.