ESTABLISHED IN 2018

Managing Partners: Shi Lijue, Luo Xing
Number of partners: 5
Number of associates: 11

Firm Overview

Shanghai FO Law Firm, established in 2018 as China’s first specialised firm in family wealth management, delivers integrated ecosystem services across four dimensions: Family; Corporate; Member; and Wealth. Our scope covers corporate asset optimisation, family development, wealth growth planning, and organisational growth consulting, etc.

Our team of seasoned lawyers and industry experts provides dedicated services to domestic and international financial institutions (banks, insurers and trusts) and high-net-worth clients.

FO Group leads China’s family office sector with comprehensive incubation and empowerment solutions, pioneering online-offline wealth management integration. Our ecosystem encompasses:

Education & advisory services; Family office franchising/joint ventures; Institutional growth consulting; End-to-end family office solutions.

Driven by our mission − “Enrich Every Chinese Family” − we strive to become a world-class family office consultancy. In 2024, we expanded our tax-legal capabilities by onboarding renowned tax advisers, significantly enhancing our fiscal and legal expertise.

Key Practice Areas

Corporate & Member; Organisational Growth Consulting.
Including Business Model planning, Corporate Strategy analysis, Top-level Architecture Design and Formation, Organisational Structure Optimisation, Corporate Financial Framework planning, Brand Building and Goodwill Protection, ESG Compliance, ESOP Design and Implementation, Overseas Investment planning, etc.

Family & Member; Member’s Development Consulting.
Including Family & Marriage planning (pre-nuptial agreements, marital risk control); Family Demographic planning; Family Education planning (domestic and international school selection); Family Residency planning; Family Succession planning (will management, estate tax compliance); Family Charter and Family Culture; and Dispute Resolution (marital, inheritance litigation).

Family & Wealth; Family Wealth Management.
Including Family Asset inventory and optimisation; Personal Tax Compliance (tax filing, resident status optimisation), Family Real Estate planning (purchase financing, trust services), family asset allocation planning (financial product configuration, overseas asset advice), family trusts (beneficiary rules, protector design), and family funds.

Corporate & Wealth; Assest Optimisation.
Including Establishment and Operation, Corporate Asset Inventory and Optimisation, corporate intellectual property (trademark and patent applications), corporate external investment (due diligence, agreement drafting), corporate external financing (equity/debt financing), corporate tax and finance (tax planning, dispute resolution), corporate mergers and acquisitions, non-performing asset disposal (debt restructuring, asset stripping), and corporate liquidation and deregistration.