Michael于2008加入现已改名为瑞致达的Credence Trust,出任信托服务执行董事。他是一位经验丰富的律师,在新西兰和海外拥有超过20年的执业经验。Michael的法律工作大部分涉及企业及信托架构,协助客户规划资产保护、财产与家庭继承及税务事宜。在此之前,Michael在一家主要信托公司担任董事总经理,就在岸和离岸的实体企业架构、信托成立和管理、财产与家庭继承规划、退休基金管理和信托架构提供意见。
他在多个在岸和离岸信托管辖区,包括香港,新加坡,英属维尔京群岛,开曼群岛,泽西岛,纳闽岛,新西兰和萨摩亚,以及不同类型的信托架构方面拥有丰富的经验。
Michael持有新西兰法律学位,为香港信托人公会执行委员会成员及前主席(2015、2016 及2017 年),以及香港公司律师协会、香港澳洲商会及英国商会的成员。他亦是香港信托人公会及香港STEP公会联合的中国发展小组委员会前任主席,目前为该小组委员会的成员。
Michael joined Credence Trust, now rebranded as Vistra, in 2008 as Executive Director - Vistra Trust Services. He is a widely experienced lawyer who has successfully practiced both in New Zealand and overseas for more than 20 years. A large part of Michael's legal practice involved corporate and trust structures to assist clients with asset protection, estate and family succession and tax planning. Previously, Michael was the Managing Director of a major trust company providing advice on, and structuring of, both onshore and offshore corporate entities, trust establishment and administration, estate and family succession planning, pension fund administration and trust structuring. He has extensive experience with multiple onshore and offshore trust jurisdictions, including Hong Kong, Singapore, BVI, Cayman, Jersey, Labuan, New Zealand and Samoa, as well as different types of trust structures.
Michael holds a New Zealand law degree, is a current Executive Committee member, and past Chairman (in 2015, 2016 & 2017), of the Hong Kong Trustees' Association, and a member of the Hong Kong Corporate Counsel Association and of both the Australian and British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. He is also a past Chairman, and currently a member, of the China Development Sub-Committee of the Hong Kong Trustees' Association jointly with STEP Hong Kong.