Integrated Counsel for Multi-Jurisdictional Wealth and Business

Yijin (Orlando) Wang

Lawyer

Yijin (Orlando) Wang advises high-net-worth families, entrepreneurs, venture sponsors, and corporate entities on complex multi-jurisdictional tax and legal matters. Backed by 10 years of legal education across leading institutions in China, Canada, and the United States, alongside over 15 years of legal practice experience, Orlando delivers integrated strategies spanning Canada, the U.S., and China.

A core focus of his practice involves cross-border tax and residency planning, pre-immigration tax structuring, and expatriation planning. In global private client advisory, Orlando specializes in advanced trust mechanics across jurisdictions. His experience covers Canadian Discretionary Family Trusts paired with Estate Freezes, Alter Ego Trusts (AET), and Joint Partner Trusts (JPT), as well as sophisticated U.S. wealth vehicles—such as Dynasty Trusts, Foreign Grantor Trusts (FGT), Non-Resident Trusts (NRT), Pre-Immigration Drop-Off Trusts, ILITs, GRATs, and IDGTs.

Orlando structures cross-border corporate architectures, handles M&A transactions, seller equity rollovers, and tax-driven reorganizations, and assists clients with business succession and corporate estate freezes.

Orlando also acts as dedicated counsel in tax controversy and estate litigation.

Orlando is a widely recognized author and thought leader in the private wealth sector. He has published three authoritative books with the Law Press of China, including Handbook of Family Wealth Inheritance for HNWIs from a Global Perspective (2021), Practices and Diagrams for Overseas Buy-out Funds (2015), and Practical Compliance Handbook for Private Equity Operations (2015).

Suju Peng

U.S. Counsel

Suju focuses on cross-border and domestic tax compliance and planning. She has long provided customized tax structure design and asset tax planning services for companies and high-net-worth individuals. Her services cover the full process, including preliminary tax and financial risk assessment, top-level planning and design, and integrated implementation.

She also has extensive experience in civil and commercial litigation and arbitration. She has represented clients in numerous complex cases involving equity disputes, capital markets disputes, private investment funds, financial leasing, and other related matters.

Suju previously worked at a company preparing for public listing and at large financial institutions, where she held key senior management positions, including company president and head of finance. She has strong practical experience in financial management, capital operations, and cross-border business.

Tim Chen

U.S. Counsel

Tim Chen is the founder of Glamdring PLLC, based in Los Angeles, California. Bringing five years of practice experience from DLA Piper in San Francisco and Washington, D.C., alongside boutique law firm experience handling government contractor M&A, Tim advises multinational corporations, tech enterprises, and growth-stage companies on corporate structuring, equity compensation, and U.S. tax law.

A core focus of his practice involves structuring cross-border corporate architectures and executive equity incentive programs. His representative experience includes advising global tech companies and multinational corporations—such as Amazon, ByteDance, X Holdings, Toyota, and Lululemon—on equity incentive design and cross-border corporate matters. He also counsels government contractors on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and tax planning.

Tim brings deep U.S. tax expertise gained through dedicated tax coursework at Georgetown University Law Center, editing The Tax Lawyer law journal, and practical tax positions at the DC Office of Tax and Revenue, the Council On State Taxation, and Withers LLP in Hong Kong. He serves as General Counsel to MITCEO, a non-profit entrepreneurial organization founded by Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduates, and has served as a guest lecturer at Peking University, Fudan University, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Nanyang Technological University.

Xiao Yun Wang

Foreign Counsel

Xiao Yun Wang is a senior practicing lawyer based in Los Angeles, California. Bringing nearly 20 years of judicial experience as a judge and deputy division head handling criminal, civil, and commercial trials, alongside over five years of specialized legal practice in China, Ms. Wang delivers comprehensive cross-border solutions for domestic and international clients.

A core focus of her practice involves cross-border commercial litigation, complex family wealth disputes, and private client advisory. Leveraging her judicial background—having adjudicated over 1,000 cases—Ms. Wang specializes in resolving high-stakes disputes involving multi-jurisdictional marital property division, international child custody, estate inheritance across China and the U.S., and the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments. She also acts as an expert witness on PRC law before U.S. courts and serves as a Senior Foreign Law Advisor to U.S. law firms.

Ms. Wang coordinates dual-jurisdiction legal teams to deliver integrated "dispute resolution and non-contentious planning" strategies. Her non-contentious advisory encompasses cross-border family wealth structuring, pre-immigration asset planning, family trust formation, tax compliance, asset protection, and corporate governance for outbound business enterprises.

Ms. Wang is an accomplished legal expert in entertainment and culture law, serving as Deputy Secretary-General and U.S. Regional Head of the Dentons Technology and Culture Legal Research Center. She holds key professional appointments, including Council Member of the Beijing Entertainment Law Society, Vice Secretary-General of the Mediation Committee at the China Film Copyright Association, and licensed Performance Broker.

Ming Wu

Tax Legal Assistant

Ming Wu is a tax-focused legal assistant providing comprehensive support in Canadian tax compliance, CRA audit inquiries, objections, and provincial property tax reviews. Since 2022, she has delivered accounting and tax services within a public Chartered Professional Accounting (CPA) firm in British Columbia, assisting corporate and individual clients with complex tax matters involving the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and the BC Ministry of Finance.

A core focus of her work includes supporting lawyers through tax research, file preparation, document review, and drafting submissions for CRA audits, reviews, Notices of Objection (NOO), and tax appeals. She assists with BC Ministry of Finance reviews regarding Provincial Sales Tax (PST) and the Speculation and Vacancy Tax (SVT), as well as Voluntary Disclosure Program (VDP) applications.

Ming also brings practical experience to non-resident tax matters, foreign income and asset compliance, and T1135 Foreign Income Verification Statement reporting requirements.