Charles Russell Speechlys LLP

Private Client and Family

Wei Kang has extensive experience advising high-net-worth individuals and families on complex trust and estate structures, tax and compliance matters, and multi-jurisdictional succession planning.

Wei advises high net worth individuals and families on a broad range of private wealth matters, including the structuring and implementation of family trusts and foundations, family governance, pre-immigration planning, philanthropic structuring, establishment of family offices, corporate restructuring, wills and estate planning, and family business succession.

She also advises institutional trustees on operational issues relating to asset protection structures and fiduciary risks. Her work often involves multi-jurisdictional considerations, and she is valued for her clear, practical approach to succession planning.

Wei is recognised as a leading practitioner in private wealth, with rankings in Private Wealth Law in China by Chambers High Net Worth 2025. She is also listed as a “Recommended Lawyer” for Private Client in Hong Kong by Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2026, and has received the Thought Leadership award in 2025 and the Women in Wealth Management – Non-Banking Sector award in 2026 at the WealthBriefing Asia Greater China Awards.

Wei is admitted to practise in Hong Kong and British Columbia (Canada) and is fluent in English and Mandarin. She previously practised at a leading Canadian law firm in Vancouver before relocating to Hong Kong in 2019, and was also seconded to the legal department of a global bank, advising both its private wealth business and trust company.

She has completed the In-Depth Tax Course of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada, and is a member of STEP and a Registered Trust and Estate Practitioner.