So-Yung Wong

Experience Highlights

• Advising foreign buyers on off-plan, new-build, and resale property acquisitions in major UK cities, including London, Manchester, and Birmingham. 

• Guiding first-time buyers through the UK conveyancing process with clarity and reassurance. 

• Providing legal guidance to overseas investors on UK property regulations and compliance requirements. 

• Actively participating in overseas property exhibitions, assisting clients with legal queries, reservation agreements, and seamless onboarding. 

Core Expertise:  Commercial & Residential Property

• Strategic Investment Structures: Drafting and negotiating Option Agreements and conditional contracts to secure investment exits and development rights.
• Commercial Asset Management: Handling Lease Assignments and licences.
• High-Value Conveyancing: Full-service support for residential sales, off-plan acquisitions, and new-build developments.
• International Transactions: Specialised cross-border support for overseas investors navigating the UK market. Private Client & Wealth Management
• Succession & Estate Planning: Preparing bespoke Wills, drafting and submitting Lasting Powers of Attorney, and developing Inheritance Tax planning and succession strategies.
• Specialised Trust Structures: Working alongside the wider private client team to design and incorporate Family Investment Companies (FICs), prepare Discretionary Trusts, Life Interest Trusts and Disabled Person’s Trusts, and Deeds of Variation to optimize family wealth.
• Trusts & Probate: Expertise in Trust Restructuring and the administration of complex or contentious estates.
• Asset Optimisation: Coordinating property disposals while maximising Inheritance Tax (IHT) positions and Business Property Relief (BPR). Key Strengths
• Multilingual Advisory: Providing nuanced legal advice in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin, effectively bridging the communication gap for the HK / Singapore market.
• STEP Specialisation: A STEP Candidate, committed to the “gold standard” of international trust and estate practice.
• Interdisciplinary Insight: A rare ability to advise on the legalities of a property transaction while simultaneously considering its impact on a client’s wider estate and tax liability.

Sector Expertise 

• Transfer of equity

• Remortgaging and mortgage redemptions

• Off-plan and new-build property acquisitions

• Resale property transactions

Career History

Previous Law Firms

• Gateley Legal, Associate (Mar 2023 – Dec 2025) 
• Charles Russell Speechlys, Registered Foreign Lawyer (England & Wales) (Nov 2021 – Mar 2023) 
• Sternberg Reed, Solicitor (Jun 2021 – Oct 2021) 
• Taylor Rose MW, Solicitor (Mar 2021 – Jun 2021) 
• Taylor Rose MW, Trainee Solicitor (Mar 2019 – Mar 2021) 

Education

• The University of Law, Master’s Degree, LLM LPC (2014 – 2015) 
• The University of Law, Master’s Degree, Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) (2012 – 2014) 
• University of Kent, Bachelor’s Degree, Business Administration (BA Hons) (2009 – 2012) 

Languages

• English 
• Cantonese 
• Mandarin