millie chan

MILLIE CHAN
Avocate et Conseillère principale, Marchés
de l’Asie-Pacifique
T 604.632.3411
F 604.662.5324
Vancouver
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Services-conseils en patrimoine
Litige relatif au droit des sociétés et droit commercial
Droit fiscal
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Formation / Admission au Barreau
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
LLB, University of Malaya, 1980
Millie Chan is a lawyer in both the Tax Group and the Corporate and Commercial Group
in our Vancouver office. She is also our Senior Consultant for Asia Pacific Markets.
Millie advises high-net-worth families, particularly in Asia, in the area of holistic global
estate planning, involving international wealth transfer, asset protection, and capital
preservation. In the terminology of holistic planning, wealth is defined to include
intangible “assets” such as the family identity, vision, values and traditions. In addition
to planning for protection and preservation of assets, Millie works with families to
establish strategies and processes to promote family governance, maintain family unity,
and uphold family identity and integrity. For this purpose, Millie travels regularly to Asia
and works in synergy with BLG’s extensive contact base of bankers and offshore
service providers for trust, foundations and corporations.
British Columbia, 2010
Malaysia, 1981
Activités professionnelles
Member, Law Society of British
Columbia
Member, Canadian Bar Association,
Sections: Taxation Law and Wills &
Trusts (Vancouver)
Member, Canadian Tax Foundation
Director, Malaysia Canada Business
Council (B.C.)
Director / Vice President, Southeast
Asia Canada Business Council
Member, the Malaysian Bar
Panel Member, Panel of Specialists of
Labuan International Business and
Financial Centre, Malaysia
Member, the Society of Trust & Estate
Practitioners (STEP), Malaysia
(Past) Member, Selangor Bar
Disciplinary Committee​
Millie also advises immigrants to Canada on tax-planning options. She is fluent in
English, Mandarin and Malay, and conversant in Cantonese and Hakka, as well as
(minimally) Hokkien. Before immigrating to Canada in 2007, Millie practised law in
Malaysia for approximately 27 years at her own firm, W.Y. Chan & Roy, for whom she
remains a consultant. There, Millie’s primary focus was on corporate/securities and
commercial matters, including corporate finance.
REPRESENTATIVE WORK
In British Columbia
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Advised on holistic global estate planning for families in Asia.
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Advised on tax planning for immigrants to Canada, and related matters.
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Advised on estate planning in British Columbia.
In Malaysia
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Advised clients in stock exchange listing, initial public offering and on issues of
corporate governance and compliance.
Activités communautaires
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(Past) Councillor for the City of Ipoh,
State of Perak, Malaysia
Worked on matters involving issue, offering and placement of equity and debt
securities and corporate debt restructuring.
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Advised financial institutions on banking and loan transactions, and debt
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(Past) Member of the Committee for
Women Co-operative Development,
Federal Territory, Malaysia
(Past) Director of Koperasi Jayadiri
Malaysia Bhd
restructuring.
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Advised on mergers and acquisitions, and corporate reorganizations.
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Undertook selective corporate litigation and acted as counsel in exercises such
as scheme of arrangement and reconstruction, capital reduction, share buyback.
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
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Panelist, “Succession, Legacy And Preservation: Challenges And
Opportunities”, Hong Kong, ASEAN Road Show 2015 conducted by Labuan
International Business and Financial Centre, October 20, 2015.
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Speaker, “Unlocking The Potential of Labuan Trusts: A Focus On Special
Trusts,” Jakarta, Indonesia, Wealth Management For Managers Seminar
conducted by Labuan International Business and Financial Centre, October 1,
2015.
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Speaker, “通过信托和基金会挑战‘富不过三代’”, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
Seminar jointly conducted by Nanyang Siang Pau and Labuan International
Business and Financial Centre, September 29, 2015.
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Speaker/Panelist, "Wealth Management for Managers," Kuala Lumpur,
Conference conducted by Labuan International Business and Financial Centre,
June 16, 2015.
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Speaker, "Building Legacies: Family Business Succession in Southeast Asia,"
Jakarta, Presentation jointly organized by The Economist and Labuan
International Business and Financial Centre, January 29, 2015.
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Speaker, "Building Legacies: Family Business Succession in Southeast Asia,"
Singapore, Presentation jointly organized by The Economist and Labuan
International Business and Financial Centre, January 27, 2015.
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Speaker, "The 3rd Offshore Investment Conference Singapore," January 21,
2015.
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Presenter, "Holistic Global Estate Planning," Singapore, Masterclass
conducted by Labuan International Business and Financial Centre, January 20,
2015.
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Panelist , “ASEAN Wealth Management Summit, 2014,” Singapore, November
18, 2014.
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Speaker/Panelist, "Private Banking & Family Office Summit Asia 2014,"
Shanghai, May 14-15, 2014.
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Author, "Holistic Global Estate Planning - A Balanced Equation," Q-Report, 2nd
Edition, 2013.
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Co-Author, "A Closer Look at Malaysia," Business in Vancouver, Asia Pacific,
May 21-27, 2013.
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Presents regularly at private briefings and seminars, both abroad and locally,
for bankers, prospective clients and other interested groups, on holistic global
estate planning and immigrant tax planning.
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When in practice in Malaysia, appeared as a speaker at various seminars on
topics relating to legal aspects of initial public offering, legal due-diligence
review and corporate governance.
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