Prof Tang Hang Wu, PhD

Prof Tang Hang Wu, PhD (陈汉吾) is a Consultant whose primary practice area is Wills and Trusts. He co-heads the firm's Private Wealth and Trust practice, advising and acting as Counsel on contentious matters involving property, land, strata titles, equity, restitution, unjust enrichment, fraud, asset tracing, and private wealth and trusts transactions.

He is a full-time professor at the Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University. He is often instructed by Singapore and international law firms to advise on complex legal issues pertaining to restitution, unjust enrichment, asset tracing, fraud, land, equity, trusts and charities.

His specialist knowledge has led to his appointment as an expert on Singapore trust law by the US Department of Justice, as an expert witness on Singapore law in international litigation and arbitration, and as instructed and independent Counsel in matters before the Singapore High Court and Court of Appeal.

He collaborates with legal teams in Singapore and elsewhere on complex litigation, providing counsel's opinion, trial and appellate strategies. Together with colleagues at the firm, he has managed complex trust disputes in Singapore and Jersey, and has been part of legal teams led by Thio Shen Yi S.C. in high-profile breach of trust claims involving professional trustees.

He holds an LL.M. from the University of Cambridge and an LL.B. from the National University of Singapore.