Private-client route
Going abroad from China: plan the family, asset and legal route together.
A structured route for China-connected families and individuals moving, investing, owning property, managing assets or planning family and succession matters overseas.
Start with the immediate decision
Is there a deadline, purchase, move or dispute?
What needs planning before funds, people or documents move?
What must be reviewed as residence, assets or family circumstances change?
Planning map
Choose the planning category with the nearest consequence.
Several categories can apply to the same family. Start with the decision, deadline or asset that needs attention now; the next route can reveal connected issues. Destination-specific coverage varies, so confirm the scope of each resource and local-law route.
How this routing desk worksSelected route
Move, study or establish residence
Coordinate immigration status, residence rights, guardianship and continuing China-side obligations before a move becomes urgent.
Selected route
Buy, hold or sell overseas property
Frame title, conveyancing, tax, financing, remittance and succession together before a property commitment.
Selected route
Plan residence before the move
Map residence tests, treaty questions, reporting and the timing of arrival or departure before a family becomes resident.
Selected route
Transfer, hold and document assets
Coordinate ownership, lawful funding, foreign exchange, tax records and source-of-funds evidence as assets cross systems.
Selected route
Plan wills, estates and probate
Map assets and governing systems, coordinate wills and prepare documents for cross-border use before succession becomes urgent.
Selected route
Evaluate structures before treating them as products
Test control, tax residence, reporting, succession and enforceability instead of relying on a single-structure solution.
Selected route
Coordinate family, divorce and child issues
Identify jurisdiction, immediate orders, evidence, assets, custody and enforceability across borders from the outset.
Selected route
Recover assets or enforce rights
Map defendants, assets, evidence, urgent relief, judgments and the jurisdictions where enforcement is actually needed.
Make the order visible
A calmer plan moves from the immediate to the enduring.
Not every route follows the same order. Use this frame to separate a live issue from pre-move preparation and ongoing review.
Protect the immediate decision
Address live deadlines, a move date, property completion, a health or family event, urgent child matters or a dispute.
Prepare the fact pack
Map people, assets, documents, funding history, residence ties, ownership and the intended destination route.
Review connected changes
Residence, family circumstances, asset locations and structures can change the planning position over time.
Two-jurisdiction planning
Do not treat one legal system as a footnote to the other.
China-side foreign exchange, tax, family, succession, evidence and asset questions may require mainland PRC counsel. Destination-country property, immigration, tax, family and probate questions require appropriately qualified local counsel.
Understand the China + overseas routeWhen you are ready to act
Place the personal matter in the right destination context.
When detailed coverage is not yet available for a destination, move from the planning category to the country corridor, then to a local practice-specific counsel search.
The research boundary
This hub gives direction. Detailed legal analysis, checklists and country-specific guidance remain in the Going Global Legal Guides library. Coverage varies by destination and each resource states its own review scope.
Going Global crossroadsContinue through the system
The next useful route is not always more reading.
Move between the four route files, a destination corridor, counsel discovery or the workstream that owns the next decision.