Do you need help with asset protection or wealth management?
You’ve worked hard for your money, and you want to protect it. Whether it’s your business assets, personal assets or wealth, our experienced team can help you put protection in place to make sure you keep what’s yours.
The right structure is essential to protect your assets in the event that you are taken to court and prevent your personal assets, including the family home, from being put at risk.
HOW PENROSE LAWYERS CAN HELP WITH ASSET PROTECTION AND WEALTH MANAGEMENT
The experienced asset protection and wealth management lawyers can help you by:
- Advising you on entity creations, including company structures and trusts.
- Advising you in relation to joint ventures and partnerships.
- Helping you maximise your superannuation and understand the concessional tax environment.
- Assisting you with land and asset transfers.
- Giving advice on taxation and stamp duty requirements and exemptions.
- Preparing wills, testamentary trusts, guardianship agreements and powers of attorney.
What do you need to do?
Being proactive about your asset protection and wealth management can help you avoid issues down the track. The best way to do this is to get legal advice early on, and check in at regular intervals to make sure that your affairs are arranged in accordance with the latest taxation and compliance legislation.
How you protect your assets will depend on your risk profile. If you are a property investor, business owner or are facing the possibility of a relationship breakdown, you have particular levels of risk that need tailored strategies to mitigate
Wealth management strategies go beyond guarding against risk. They take into account how your affairs are structured to minimise tax penalties and allow your nest egg to grow.
Some things to keep in mind include:
- The best structure for any business entity to minimise your personal exposure to risk.
- Establishing family trusts or business trusts to help safeguard your assets against liability.
- Drafting a will that reflects your wishes about how your estate is distributed.
- Ensure that your contracts and agreements are drafted in a way to ensure adequate protection.
