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Practice Experience

Linda L. Ng focuses on investment funds and international tax planning involving Hong Kong, Singapore and other Asian jurisdictions.

Linda advises investment funds and multinationals investing in Asia through Hong Kong or Singapore. Her experience includes advice on tax-efficient structures, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, and cross-border tax planning and tax controversies. She also advises on regulatory matters concerning licensing fund managers and investment advisory operations in Singapore.

Linda has more than 20 years of experience. She has been ranked as a Leading Individual for Hong Kong Tax by International Tax Review – World Tax 2009. She has been with White & Case (Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo offices) since October 1998. Prior to joining White & Case, she worked at other law firms in Singapore and New York, and she was a tax manager in the Tokyo office of a major international accounting firm.

Linda is qualified as a lawyer in New York, England and Wales, Hong Kong and Singapore. She was registered in Japan as a Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi from 1999 through 2008.

Serving as Tax Notes International's Asia-Pacific Columnist (2003 - 2006) and Singapore Correspondent (2000 – present), Linda has published articles on a wide range of topics. She has also published articles in International Tax Review, Practical Asian Tax Strategies, the New York Law Journal, the Canadian Tax Journal and Kokusai Zeimu (International Taxation).

Bars and Courts
Solicitor, England and Wales (currently non-practicing), 2007
Solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong, 2006
Registered in Japan as Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi, 1999-2008
US Tax Court, 1988
US District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, 1988
New York State Bar, 1987
Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore, 1984

Education
Japanese Language Program, Keio University, Tokyo, 1994
LLM, (Taxation), New York University School of Law, 1990
LLM, (Corporation Law), New York University School of Law, 1987
LLB, National University of Singapore, Honors, 1983

Professional Associations and Memberships
New York State Bar
Law Society of England and Wales
Law Society of Hong Kong

Publications
"Hong Kong: Time for Transfer Pricing Regs?," Tax Notes International, March 9, 2009, p. 895.
"Singapore LLP: A Smart, Flexible Hybrid Vehicle," Tax Notes International, February 23, 2009, p. 697.
"News Analysis: Singapore's Extraordinary 2009 Budget," Tax Notes International, February 9, 2009, p. 487.
"Singapore: 2008 Year in Review," Tax Notes International, December 22, 2008, p. 1026
"Singapore Lures Onshore Funds," Tax Notes International, April 28, 2008, p. 284
"Budget Boost Singapore as Top Private Wealth Center," Tax Notes International, February 25, 2008, p. 644
"Singapore: 2007 Year in Review," Tax Notes International, December 31, 2007, p. 1418
"New US Treaty Trends: Potential Benefits for US Multinationals in Asia," Tax Notes International, September 17, 2007, p. 1077
"Singapore’s 2007 Budget: A Race to the Bottom with Hong Kong," Tax Notes International, March 5, 2007, p. 835
"Singapore: 2006 Year in Review," Tax Notes International, December 25, 2006, p. 1103
"Hong Kong’s Fragrant Safe Harbor for Offshore Funds Roils the Seas for Singapore," Tax Notes International, October 16, 2006, p. 211

Languages
English
Japanese
Mandarin
Hokkien

Citizenship
Singapore