What is World Law Alliance?

World Law Alliance is an Institutional platform where independent law firms co-practice across borders under one shared framework of excellence.

How many jurisdictions does WLA cover?

WLA has partner firms across 80+ jurisdictions worldwide, with one exclusive partner firm Per Practice.

How can my law firm join WLA?

Law firms can apply for WLA Partner Firm status through our Expression of Interest form. We designate one exclusive partner firm Per Practice.

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WLA Private Clients Practice Group

Cross-border wealth.
Family succession.
Handled with discretion.

WLA Private Clients co-practice handles the full complexity of cross-border HNW lives — succession law in multiple countries, tax residency, and family business governance across generations — as one coherent advisory engagement, with absolute discretion.

80+

Private client jurisdictions

Discretion

Absolute standard

IFICI · UAE · UK

Key destinations

Co-practice

Not referrals

Live Intelligence

Active

Portugal IFICI

20% flat rate for qualifying income — replaces NHR. WLA Lagoa has prepared a comprehensive client guide.

Active

UK Non-Dom Abolition

4-year foreign income and gains exemption now in force — urgent review required for long-term non-doms.

Active

UAE DIFC Wills Registry

Fully operational for non-Muslim expatriates — succession planning significantly improved.

Active

EU Succession Regulation

Habitual residence as primary connecting factor — key jurisdiction elections being made by EU-resident non-EU nationals.

What WLA delivers

Cross-border wealth.
Family succession.
Handled with discretion.

WLA co-practice means one coordinated team addressing your cross-border legal needs simultaneously — genuine local depth in every jurisdiction, under one institutional framework.

Multi-Jurisdiction Wealth Structuring

Cross-border holding structures, trust and foundation planning, jurisdiction-optimised wealth vehicles — co-practiced with private client experts in each relevant territory simultaneously.

HNW Relocation Co-Practice

Residence planning, tax regime analysis, IFICI, UAE Golden Visa, UK non-dom — co-practiced with the local private client expert in each destination jurisdiction.

International Succession & Estate Co-Practice

Cross-border estate planning, succession regulation navigation, multi-jurisdiction probate — co-practiced with the right specialist in each jurisdiction simultaneously.

Family Office Legal Infrastructure

Governance frameworks, family constitutions, investment vehicle legal structures — co-practiced across every jurisdiction where the family has significant assets.

Philanthropy & Foundation Co-Practice

Cross-border charitable structures, foundation governance, and compliance — co-practiced with private client specialists in every relevant jurisdiction.

Live intelligence

HNW

Portugal IFICI

WLA Lagoa (AM-Almeida Monteiro) has prepared a comprehensive IFICI transition guide for clients

HNW

UK Non-Dom Abolition

4-year foreign income and gains exemption active — long-term non-doms with UK ties require urgent review

HNW

UAE DIFC Wills Registry

Fully operational for non-Muslim expatriates — succession planning significantly improved

HNW

Swiss Succession Law

Revised forced heirship shares — new planning opportunities for Swiss-resident HNW families

Practice Group Lead

WLA Private Clients Practice Group Lead

Guadalupe De Almeida

Managing Partner · AM-Almeida Monteiro · Lagoa, Portugal

Private Clients HNW Real Estate Immigration

Guadalupe De Almeida leads the WLA Private Clients Practice Group — co-ordinating HNW relocation, succession planning, and family office co-practice. IFICI and Golden Visa specialist.

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AM-Almeida Monteiro

Private Clients Practice Group Lead firm — Portugal

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WLA Tax Practice Group

HNW tax planning and structuring

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WLA Immigration

HNW relocation and global mobility

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WLA Intelligence

Live HNW and private client intelligence

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WLA partner firms in this practice

The firms that co-practice
in this discipline.

One exclusive partner firm Per Practice — each WLA-accredited, reviewed annually.

William KW Leung & Co.

Aberdeen, Hong Kong

Partner Firm

Transactional Practice GroupIntellectual Property GroupGlobal Arbitration and Mediation Group

William Leung

Founder

William KW Leung & Co (website: www.jwlw.com)a solicitors firm located in Hong Kong providing legal services of specified…

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AM-Almeida Monteiro & Associados – Sociedade de Advogados SP, RL

Lagoa, Portugal

Partner Firm

Transactional Practice GroupIntellectual Property GroupInsolvency and Restructuring GroupGlobal Dispute Group

Guadalupe De Almeida

Founding Partner

WHO WE ARE The problems of our Clients are not of other, are ours. AM- Almeida Monteiro &…

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Law & More B.V.

Eindhoven, Netherlands

Partner Firm

Transactional Practice GroupIntellectual Property GroupInsolvency and Restructuring GroupGlobal Dispute Group

Tom Meevis

Managing Partner

With Law & More you choose a result-oriented law firm We are a dynamic law firm with an…

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Figueras Legal SLP

Barcelona, Spain

Partner Firm

Transactional Practice GroupIntellectual Property GroupInsolvency and Restructuring Group

Josep Figueras

Managing Partner, Figueras Legal

Figueras Legal is the result of the combination of the legal, technical and human knowledge acquired by Figueras…

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Bos Van Der Burg Advocaten

Zoetermeer, Netherlands

Partner Firm

Transactional Practice GroupGlobal Dispute Group

C.M. (Kees) Van Der Burg

Managing Partner

BOS VAN DER BURG serves a wide range of commercial clients, from the small and medium-size enterprise sector…

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Sokolowski & Partners Law Office

Warsaw, Poland

Partner Firm

Transactional Practice GroupIntellectual Property Group

Dawid Sokolowski

Managing Partner

We are a boutique law firm. We focus on solving our clients\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' legal problems. We offer proven solutions…

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More jurisdictions available

35+ jurisdictions still open for WLA designation in this practice.

Key practitioners

Named practitioners.
Every jurisdiction.

Every WLA co-practice matter in this practice is led by a named practitioner who personally holds the mandate alongside WLA partner firms in other jurisdictions.