Watson & Band Law Offices has been selected into the Estate Administrator Recommendation Pool and lawyers Wu Yan and Wu Jianan were selected into the Estate Administrator Expert Pool by the Shanghai Zhangjiang Notary Office. This selection was made after a thorough review and evaluation by this notary office in December 2022.

The estate administrator system is of great significance for coping with estate handling dilemmas, initiating procedures for estate disposal, protecting the rights and interests of estate owners and beneficiaries and bringing estates into full play. Meanwhile, estate administrators will take care of, manage and allocate estates, recover and pay off the debts to ensure the safety of transactions between the decedent and other civil entities and protect the rights and interests of the successor and third parties and the safety of transactions of the foregoing. It also helps prevent the generation of a large amount of creditor’s rights and debts relating to estates or any succession disputes, thus reducing social conflicts and relieving the burden of both successors and creditors, especially as a result of filing and responding to lawsuits.  

Since the establishment of estate administrator system in the Civil Code of PRC, the demand for professional institutions to act as estate administrators has increased because they are more stable, professional and capable of providing comprehensive and stronger legal support for their clients. In response, the Shanghai Zhangjiang Notary Office established the Estate Administrator Recommendation Pool and Estate Administrator Expert Pool, inviting experts to provide clients with more diversified legal services and solutions in family issues. Lawyer business and notarization services can then supplement and facilitate each other.  

W&B’s family law and wealth management team provides services for resolution of disputes over family issues, inheritance matters, succession and management of family wealth, legal risk isolation for family business and foreign-related marital matters. The team strives to provide professional services and build a high-quality brand based on the conception of “integrity, strategy, professionalism, dedication”.

The selection of W&B by the Shanghai Zhangjiang Notary Office demonstrates its acknowledgement of the professionalism of the firm’s family law and wealth management team. In the coming year, the team will commit to family issues, keep up with the latest legal developments, including the estate administrator system. It will leverage the professional advantages of the notary office and the law firm to provide its clients with quality and cost-effective legal services.