LEGAL ARTICLE
Complete Guide to Cross-Border Inheritance in China
From inheritance notarization to property registration: the essential steps for overseas heirs.
Connecting legal matters across borders with professional, practical and collaborative service for individuals, companies and fellow lawyers. 18 years of practice, 300+ foreign-related cases, one mandate, one point of contact from start to finish.
Professional competence, practical experience and cross-border legal capability form the foundation of long-term legal service.
Zhao Haiying, LL.M. and MBA, partner at Lantai (Shanghai) Law Firm. She has practiced law for many years with a focus on foreign-related and cross-border legal matters.
She has accumulated substantial practical experience in international family law, cross-border inheritance, overseas assets, foreign-related authorization and notarization, and international civil and commercial matters.
She also values collaboration with lawyers, professional institutions and service providers at home and abroad, coordinating cross-border legal matters for clients according to the needs of each case.
Philosophy: one mandate, one point of contact from start to finish, so that complex problems have clear answers.
Focus on cross-border legal matters that require specialized knowledge and long procedural chains.
Cross-border marriage, divorce, child custody, property division and family law matters.
Estates located in multiple jurisdictions, inheritance procedures and cross-border asset disposal.
Legal support for foreign-owned assets in China, including property, equity and fund repatriation.
Coordinating foreign notarization, legalization and power of attorney for use in China.
Legal support for contracts, transactions and civil and commercial matters across jurisdictions.
Working with lawyers and institutions at home and abroad to serve clients together.
Cases are shown to demonstrate professional capability. Client information has been anonymized in accordance with applicable rules.
A U.S.-based mother and son sold a Shanghai property remotely. We coordinated overseas authorization, identity consistency certification, Apostille and domestic procedures, completing listing, tax review, registration and full repatriation of the sale proceeds.
A German granddaughter inherited her grandfather's estate in China by subrogation. We handled kinship authentication, foreign document authentication and foreign exchange transfer procedures, completing inheritance proceedings and repatriation of estate funds.
In a China-Germany divorce, we used multiple court investigation orders to uncover concealed assets across identity, marriage, property and jurisdictional dimensions, supported a reduced share for the at-fault spouse and pursued child support.
Individuals and families with cross-border marriage, inheritance, property and other foreign-related legal needs.
Support for legal issues arising in cross-border operations and international civil and commercial matters.
Foreign-related legal support, case collaboration and professional coordination for lawyers in China.
Cooperation is not simply referring a case; it is serving the client together through professional division of work.
Foreign-related and cross-border matters can be referred and handled with professional collaboration based on the specifics of each case.
When a case requires it, lawyers with different specialties each handle their part of the work to complete client service together.
Support for fellow lawyers on legal, procedural and cross-border coordination issues encountered in foreign-related cases.
Practical insights and case reflections on foreign-related and cross-border legal matters.
From inheritance notarization to property registration: the essential steps for overseas heirs.
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Jurisdiction, application documents and key practical issues including Apostille.
Compliant routes for repatriating funds after property sales and equity exits in China.
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Law Firm: Lantai (Shanghai) Law Firm
Office: Floor 10, Tower C, Bund SOHO, No. 88 Zhongshan Road East, Huangpu District, Shanghai
Practice Areas: cross-border inheritance, international family law, China asset disposal, foreign enterprise services, foreign-related criminal defense and related civil and commercial legal services.
For foreign-related and cross-border legal matters, you are welcome to get in touch.
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