Faculty

Patrick Yip is Co-Head, Global Private Wealth of Merits & Tree LLP.  He is formerly Tax Specialist of Karas So LLP, Asia Vice Chair of Mishcon de Reya LLP (the English media refers to the firm as“Princess Diana’s law firm”) and Deloitte China's Vice Chair. He specializes in US international taxation, China-Hong Kong cross-border taxation and structuring M&A transactions. He advises high-net-worth individuals on multi-jurisdictional trust and estate planning. In addition, he is a specialist in FATCA and CRS.

Patrick worked for a Big 4 accounting firm's International Tax Group in San Francisco and Deloitte's National Tax Office (International) in Washington DC.  He was involved in tax policy discussions with both the Hong Kong and Chinese tax authorities.  He is fluent in English and Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin). He is both a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) (USA and Hong Kong) and an attorney-at-law (California).  He is an adjunct professor at the University of Hong Kong (ICB). 

He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with an MPA Degree in Taxation and a BBA Degree in Accounting with High Honors.  He has an LL.M (Master of Laws) degree from Columbia University (James Kent Scholar), an LL.M degree from the University of California at Berkeley (Dean's List) and an undergraduate law degree (Hons) from the University of Cambridge.  He also has an MBA degree (Hons) from the University of Chicago.