About Xandori Legal

Built around people,
grounded in principle.

Xandori Legal was established to give private clients internationally access to estate and succession counsel that is genuinely personal — led by senior solicitors who take individual responsibility for the matters they handle.

20+
Years of Experience
1,200+
Estates Administered
40+
Jurisdictions Covered
5
Senior Solicitors
Our Story

A practice shaped by what private clients actually need.

Xandori Legal came into being because its founders recognised a persistent gap in the legal market. Probate and private client work — the kind that touches families directly, often during their most difficult moments — was routinely handled by large general practices where it sat at the margin of the firm's interests rather than at its centre.

The founders had spent their careers in that environment. They understood the value of institutional infrastructure, but they also understood its costs: client relationships managed by rotation rather than continuity, fee structures calibrated for corporate mandates, and a general disposition that treated estate matters as a process to be completed rather than a situation to be understood.

"Estate matters do not resolve themselves. They require someone who understands the law, manages the process, and keeps the interests of the estate firmly in view — from the first conversation to the final distribution."

The decision to build a specialist practice was straightforward once that conclusion was reached. By concentrating exclusively on probate, estate administration, trusts, and related private client work, Xandori Legal could offer something the general market could not: deep expertise, consistent senior attention, and a culture genuinely oriented towards the needs of individual clients rather than institutional ones.

The firm is headquartered in Cambodia and was built to support international private client work. A private client and probate practice headquartered in Cambodia, with branch offices in Vietnam, Hong Kong and Thailand.

Today, Xandori Legal advises executors, administrators, trustees, and beneficiaries across a wide range of estate sizes and complexities. The character of the practice has not changed from its founding: senior-led, personally attentive, and focused entirely on getting the right result for the client.

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Firm Milestones

Est.
Xandori Legal Founded

Established with a founding commitment to specialist probate and private client practice.

Yr 3
STEP Membership Granted

Recognised by the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, affirming the firm's technical standards in trust and estate law.

Yr 5
International Network Established

Formal referral relationships confirmed with practitioners in the UK, BVI, Cayman Islands, Singapore, and Australia.

Yr 8
1,000th Estate Completed

A quiet but significant milestone — reflecting the trust placed in the firm by families across the region.

Now
Senior Team of Five Solicitors

A deliberately measured size, ensuring every client engagement receives the direct senior attention the firm was built to provide.

Founding Principles

The commitments we made at the outset — and have kept.

Before opening our doors, the founding partners agreed on a set of commitments that would define how the firm operated. These were not marketing formulations. They were practical decisions about how to run a law firm that clients could genuinely rely on.

Those commitments remain in effect today. They govern how we structure client relationships, how we price our work, how we communicate, and how we make decisions when circumstances become difficult.

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Senior solicitors on every file

Every client matter at Xandori Legal is handled by a qualified solicitor with substantial probate and private client experience. We do not use trainees or paralegals as the primary point of contact, and we do not pass clients between team members without their knowledge.

Transparent fees from the outset

Clients receive a written cost estimate before instructing us and are notified promptly if anything changes. We do not issue surprise invoices. Where a matter becomes significantly more complex than anticipated, we discuss the position with the client before incurring further costs.

We only accept matters we can handle well

We do not pursue growth at the expense of quality. If our capacity is such that we cannot give a matter the attention it requires, we say so at the outset. We would rather refer a matter to a colleague than handle it poorly.

No unnecessary delay

Probate takes time, and some of that time is outside any solicitor's control. But delay caused by poor file management or inadequate resourcing is not acceptable. We manage our practice to eliminate it, and we communicate proactively when external timelines extend.

Conflicts of interest handled absolutely

In estate and succession work, conflicts arise between beneficiaries, executors, and parties to family disputes. We identify these conflicts early, advise on them clearly, and do not act where our ability to serve one client would be compromised by obligations to another.

The human dimension matters

Estate and succession matters almost always arise in the context of bereavement, family complexity, or both. We deal with the legal aspects with precision — but we recognise that precision alone is not enough. How we engage with clients, and the care we bring to that, is part of the service.

Mission & Vision

What we are here to do — and who we are here to serve.

Our mission is to give individuals and families the quality of probate and private client advice that enables them to navigate complex legal situations with confidence. We measure ourselves by the clarity of our advice, the reliability of our process, and the standard of care we bring to every client relationship.

Our vision is a practice that remains genuinely specialist — one that does not grow beyond its ability to deliver consistent senior attention, and that is known in the legal market for the quality of its technical work and the trust it earns from clients during the most demanding circumstances of their lives.

We do not pursue scale as an objective. We pursue quality, and we accept that genuine quality requires limits.

Our Commitment

"To provide every client with the advice and attention we would want for our own families — precise in its analysis, honest in its assessment, and consistent in its delivery from the first conversation to the final distribution."

International Outlook

Cross-border private client work sits at the intersection of differing legal traditions and international financial complexity. We are built for precisely that environment — and for the international connections it generates for private clients and their families.

Core Values

The principles that shape every decision we make.

Legal Rigour

Probate and estate law is technical. We invest in deep expertise and apply it carefully. Shortcuts that create risk for clients are not acceptable, even when a client might not notice them.

Personal Responsibility

Each client's matter is owned by a named senior solicitor who is accountable for it from start to finish. We do not rotate files between team members as a matter of operational convenience.

Plain Communication

We explain the law in terms clients can act on. Legal advice that cannot be understood is not useful advice. We take time to ensure our clients know what is happening and why at every stage.

Absolute Discretion

Estate and succession matters frequently involve sensitive family information. We handle all client matters with strict confidentiality, and we do not discuss client affairs outside the bounds required by law.

International Fluency

Many of our clients have connections to multiple jurisdictions. We are comfortable in that environment, and we coordinate effectively with practitioners elsewhere to ensure cross-border complexity does not become an excuse for poor results.

Honest Assessment

We tell clients what they need to hear, not what they might prefer to hear. Where a course of action carries risk, we say so clearly. Where a dispute is unlikely to produce a result worth its cost, we say that too.

Victoria Lam
Managing Partner
Professional qualifications and admission details are available from the firm. TEP — Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners Contact the firm for educational background. LLM, King's College London
Practice Focus

Complex probate, contested estates, cross-border estate administration, trust disputes, and private client advisory for high-net-worth families internationally.

A Message from the Managing Partner

On why we do this work, and how we approach it.

"Probate and estate administration is not glamorous legal work. It does not produce headlines or landmark judgments. What it produces — when it is done well — is clarity, security, and resolution for families at a time when they need exactly that."

I came to this area of law through what I can only describe as an accidental encounter with its importance. Early in my career, I assisted on an estate matter involving a family with assets in four jurisdictions, a will that was poorly drafted, and beneficiaries in two countries who had not spoken to each other in over a decade. The matter took three years and caused significant distress that better legal advice, given earlier, might have avoided entirely.

That experience shaped how I think about this practice. Estate matters go wrong not because the law is complicated — though it is — but because they are often handled by practitioners who do not focus on them sufficiently to anticipate the problems that arise in practice. A will adequate for a simple estate may be entirely inadequate for one that crosses jurisdictions. A grant of probate that looks straightforward can become genuinely difficult when an estate includes certain types of asset or a beneficiary raises a challenge.

At Xandori Legal, we have deliberately built a practice that focuses on exactly these complications. Our team has handled every variety of estate and succession matter — contentious and non-contentious, domestic and international, simple and deeply complex. That experience is not incidental to what we offer. It is the whole point.

If you are dealing with a probate matter, planning your estate, or navigating a family succession question, I would welcome the opportunity to discuss your position. An introductory enquiry is free. Legal consultations are charged, with the fee confirmed when an appointment is arranged.

Victoria Lam
Managing Partner — Xandori Legal
Our People

The practitioners who lead our work.

Xandori Legal is a senior-led practice. Every solicitor carries substantial experience in probate, estate administration, or private client law. Every client file is personally overseen by a qualified practitioner from start to close.

Victoria Lam

Managing Partner

Victoria leads the firm's complex probate and contested estate practice. She has over eighteen years of experience in private client law and has handled estate matters spanning more than twenty jurisdictions. She advises high-net-worth families on succession planning and trust structures, and is frequently instructed in contentious probate proceedings.

TEP Contact the firm for admission jurisdiction and practising details. LLM KCL LLB HKU
v.lam@xandorilegal.com

James Ng

Partner

James heads the firm's trust and wealth structuring practice. He advises individuals and families on the establishment and ongoing administration of family trusts, asset protection structures, and private wealth arrangements with cross-border components. He has particular expertise in offshore trust structures and their interaction with probate.

TEP Contact the firm for admission jurisdiction and practising details. LLB HKU
j.ng@xandorilegal.com

Sophie Cheung

Senior Associate

Sophie specialises in non-contentious probate and estate administration, acting for executors, administrators, and beneficiaries across domestic and international matters. She has extensive experience with probate grant applications and manages the firm's executor advisory practice, guiding clients through every stage of the administration process from grant to final distribution.

Contact the firm for admission jurisdiction and practising details. LLB CUHK PCLL HKU
s.cheung@xandorilegal.com

Marcus Ho

Associate

Marcus focuses on succession planning and inheritance structuring, advising clients on will preparation, enduring powers of attorney, and estate planning with cross-border implications. He also assists on complex estate administration matters and has particular experience coordinating with practitioners in other jurisdictions on overseas assets.

Contact the firm for admission jurisdiction and practising details. LLB HKBU PCLL HKU
m.ho@xandorilegal.com

Claire Fitzpatrick

Associate

Claire joined Xandori Legal from a private client practice in London, bringing experience in UK and cross-border estate matters relevant to clients with UK connections. She advises on international estate administration, beneficiary representation, and estate disputes with an international dimension, and leads the firm's UK-connected estate referral work.

Solicitor E&W Contact the firm for admission jurisdiction and practising details. LLB UCL
c.fitzpatrick@xandorilegal.com
Join Our Team

We are always interested in strong probate practitioners.

Xandori Legal values experience over credentials, judgement over volume, and the ability to build genuine client relationships over the ability to bill hours. If that describes how you practise, we would be glad to hear from you.

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Our Legal Philosophy

How we think about our work — and about the clients we serve.

Probate and private client work requires two things that do not always sit easily together: technical precision and human understanding. The technical side — knowing the law, knowing the procedure, managing the process — is necessary but not sufficient. The human side — recognising when a family needs more time, knowing when to raise something and when to let it settle — is equally important and harder to teach.

We try to hold both dimensions in view simultaneously. We do not use legal complexity as a cover for indifference, and we do not use emotional sensitivity as an excuse for imprecision. What we aim for is advice that is both correct and genuinely useful — advice that clients can act on, in the circumstances they actually face.

That standard is harder to meet than it sounds, and we do not always reach it perfectly. But it is what we are trying to do, and trying seriously makes a material difference to the clients who work with us.

Precision

Legal documents, court applications, and formal advice carry real consequences. We prepare them carefully and check them thoroughly, without exception.

Clarity

We explain complex legal positions in accessible terms. Clients should understand what we are advising and why — not simply receive instructions they cannot interrogate.

Efficiency

Estate administration already takes time. We do not add to that burden through poor file management, delayed responses, or unnecessary process steps.

Proportionality

The legal approach should match the matter. Not every dispute benefits from litigation. Not every succession question requires a complex structure to resolve it.

Professional Memberships & Affiliations

STEP
Member Firm
International
Bar Association
Inter Pacific
Bar Association
Our Offices

Headquartered in Cambodia, with offices across Asia.

Our headquarters are in Cambodia. Contact the office before travelling to arrange a visit.

Our international outlook is built on relationships as well as offices. We maintain working relationships with practitioners in other jurisdictions commonly encountered in cross-border estates. Contact the firm to discuss coordination with advisers in the relevant jurisdiction.

Headquarters — Cambodia
Address Building No, Oval Office Tower 10F, 1 Street 360, Phnom Penh 121301, Cambodia
Branch offices Vietnam — 2 Đ. Hải Triều, Sài Gòn, Hồ Chí Minh 700000, Vietnam
Hong Kong — 99 Queen's Road Central, Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Thailand — 287 Si Lom Rd, Si Lom, Khet Bang Rak, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10500, Thailand
Telephone +855 97 837 7400
Email info@xandorilegal.com
Hours Please call or email to arrange a suitable appointment time
Urgent matters — please telephone directly
Our Commitment to Clients

What you should expect from us — and what we hold ourselves to.

Every client of Xandori Legal is entitled to know who is handling their matter, to receive prompt and honest responses to their questions, and to understand what is happening in their case at every stage. These are not aspirational standards. They are the minimum we accept from ourselves.

If at any point you feel that standard has not been met, you are entitled to raise it — with your solicitor directly, or with the Managing Partner. We would rather know of a shortcoming than have a client decide quietly that we were not good enough.

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