Estate Planning · Singapore

If something happened to you tomorrow, would your family know what to do?

Your CPF savings, your property and your insurance do not all pass to your family in the same way, and the legal default may not match what you consider fair. Many people assume that a will settles everything, when in reality it covers only part of the picture. We have put together a complimentary check that takes about three minutes, so that you can see where your own arrangements stand today.

The check is complimentary, takes about three minutes, and you do not need any documents on hand. At the end, we ask for your name and WhatsApp number so that one of our advisers can prepare your report personally and send it to you, with an optional review if you would like one.

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150+Singaporean families served
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What you receive

The Legacy File

A private 20 page record of everything your family would need, completed with you and handed over at the end.
Google reviews

Seventy families have written about us

★★★★★ 5.0 across 70+ Google reviews

"Finances is a very sensitive topic for me, and I have never felt more comfortable sharing my confidential finance details with anyone."

Hernandes, Google review

"He treats his clients like his family, constantly checking in to know about the little successes and troubles that we are experiencing in life."

Krisha, Google review

"Sumit has been knowledgeable and reliable. A great help in planning my finances as well as helping my parents with estate planning matters."

Ryan, Google review

"Sumit ensures that his clients benefit first. He shares a personal relationship with all his clients and is always on the lookout for them."

Tiru Kumarran, Google review
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What we plan for

Every family eventually faces four questions

01

Can we retire comfortably?

02

Can we afford the healthcare we want?

03

Is our wealth protected and properly invested?

04

Will everything reach the right people when we are gone?

WEALTHGrow it.
RETIREMENTLive from it.
HEALTH & CAREProtect it.
LEGACYPass it on.
BUSINESSKeep it going.

Most families work on these five areas separately, with different advisers at different times. Our role is to bring them together into one plan, recorded in The Legacy FileTM so that everything your family needs sits in one place.

Our team

The people across the desk

Estate planning is rarely one conversation. Our associates walk with each family from the first meeting to the final document, so there is always someone who knows your situation. Together, the team covers cross border wealth, retirement income, guardianship and Shariah compliant planning, all certified in estate planning practice.

A Legacy Desk session with advisors and young professionals in Singapore
A Legacy Desk session in Singapore.
Sumit Tiwari

Sumit Tiwari

Director, The Legacy Desk · Certified Estate Planner (EPPL)

Sumit specialised in estate planning after realising that money problems quietly break Singaporean families. Over the past six years, he has seen wills left unwritten. Savings in accounts that no one could find. Siblings fighting in front of the very parents who bought the family flat. The same problems kept repeating across different families, and almost all of them could have been prevented.

That is why he does this work. Families should stay stable when life takes a turn. He has guided more than 150 families through their wills, CPF nominations, trusts and legacy plans. At the first meeting, he explains everything and walks you through, step by step, the red flags that could affect your family. And if your estate plan is already in good shape, he will tell you that too.

Families should stay stable when life takes a turn.

6+Years in practice
150+Singaporean families served
70+Five star reviews
Certified Estate Planner (EPPL) IBF Certified, Institute of Banking and Finance Certified Affluent Wealth Manager (WMI)
Zoey

Zoey

Associate · AEPP Certified

Zoey works closely with senior professionals who have built their careers and families in Singapore while holding assets back home. Her mission is to uncover what matters most, and to empower individuals and families to turn their dreams into reality.

She advises professionals, families and business owners, helping them see how every part of their financial life fits together, from protecting and growing their wealth to planning for retirement, estate planning and legacy.

Her philosophy is simple: make confident financial decisions today, build lasting wealth for tomorrow, and ensure that wealth reaches the people who matter most.

Darron

Darron

Associate · AEPP Certified

Darron specialises in retirement and estate planning for parents, because he believes financial planning is ultimately about protecting the people you love. Many parents face the same questions but rarely have clear answers. They are unsure of exactly what they own, uncertain whether their family would know where to find their assets, and worried about what would happen if they passed away while their children were still young.

These are not investment problems. They are estate planning problems. Darron has guided more than 20 high net worth families through wills, CPF nominations and legacy planning, considering not only how wealth grows but how it is transferred according to each family's wishes.

He believes these conversations should happen early, while families have the time and clarity to decide together, rather than being forced into rushed decisions during a crisis.

Vipin

Vipin

Associate · AEPP Certified

Vipin works with families approaching or already in retirement, and his focus is simple: income that arrives as dependably in retirement as a salary once did. He helps clients see clearly what CPF LIFE will provide each month, what their savings and investments can safely add, and how to draw down in a sequence that lets the money last.

His approach is evidence based. Rather than relying on predictions or products, he builds each plan around what the numbers actually show, then makes sure the estate documents behind it, from the will to the CPF nomination, are arranged so that income for one spouse continues smoothly to the other, and eventually to the children, without dispute or delay.

Retirement should feel like a salary that never stops arriving, supported by a plan the whole family understands.

Sief

Sief

Associate · AEPP Certified

Sief anchors our Shariah planning work and advises both Muslim and non Muslim families. In Singapore, a Muslim estate is distributed under faraid and administered under the Administration of Muslim Law Act, which means a standard will does not simply apply. Sief helps families understand exactly what the law provides, and how instruments recognised here can be used to carry out their wishes within it.

Families of every faith come to him for the same reason: clarity. He explains how CPF nominations, insurance nominations and property holdings interact with the rules that govern your estate, so that your documents and your intentions point the same way, and nothing is left for your family to untangle.

Whatever your faith, the goal is the same: a family that is provided for, and a plan that honours both your wishes and your obligations.

Our services

What we put in place

Not every family needs all six of these, and the order in which they are done matters as much as the documents themselves. You can tap on any one of them to understand what it does and why it may matter to you.

Wills

A will records who receives what, who carries it out, and who you trust to manage things when you are not here to explain yourself. Without one, Singapore's intestacy rules decide for you, in fixed shares that may look nothing like what you would have chosen, and the process of settling everything becomes slower and harder for the people grieving you.

A will does not cover everything. CPF savings and most jointly held assets pass outside it, which is why a will works as one piece of a plan rather than the whole plan. Written clearly and signed properly, it is the difference between instructions and assumptions.

See where yours stands in the three minute check →

CPF nominations

Your CPF savings are not covered by your will. They pass by nomination, and if no nomination exists, the money is routed through the Public Trustee's Office and distributed under intestacy rules, with fees deducted and months of waiting added, at exactly the moment your family needs simplicity.

A nomination takes minutes to make and directs your CPF to the people you choose, paid to them directly. It should be reviewed after every major life event, because marriage revokes an earlier nomination and many families only discover that too late.

See where yours stands in the three minute check →

Lasting Power of Attorney

The LPA answers a question most families never discuss: who acts for you if illness or accident takes away your ability to decide? It lets you appoint someone you trust, in advance and while you are well, to handle your personal welfare and your property and finances.

Without one, your family must apply to court to be appointed your deputy, a process measured in months and thousands of dollars, at the worst possible time. The LPA is registered with the Office of the Public Guardian and only ever takes effect if capacity is lost.

See where yours stands in the three minute check →

Trusts

A will says who receives your wealth. A trust says how, when, and on what terms. It matters when the people you love should not receive everything at once: young children, a family member with special needs, or wealth that needs managing across years rather than handed over on a single day.

Trusts are not only for the very wealthy. Used well, they protect an inheritance from arriving before the person is ready for it, and keep long term promises running even when you are not here to keep them yourself.

See where yours stands in the three minute check →

Guardianship planning

If something happened to both parents, who raises your children? Unless you record your wishes, that question is answered without you. Appointing a guardian, through your will or by deed, is how you make sure the person stepping in is the person you would actually choose.

Good guardianship planning goes one step further and pairs the person with the money: a guardian to raise the children, and a structure that funds their upbringing, so the people caring for your children are never left carrying the cost alone.

See where yours stands in the three minute check →

The legacy file

Families cannot claim what they cannot find. Unclaimed insurance policies, forgotten accounts and undocumented assets exist because the one person who knew where everything was is the person who is gone. The legacy file is the unglamorous piece that makes every other piece work.

It is one organised record of your documents, policies, accounts and instructions, kept where the right person can reach it. It costs nothing but discipline, and it is often the single most useful thing a family inherits.

See where yours stands in the three minute check →
How engagements work

How we work with you

Every engagement follows the same three appointments. We believe you should always know what happens next, what it will cost, and how we are paid, and we put all of this on paper before you are asked to decide on anything.

01

Orientation

We introduce the practice, our process, our fees and our preferred partners. There is no charge for this first meeting, and we do not collect any sensitive information at this stage. It is for us to understand your situation, and for both of us to decide whether we are the right fit for each other.

02

The Legacy File

After the service scope and privacy consent are signed, we build your complete asset and document record and identify every gap. The completed file is yours to keep, whatever you decide afterwards.

03

Recommendations and decision

You receive the needs analysis, the options that do not involve any product, the product alternatives, and all charges and remuneration, set out on paper for you to keep. You then take your time to decide, without having committed to anything beforehand.

How we are paid

The Legacy Desk is a management consultancy. For this work we are remunerated by professional fees, paid by the client, for reviewing, organising and coordinating a family's estate readiness. Fees are discussed and agreed with you at the start, before any work begins.

Where a review identifies genuine room for optimisation, we can introduce preferred partners across insurance, investments and estate services, chosen for their standards and their service. You are under no obligation whatsoever to take them up. Implementation through any licensed firm is a separate engagement, with that firm's own full written disclosures, including its remuneration, provided before you decide anything.

Guides

Written for Singaporean families

These are written by our own team for Singaporean families. Each one takes about ten minutes to read, and there is no sign up required.

CPF nomination, explained

What it is, what happens without one, and how to make yours in 15 minutes.

Read the guide

Dying without a will in Singapore

Who gets what under the law, how long it takes, and what your family would face.

Read the guide

The LPA, explained

The document that protects you while you are alive, and why it matters at every age.

Read the guide
Frequently asked questions

Questions we answer every week

How much does this cost? +

The check and the first meeting are complimentary. If you decide to put documents in place, you will know the full price before you commit. There are no hidden fees.

Will I be pressured to buy insurance or investments? +

No. The meeting is a review of your report, nothing more. You leave with a clear picture of your gaps and how to close them. What you do next is up to you.

Who do you actually work with? +

The Legacy Desk itself is a consultancy, remunerated by professional fees paid by our clients. Where implementation is worthwhile, we can introduce preferred partners across insurance, investments and estate services, named in full at your first meeting. You remain free to take them up, to use providers of your own, or to implement nothing at all. All fees and all remuneration are set out for you before you decide.

Is this service for everyone? +

In truth, it is not. If your affairs are straightforward, for example one property held in joint names, a CPF nomination made and a simple will in place, then you may not need to pay anyone to coordinate them, and we will say so at the first meeting. The families who find our work most valuable are usually those with several properties, a business, a blended family, or many years of accumulated accounts and policies that no one has ever put into one picture. If a simple will and a nomination genuinely cover your situation, we would rather point you to the right resources than take on an engagement that you do not need.

Do I need a lawyer to write a will in Singapore? +

No. You do not need a lawyer to make a valid will in Singapore. But the will must follow the Wills Act. It must be signed properly, in front of two independent witnesses. We guide you through every step. For complex estates, we work with lawyers.

I already have a will. Is this still useful? +

Often, yes. A will is only one part. The check also looks at your CPF nomination, insurance nominations, LPA, and whether your family can find everything. Many people with a will still have gaps elsewhere.

Can I bring my spouse or children to the consultation? +

Please do. Estate planning works best when the whole family understands it. Some of our best conversations happen with two generations at the table.

Is my information kept private? +

Yes. We use your answers and contact details only to prepare your report and follow up with you. This follows Singapore's Personal Data Protection Act. We never sell or share your information. You can ask us to delete it at any time.

Next step

Start with the three minute check

Take the check, and our team will arrange a complimentary 30 minute meeting. We will go through your report together and plan the right order based on what you tell us is most important.

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Privacy

How we handle your information

The Legacy Desk collects your name, WhatsApp number and your answers to the readiness check to prepare your readiness report, send it to you, and follow up about it. We handle personal data in line with Singapore's Personal Data Protection Act 2012. Privacy policy.

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