Expert Estate Planning – Protect Your Family and Your Assets!

Brian Hor, Principal

Brian Hor (BEc, LLB (Syd), DipFP (Deakin), CTM, CTA) is the Principal and Legal Practitioner Director of WillWorks Pty Ltd, a boutique law practice specialising in Wills, Estate Planning and Trusts.

Brian is an Expert Estate Planning Lawyer, Author and Educational Speaker, and TV Guest Presenter on estate planning, tax and super. His mission is helping people Tax-Effectively Protect their Assets and their Families, and securely pass on their hard-earned wealth to their future generations.

This specialist focus ensures that you receive the highest quality of service possible.

Real Expertise and Experience That You Can Trust

For more than 36 years, Brian has advised on Tax, CGT, Super, SMSFs, Sophisticated Wills, Testamentary Trusts, Family Trusts, Unit Trusts, Hybrid Trusts, Reviewing Trust Deeds, Family Trust Succession, Asset Protection, Shareholder Agreements and Business Succession Agreements.

Previously a Partner with PwC and a founder of their estate planning practice in Australia, Brian has personally advised on, designed and implemented estate planning strategies for hundreds of affluent, HNW and UHNW clients, including business people, property investors, doctors, dentists, lawyers, accountants, former Australian political leaders, well-known Australian TV personalities, and CEOs of iconic Australian companies.

You can be confident of putting your trust in our truly unique depth and breadth of expertise.

Expert TV Guest Speaker, Media Interviews and Articles, Professional Educator

Brian has been a guest expert several times on live TV on Sky News Business and on Studio 10 (Channel 10), talking about Taxation, Superannuation, and Estate Planning for Blended Families.

Brian has been interviewed by, and written hundreds of articles for, many national publications including The Australian, Canstar, Sydney Morning Herald, Money Magazine and the Australian Financial Review.

Brian is also regularly invited to speak at professional training and legal education seminars on Taxation, Trusts, Estate Planning, Asset Protection and Business Structuring for organisations including The Taxation Institute, TEN The Education Network, LexisNexis, the Financial Planning Association, IBC Conferences, The Law Society of NSW, The CLE Centre, NSW State Legal Conferences, Legalwise, Kaplan Professional, and The College of Law.

(See our “News and Events” page for details about upcoming seminar presentations.)

Industry Roles, Professional Publications

Brian was the Founding Chairperson of the Financial Planning Association’s Tax Committee and a Member of the FPA Public Policy Committee continuously from 1997 to 2004, representing the FPA on many important industry issues and often leading a team to negotiate with the NSW OSR, the ATO and Treasury in Canberra.

Brian also represented the Institute of Chartered Accountants on the ATO’s Alienation and Part IVA Working Group Review into the Alienation of Personal Services Income Rules.

Brian’s major published works (some of which he continues to update) include:

  • Chapters “Legal Personal Representatives in Estate Planning”, “Claims against the Client and/or Estate”, and “Implementation of Estate Plan”, in LexisNexis Estate Planning (May 2014 to date);
  • “Wills Drafting” module in LexisNexis Practical Guidance (launched June 2012);
  • The FPA & CCH Financial Services Compliance Manual (launched 2003 – major co-author).