Practice Areas || TRUSTS AND ESTATES PRACTICE

Our firm's trusts and estates practice includes the representation of individuals and families in connection with domestic and international estate planning, business succession planning, and trust and estate administration.

We are experienced in dealing with domestic and international gift, estate and generation-skipping tax issues, planning for retirement benefits, life insurance planning, multi-jurisdictional issues, and planning for the charitably-inclined client. Where appropriate, we work with our clients to re title their assets so as to obtain the maximum estate and gift tax advantage, and we assist in the structuring and implementation of gift-giving programs. We work with nonresident aliens who may potentially be subject to the U.S. transfer tax regime, and with U.S. citizens residing abroad in addressing cross-border issues. We are also experienced in addressing the unique estate and gift tax issues which confront owners of closely-held businesses.

We provide representation to individual and corporate fiduciaries in connection with probate and accounting matters in the Surrogate's Court, and counseling regarding the intricacies of trust and estate administration and post-mortem tax planning.

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Our firm's foreign language capabilities include Russian, Polish, French, German, Hebrew and Arabic.