Taxation and Estate Planning

Several lawyers in the firm concentrate their practice on a wide variety of tax-related issues and estate planning. We assist clients in planning, structuring, and implementing numerous forms of business transactions to best accommodate tax savings. This practice includes tax-free and taxable reorganizations, spin-offs, acquisitions and dispositions, recapitalizations, joint ventures, leasing transactions, and tax litigation. We also have experience in employee compensation and benefit plans and provide general tax counseling to corporations, individuals, and charitable organizations.

We regularly advise clients regarding personal tax planning, retirement, philanthropy, risk management, and asset protection, including probate and trust administration, guardianships, estate and gift tax compliance, generation skipping transfer tax, and the formation of non-profit corporations and foundations.