International Estate and Tax Planning
A number of our clients are not U.S. citizens or have spouses who are not U.S. citizens. Others have assets that are situated outside of the United States. These clients are subject to special U.S. income and estate tax laws and often the laws of one or more foreign countries. Our experience includes setting up and administering marital deduction trusts for non-citizen spouses; planning for clients who are neither citizens nor residents of the United States but have significant assets in the United States; and assisting U.S.-based clients to minimize inheritance taxes for assets located in foreign countries. We often represent non-U.S. clients in establishing appropriate vehicles for holding real property and other investments in the United States, and work with their U.S. and foreign based advisors, attorneys, bankers and tax counsel to implement and maintain the plan.