International Estate Services

Explore our specialized areas in International Estate Services to learn more:

• International Estate Planning: Navigate multi-jurisdictional complexities and optimize your estate plan.
• Cross-Border Tax Planning: Minimize tax liabilities across borders and harness the benefits of international tax systems.
• Probate and Estate Administration Abroad: Seamlessly handle estate administration in foreign countries, ensuring compliance with local laws.
• International Guardianships and Conservatorships: Protect and provide for loved ones abroad through tailored guardianship and conservatorship arrangements.
• Asset Protection Planning in Foreign Jurisdictions: Safeguard your wealth from potential risks in foreign countries.
• Recognizing and Enforcing Foreign Wills and Trusts: Secure your inheritance rights by navigating the complexities of foreign wills and trusts.
• International Estate Litigation: Obtain skilled representation for disputes over assets abroad or with foreign trustees and executors.
• Compliance with Foreign Laws and Regulations: Stay informed about legal and regulatory requirements for managing assets or conducting business internationally.
• Real Estate Transactions and Ownership in Foreign Jurisdictions: Access expertise in buying, selling, and owning property across borders.

Explore our specialized areas in International Estate Services to learn more:

• Will preparation: This involves helping clients prepare a legal document that outlines how they want their property and assets distributed after their death.
• Trust creation: This service involves helping clients set up a trust, which is a legal entity that holds assets on behalf of beneficiaries.
• Business succession planning: For clients who own businesses, this service helps ensure that the business will continue to operate smoothly after the owner's death or retirement.
• Power of attorney: Creating a power of attorney document allows clients to appoint someone to make financial or medical decisions on their behalf if they become incapacitated.
• Advance healthcare directives: This service helps clients make decisions about their medical care in advance, such as end-of-life care and organ donation.
• Tax planning: Helping clients understand how their estates will be impacted by taxes and developing a plan to minimize tax liability.
• Wealth transfer planning: This service involves helping clients transfer their wealth to future generations through estate planning, trusts, and other strategies.

Explore our specialized areas in Probate and Estate Administration Services to learn more:

• Estate administration: Manage estates efficiently, handling tasks such as asset distribution and debt settlement after the passing of a loved one.
• Probate representation: Receive legal representation during the probate process, ensuring a smooth distribution of assets following a person's passing.
• Trust administration: Effectively manage and distribute trust assets to beneficiaries in accordance with the trust's terms.
• Guardianships and conservatorships: Establish legal arrangements to protect minors' or vulnerable adults' rights and decision-making capacity.
• Real estate transactions related to probate: Navigate property transfers and sales, including assistance with selling estate-owned property or transferring property to rightful heirs and beneficiaries.

Explore our specialized areas in Estate Litigation to learn more:

• Will contests: Challenge the validity of a will, addressing concerns such as undue influence, fraud, or lack of testamentary capacity.
• Trust litigation: Resolve disputes over trust assets or disagreements regarding the terms outlined in a trust document.
• Breach of fiduciary duty claims: Seek representation if you suspect an executor, trustee, or fiduciary has failed to act in the estate's or beneficiaries' best interests.
• Inheritance disputes: Resolve conflicts arising from disagreements on how assets should be distributed among heirs or beneficiaries.
• Actions for accounting: Request a comprehensive accounting of estate assets and transactions from an executor or administrator.
• Estate and gift tax controversies: Navigate disputes with tax authorities concerning estate or gift tax matters.
• Mediation and arbitration: Explore alternative dispute resolution methods like mediation or arbitration as potential avenues for resolving estate disputes.
• Appeals: Receive dedicated representation for appeals to higher courts when faced with an unfavorable judgment in a probate or estate case.