White & Case LLP International Law Firm, Global Law Practice - Private
Clients
We assist high net worth individuals and families worldwide with the
accumulation, management, transfer and protection of personal
wealth. We are a recognized leader in the fields of trusts and
estates and estate litigation, representing many of the world's
leading families, Fortune 500 executives and corporate fiduciaries.
Our experience stems from our founding, when J.P. Morgan himself
selected White & Case to create Bankers Trust Company in 1903. We are
one of the few major law firms with a sophisticated world-wide Private
Clients practice. Our unparalleled global resources allow us to
provide one-stop, comprehensive service to meet all of our clients'
planning needs, wherever in the world their assets or family members
may be. They also make us uniquely qualified to handle complex,
multi-jurisdictional estate disputes and why clients have selected us
to handle some of the largest cases in this field. Our primary
practice areas are: Planning Tax and estate planning for individuals;
succession planning for closely-held businesses; compensation and
retirement planning for executives; immigration and tax planning for
multi-national families. Estate and trust administration We advise
executors and trustees in all aspects of estate and trust
administration, including probate; forced heirship; estate,
inheritance and generation-skipping tax; fiduciary income tax;
post-mortem tax planning; investment,valuation and liability issues;
accountings and related court proceedings. Fiduciary litigation We
represent fiduciaries and beneficiaries in will contests and in
disputes involving the administration of estates and trusts, including
high-stakes, multi-juriisdictional estate litigation. Corporate
fiduciaries We advise the trust departments of some of the world's
leading financial institutions, including Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs
and UBS, on administration and regulatory issues, including new
product development. Tax exempt organizations We advise on the
creation and administration of charitable and other tax-exempt
organizations around the world. View all lawyers in Private Clients
AWARDS Tier 1 Ranking in Trusts & Estates by US News/Best Lawyers Tier
1 Ranking in Trusts & Estates Litigation by US News/Best Lawyers
Partners Michael Kavoukjian and John Olivieri listed among the Top 100
Lawyers in the United States by the Robb Report "A tower of strength
when it comes to trusts and estates matters"; "practical and
tactical"; "an excellent litigator with superb judgment"; "incredibly
smart and efficient"; "extremely thorough and creative"; "I want him
to shepherd my family through the generations"; "its client service
and responsiveness are outstanding"; "demonstrate particular strength
in estate planning and related litigation, and in sophisticated
cross-border transactions."Chambers USA "Offers seamless coverage
throughout CEE and Western Europe thanks to key tax teams in Russia,
Hungary, the Czech Republic, France and the UK."Chambers Europe 2014
(Europe-wide) Tier 1: Company Succession and Trusts/Advice to High Net
Worth Individuals JUVE Handbook (Germany) White & Case Ranked First
Among the Top 20 Global Firms by Law 360
