About
Chairman: Paul M Schmidt
Recognised as one of the top firms for client service, BakerHostetler is a leading national law firm that helps clients around the world address their most complex and critical business and regulatory issues. With six core national practice groups – business, digital assets and data management, intellectual property, labour and employment, litigation, and tax – the firm has more than 1,100 attorneys located in 17 offices. For more information, visit bakerlaw.com
Main Areas of Practice:
Private Wealth:
The private wealth practice provides comprehensive experience in the areas of concern for high net worth clients, including:
- Family office structures
- Multigenerational legacy planning
- Tax issues
- Income and transfer
- Philanthropy
- Business counselling
- Succession planning
Family Office Expertise:
The firm’s attorneys are uniquely talented in advising clients on the proper structure and ownership of their family offices. Clients rely on the attorneys’ securities law experience to work within the ‘family office’ exception under the federal Investment Advisers Act. Likewise, for those families who manage their own investments through partnerships or limited liability companies, the firm advises on how to comply with the many facets of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Counselling Fiduciaries & Beneficiaries:
The firm’s lawyers have the experience and technical skills to guide corporate and individual fiduciaries through various complex matters, including:
- Forming and operating private trust companies
- Utilising different state laws to achieve desired administrative objectives
- Avoiding conflicts of interest and claims for breach of fiduciary duty
- Representing fiduciaries in IRS disputes
- Managing beneficiary relationships to avoid litigation
- Resolving fiduciary issues through the court system
Tax-Exempt Organisations & Charitable Giving:
BakerHostetler’s Tax-Exempt Organisations & Charitable Giving Team, led by Alexander Reid, represents numerous tax-exempt organizations, including colleges and universities, charities, foundations, museums and other non-profits and provides advice regarding planning, structuring, governance, investigations, tax compliance and transactional matters.
BakerHostetler Private Wealth and Charitable Giving attorneys apply common-sense, state-of-the-art philosophies and strategies that are best suited to clients’ planning needs and charitable goals. The firm partners with clients to fulfil missions that improve communities and society in responsible and tax-efficient ways. The firm’s attorneys understand the myriad regulatory and compliance challenges in charitable giving and the operations of charitable and other tax-exempt organisations. Clients benefit from the firm’s comprehensive knowledge of public charities, private foundations, planned giving and bequest programs, charitable gift annuity and donor-advised fund programs, supporting organisations, charitable split-interest trust agreements, pooled income funds, endowment funds, and other tools that maximise the tax advantages of giving and receiving.
Main Contact:
Robert R Galloway
Tel: +1 216 861 7423
Fax: +1 216 696 0740
Ranked Offices
Provided by BakerHostetler LLP
- ClevelandKey Tower 127 Public Square, Suite 2000 , Cleveland, Ohio, USA, OH 44114-1214
- Web: www.bakerlaw.com
- Tel: +1 216 621 0200
- Fax: +1 216 696 0740
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- Orange CountyCosta Mesa, 600 Anton Boulevard Suite 900 , Orange County, California, USA, CA 92626-7221View ranked officeWashington, DCWashington Square, Suite 1100 1050 Connecticut Avenue NW , Washington, DC, District of Columbia, USA, 20036-5304View ranked office