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Lathrop GPM

Private Wealth Law

High Net Worth Guide 2025 : Missouri

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Lathrop GPM

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The Lathrop GPM Trusts, Estates & Legacy Planning team offers comprehensive strategies for individuals and families with significant wealth (and the advisors who support them), nonprofit foundations and family offices, employing savvy navigation of the ever-changing tax landscape, cutting-edge estate planning techniques, and – when needed – advocacy in disputes involving trusts or estates.

Individuals and entities with significant wealth need legal advisors who can provide custom solutions to their most crucial wealth transfer and business succession concerns. Understanding your estate planning and succession goals – and helping to achieve them with the lowest possible tax consequence – is our #1 priority. Additional information and qualifications:

  • 33 lawyers and 9 professionals, with decades of experience in the nuances and complexities of wealth strategies, estate, and transfer tax planning; one of the largest, most well-known and established Trusts, Estates & Legacy Planning groups in the Upper and Central Midwest.

  • Lathrop GPM offers a full array of services for high net worth clients, including Corporate, Real Estate, Tax, Intellectual Property, Employment, Dispute Resolution, Succession Planning, and more.

  • Lathrop GPM represents many closely held businesses and has established a strong record serving as trusted advisors and outside general counsel. Our Trusts, Estates & Legacy Planning attorneys also serve as advisors to trustees of trusts and family offices.

Chambers Review

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Private Wealth Law - Missouri

Band 2

What the Team is Known For
Lathrop GPM acts for high net worth individuals, family offices and the owners of closely held businesses on a broad range of private wealth matters. The firm advises its clients on issues such as trusts, estates and succession planning and taxation.
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Strengths

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  • Lathrop GPM's value is tremendous. They take a long view – in other words, a multi-decade view – of representation of their clients.

    Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth

  • The Lathrop GPM team is in-touch, extremely knowledgeable of issues affecting entrepreneurs and extremely responsive.

    Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth

  • The firm handles complex issues adeptly. Issues are resolved quickly and all options are presented. The team is nimble, thorough and intelligent.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Matthew Rossiter
    Matthew Rossiter

    Matthew Rossiter

    Matthew Rossiter joined Lathrop GPM in St. Louis in January 2025. Rossiter has expertise in fiduciary litigation. He specialises in trust contests and related disputes.

    • Matthew Rossiter is extremely strong in the area of fiduciary litigation, with lots of experience. He is a zealous advocate for his clients.

      Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth

    • Matthew Rossiter is excellent. He never misses anything.

      Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth
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  • Scott Malin
    Scott Malin

    Scott Malin

    Scott Malin advises wealthy clients on complex matters concerning trusts, estates, tax and charitable planning.

    • Scott is the finest lawyer I have worked with. He is experienced, knowledgeable, accessible and even keeled. He’s a gentleman and I have the utmost trust that he’s always acting in my best interest.

      Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth

    • Scott is a very calm person in situations that can become stressful. When I work with him, I feel confident things will get done. He is very knowledgeable, even tempered and has good bedside manner.

      Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth

    • Scott Malin is very humble and client-oriented. He gets things done, and he has great communication skills. He lets me see many different facets of the points, which is so effective.

      Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth

    • Scott is able to put things into lay people's language so we have a much better understanding. He has a really good personality: he is soft-spoken and very informed.

      Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth
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Missouri

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