DEPARTMENT PROFILE

Milbank LLP

Private Wealth Law

3 ranked individuals

Band 2

USA

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Milbank is "a terrific firm that has a long-term commitment to this practice area," according to fellow attorneys. It has a well-recognised East Coast trusts and estates practice, with several leading New York practitioners. The firm advises high net worth clients on both domestic and international wealth planning and administration issues.

A market commentator says it has "always had a great trusts and estates department," and another says: "They have a very deep bench."

Notable practitioners

Austin Bramwell has deep expertise in tax issues and wealth structuring matters. He handles estate planning and charitable giving strategies, as well as trust and estate administration matters. A fellow attorney says: "He is very good, he is a real scholar. He writes well, he sees the issues and solves the issues that people sometimes miss. He is very clever."

David Stoll is a highly regarded practitioner who handles wealth transfer and estate planning matters for high net worth clients including business owners and private equity principals. A source enthuses: "He is an extraordinary lawyer and human being. He is a genius and an all-around wonderful person. He is very perceptive at looking at the dynamics of a situation and suggesting solutions that are more sensitive than most people's ability to think through things."

Georgiana Slade "inspires confidence and forms a great bond with clients," according to sources. She assists high net worth clients, including company executives, business owners and private equity principals, with all the planning and administration aspects of trusts, estates and tax-exempt organisations. An interviewee says Slade is "excellent," and adds that "she is highly responsive."

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Overview

Milbank has developed the premier international trusts and estates practice in the United States, serving individual and institutional clients in an innovative manner. The firm has a broad range of experience in the areas of estate planning, trusts and estates administration, charitable giving, advising institutional fiduciaries, creating and advising exempt organizations, and trusts and estates litigation.