About

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Morris Nichols has had an active practice in the areas of trusts, estate planning, estate administration, tax and non-profits and fiduciary litigation for over 50 years. Our Trusts, Estates & Tax Group has a national reputation representing settlors, beneficiaries, attorneys, banks and trust companies in the specialized area of Delaware trust law. We regularly work as Delaware trust counsel with attorneys at Am Law 200 firms around the world and many of the largest financial institutions who have Delaware trust offices, advising through the process of creating Delaware trusts, migrating trusts to Delaware, and modifying, administering and terminating trusts. Our attorneys routinely work with clients on matters involving petitioning the Delaware Court of Chancery, decanting, trust mergers, legal opinions, releases, and all areas of trust administration.

We also have a strong Delaware estate planning and estate administration practice. We work with our Delaware clients to help them to implement their estate planning goals ranging from straight-forward to very complex. We have many years of experience implementing tax and wealth transfer strategies for our clients. Likewise, we work with the personal representatives of Delaware estates, helping them navigate the Delaware probate process and related tax and administrative issues.

Learn more at http://www.mnat.com/practices/trusts-estates-tax/.

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What the Team is Known For

Morris Nichols handles trust and estate administration and estate planning matters for wealthy individuals, and often advises bank-owned fiduciaries, multifamily offices and other trust companies on Delaware trusts. The firm also represents clients in fiduciary litigation matters.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Matthew R. Clark
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Matthew R. Clark
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Matthew Clark has experience in handling a range of private wealth disputes, including matters concerning trusts and wills.

Matthew is very good. He has an even-handed approach and is very level-headed.

Todd A. Flubacher
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Todd A. Flubacher
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Todd Flubacher is well known in the Delaware market for his deep expertise in complex trust and estates work, as well as disputes matters. He is hugely experienced and a very highly regarded practitioner with an impressive client base of major trust companies and wealthy individual clients.

Todd has distinguished himself as one of the best fiduciary attorneys in the country. The Delaware fiduciary community is lucky to have him.

Todd is generally known as the 'king' of Delaware fiduciary matters.

Todd is very knowledgeable, very user-friendly, and very creative in terms of his ability to advise on Delaware trusts.

J. Zachary Haupt
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J. Zachary Haupt
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Zachary Haupt is special counsel in the trusts and estates team at Morris Nichols, and continues to impress peers and clients alike with his expertise in Delaware trusts law matters. He advises on estate planning and administration, and also represents clients in matters before the Delaware Court of Chancery.

Zach is a strong communicator and a knowledgeable attorney. He is an adept problem-solver that can explain complicated concepts in a digestible format.

Zach is a very fine attorney and his level of expertise is growing quickly.

Zachary is flexible, pragmatic and resourceful.

Ranked Individuals at
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Matthew R. Clark
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Matthew R. Clark
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Todd A. Flubacher
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Todd A. Flubacher
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Private Wealth Law

Todd A. Flubacher
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Todd A. Flubacher
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J. Zachary Haupt
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J. Zachary Haupt
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