Private Wealth Law - New York
What the Team is Known For
The team at Proskauer Rose is highly regarded for representing a wide range of ultra high net worth clients, including business executives, entrepreneurs and hedge fund principals, in trust structuring, estate, succession and tax planning matters.
Strengths
"Proskauer Rose is incredibly approachable and responsive. They always go out of their way to make sure clients are looked after and they turn things around quickly."
"Proskauer Rose does top-quality work across multiple jurisdictions. The firm always responds with alacrity and does first-rate work."
"They are adept, thoughtful and communicative."
Notable Practitioners
Jay Waxenberg has long-standing experience advising ultra high net worth clients on a broad array of matters, including trust structuring and estate and tax planning. Market sources hold Waxenberg in high esteem for his technical prowess and pragmatic approach. "He's a superb problem-solver. Jay is direct, tenacious, and hard-working. He's tough-minded yet compassionate." "He has taken the time to understand how we operate and can customise his response. He's pragmatic and knows his clients."
Christiana Lazo recently joined Proskauer Rose as a Partner. Lazo is well regarded for her experience handling cross-border estate and tax planning matters. "Christiana is responsive, very smart and intuitive. She also has great client interaction skills." "She is really substantively knowledgeable and is especially good at international estate planning." "Christiana has been wonderful in all aspects of the work that she has been engaged to perform. She provides in-depth and detailed responses."
Stephanie Heilborn has a strong practice advising high net worth clients on domestic and cross-border estate planning, charitable trusts and tax matters. Sources particularly highlight Heilborn's client service skills. "Stephanie is really wise, sensible, dignified and authoritative." "Stephanie Heilborn is knowledgeable, creative, thoughtful and responsive. She's very sensitive to clients' needs and navigates them really well." "Stephanie is terrific to deal with, very good with the client and very smart."
