Private Wealth Law: Mid-Market - New York
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What the Team is Known For
Sullivan & Worcester advises families, fiduciaries and family offices on domestic and international estate planning, administration, and charitable and lifetime gifting.

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Sullivan’s Private Clients/Trusts & Estates Group provides sophisticated advice and services addressing the full range of estate and transfer tax planning, estate and trust administration and fiduciary litigation. We work with high net worth individuals, families, family offices and corporate fiduciaries, helping them navigate today’s complex and global environment. We leverage our deep understanding of transfer tax laws and our decades of practical experience to help our clients proactively plan for the future, building estate plans tailored to minimize taxes while achieving clients’ important non-tax objectives. We work with clients to strategically implement wealth transfer strategies designed to limit the impact of estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes, helping preserve, grow and manage wealth from generation to generation. Many clients also turn to us for help achieving their philanthropic goals and for premarital planning. We maintain close, personal relationships with our clients and focus on understanding their unique circumstances and priorities. Clients also benefit from direct access to our renowned tax department and the cross-disciplinary resources of a full-service international law firm.
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Sullivan & Worcester advises families, fiduciaries and family offices on domestic and international estate planning, administration, and charitable and lifetime gifting.
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The Sullivan & Worcester team were excellent at managing complex issues pertaining to the execution of wills, trusts and estates.
I found Sullivan & Worcester to be very responsive, professional and smart.
Sullivan & Worcester's advice is comprehensive, timely and detailed. It takes into account multiple stakeholders and challenges, and they provide clarification for issues that are complex.
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Carole Bass advises affluent clients on their estate and wealth transfer planning.
Carole Bass offers excellent advice and counsel. I look forward to continuing to work with her.
I found Carole to be very professional, reasonable and knowledgeable.
Douglas Schneidman regularly advises high net worth individuals on trust and estate matters.
I have had only favourable experiences with all clients I've referred to Douglas Schneidman.
Douglas's abilities and professionalism play well at all levels of net worth and complexity.
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Douglas Schneidman
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