Beatrice Caplan

Beatrice Caplan is a partner in the Trusts and Estates Practice Group of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Beatrice’s practice focuses on complex gift and estate planning matters. She has extensive experience in planning with private equity and hedge fund interests, including designing transfers for unique fund structures and advising on the estate and gift tax consequences of fund restructuring transactions such as third-party stake sales and continuation vehicles. Drawing on her background in tax practice, she has significant experience in pre-IPO planning for founders, business succession planning, and structuring of family offices. She also has considerable experience in the international arena, both inbound and outbound planning. This has involved the modification and decanting of existing trusts in coordination with local counsels to achieve the optimum tax results in both the US and the foreign jurisdiction.