Band 4
Provided by Charles T Dowling
Estates & Personal
Energy Transition
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
Family Office and Business Advisory
Investment Management
Charles Dowling is the Managing Partner of Sullivan & Cromwell’s Estates and Personal Group. Mr. Dowling joined the Firm in 1993 and became a partner in 2002. He represents high net worth individuals and families in many aspects of their personal and business affairs, including sophisticated estate and tax planning, the structuring of private business and investment vehicles, trust and estate administration, charitable planning, and a broad range of personal legal matters. Mr. Dowling serves as an advisor to or trustee of many large family trusts, charitable foundations and family offices.
Mr. Dowling was the recipient of The Burton Awards for Legal Achievement “Distinguished Writing Award” in 2017 for his co-authorship of an article in The M&A Lawyer, titled “M&A Implications of Corporate Governance and Succession Planning for Family-Controlled Businesses.” He is a contributing author of the treatise International Estate Planning, published by Matthew Bender (2nd ed. 1999).
He has served on the Committee on Trusts, Estates and Surrogate’s Courts of the New York City Bar Association and is a member of The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. He is co-chair of the New York Presbyterian Hospital Planned Giving Advisory Council and a trustee of the William Nelson Cromwell Foundation.
American Bar Association
New York City Bar Association (Committee on Trusts, Estates & Surrogate's Courts 1997-1999)
New York State Bar Association
Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners
Columbia Law School, J.D., 1993
Harvard University, A.B., 1989
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Charles Dowling has considerable experience advising high net worth families and individuals on many aspects of their private wealth affairs.
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Charles Dowling gets along with his clients and does very sophisticated planning.
Charles Dowling has extraordinary bedside manner. He is able to describe highly complex trust principles in simple terms, and he has the ability to turn around very extensive documents in real time.
Charles Dowling is excellent with relationships. He is very thoughtful in his analysis and he is a broad thinker.
Charles Dowling has a lot of knowledge and experience. He's a terrific lawyer. He is very good at explaining things to clients, thinking through issues and simplifying the questions.
Charles Dowling gets along with his clients and does very sophisticated planning.
Charles Dowling has extraordinary bedside manner. He is able to describe highly complex trust principles in simple terms, and he has the ability to turn around very extensive documents in real time.
Charles Dowling is excellent with relationships. He is very thoughtful in his analysis and he is a broad thinker.
Charles Dowling has a lot of knowledge and experience. He's a terrific lawyer. He is very good at explaining things to clients, thinking through issues and simplifying the questions.