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About
Provided by Laura M Twomey
Practice Areas
Head of the Personal Planning Practice at Simpson Thacher, Laura Twomey advises individuals and families on the preservation, transfer and management of wealth during life and thereafter. Laura’s expansive clientele includes leaders of the financial industry, Fortune 500 CEOs, media personalities, heads of major family-owned companies and prominent political figures. Her practice includes estate planning, estate/trust administration and charitable planning, planning with private equity and hedge fund interests and family-business succession planning. She is experienced in modifying and terminating existing trusts as well as migrating trusts for tax and non-tax purposes. Laura works with clients to create a plan for transferring personal wealth that meets clients' personal goals and tax objectives. She provides technical advice in an innately personal way, ensuring seamless coordination with the Firm’s other disciplines, while keeping the personal planning process scrupulously separate from other Firm business. Laura’s estate-planning advice has been quoted in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
Career
Joined Firm as Lateral Partner, 2009.
Professional Memberships
American College of Trusts and Estates Counsel Fellow (2010-Present); New York State Bar Association, Co-Chair of the Committee on Estates and Trusts, Tax Law Section (2011-2013); American Bar Association, Co-Chair of the Estate and Gift Tax Committee (2014-2017).
Chambers Review
High Net Worth
Laura Twomey of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett advises high net worth clients on estate, succession and charitable gift planning.
Laura Twomey of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has strong expertise in complex tax planning matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"She's highly technically proficient, a wonderful person to be around, and connects with clients and colleagues in a way that's so refreshing. She has a wonderful manner."
"She's a terrific lawyer, a great speaker, and well respected."
"She's highly technically proficient, a wonderful person to be around, and connects with clients and colleagues in a way that's so refreshing. She has a wonderful manner."
"She's a terrific lawyer, a great speaker and well respected."
"She's highly technically proficient, a wonderful person to be around, and connects with clients and colleagues in a way that's so refreshing. She has a wonderful manner."
"She's a terrific lawyer, a great speaker, and well respected."
"She's highly technically proficient, a wonderful person to be around, and connects with clients and colleagues in a way that's so refreshing. She has a wonderful manner."
"She's a terrific lawyer, a great speaker and well respected."