INDIVIDUAL PROFILE
Margaret Sanne

Margaret Sanne

High Net Worth 2026

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About

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High Net Worth

Practice Areas

Margaret E. Sanne advises ultra-high-net-worth individuals and multigenerational families, family offices, private trust companies, and corporate fiduciaries on trust and estate planning, helping them navigate complex planning and administration matters with proactive, strategic guidance. Margaret counsels clients on all aspects of estate, gift, and charitable planning, corporate governance, and business succession strategies. She has extensive experience advising family offices and private trust companies on their unique planning needs, including structure and governance matters, succession planning, fiduciary risk management, trust and estate administration, transfer and income tax planning, and internal operations. Additionally, Margaret advises individual and corporate fiduciaries on complex estate and trust administration, post-death administration, and probate and guardianship proceedings. She regularly represents clients in a wide range of private client disputes, including will and trust contests, beneficiary disputes, divorce-related trust issues, and tax and charitable controversies.

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Chambers High Net Worth

Private Wealth Disputes - Illinois

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Individual Editorial

Margaret Sanne is a partner at McDermott Will & Schulte with experience in handling complex private client disputes and trust and estate planning matters. Her practice also includes fiduciary risk management.

Strengths

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  • Margaret Sanne is very capable and knows her business. She is very knowledgeable and has great timeliness.

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  • Margaret is an outstanding attorney and one of the best at working with complex multi-generational families and family offices.

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  • Margaret Sanne provides excellent service. Clients enjoy working with her. She is able to handle any issue that comes her way.

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  • Margaret Sanne is very smart and personable. She can bring about a calm resolution of internal disputes.

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