INDIVIDUAL PROFILE
Natacha Kolb

Natacha Kolb

High Net Worth 2026

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Ranked in 1 practice area

Private Wealth Law

California: Northern

1 year ranked

About

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High Net Worth

Practice Areas

Tax, Benefits and Estate Planning

Career

Natacha Kolb is a Partner in Buchalter’s San Francisco office, as well as a member of the Tax, Benefits, and Estate Planning Practice Group. Ms. Kolb represents high-net-worth families and individuals in estate planning and administration, business succession planning and philanthropic planning, and advises non-profit clients. Ms. Kolb represents clients throughout California with a concentration in San Francisco, Napa, and Silicon Valley.

Ms. Kolb assists tax-exempt organizations such as private foundations with incorporating and obtaining exemptions from taxation. Her practice also encompasses the formation of family limited partnerships and limited liability companies.

She advises both domestic and international high net worth individuals and has extensive European contacts.

Ms. Kolb also drafts and negotiates premarital and post marital agreements.

Prior to joining Buchalter, Ms. Kolb was a Partner at Sideman & Bancroft where she was the practice Group Co-Leader for the Estate Planning group. Ms. Kolb was also an attorney in the estate planning groups of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP and Cooley LLP. She has also worked at Andersen Tax, an international accounting firm.

Ms. Kolb regularly presents on estate planning issues to financial firms and groups throughout the Bay Area. In 2018, Ms. Kolb was selected as a Super Lawyers Northern California Rising Star.

Ms. Kolb is licensed to practice law in California and New York.

For more information: https://www.buchalter.com/lawyer/natacha-kolb/

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Private Wealth Law - California: Northern

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Individual Editorial

Natacha Kolb is a trust and estates expert in Buchalter's San Francisco office. Alongside cross-jurisdictional estate planning and administration, Kolb is experienced in tax-exempt organisations and charitable foundations.

Strengths

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  • Natacha Kolb can really work on complex cases and can break things down in a digestible way for clients and other professionals.

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  • Natacha can facilitate high level sensitive conversations between family members. You can rely on her for anything. She understands the art of people and communication.

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  • Natacha has a great way of simplifying complex matters for clients.

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  • Natacha is a real problem-solver and is very iterative and bespoke in her approach.

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  • She combines deep technical knowledge with empathy, precision and a genuine commitment to her clients’ wellbeing. Her advice is thoughtful, forward-looking and always tailored to the nuances of our family’s situation.

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