USA Law and Practice Contributed by: Diana Zeydel, Marc Selden, Benjamin Babcock and Brian Smith, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Greenberg Traurig, LLP has a private wealth services team consisting of more than 40 attorneys in more than ten offices nationally including Florida, New York, California, Texas and Illinois. The team pro - vides comprehensive private wealth services tailored to families, fiduciaries, entrepreneurs and family of - fices, including estate and tax planning, trust and es - tate administration, trust and estate litigation, family business succession planning, charitable planning,
private trust company structures, family office forma - tion, and federal, state and local tax controversy sup - port. Greenberg Traurig’s clients include first-gener - ation entrepreneurs; hedge fund and private equity fund founders; multi-generational ultra high net worth families across a range of industries, including manu - facturing, food services, hospitality, logistics, and real estate development; trust beneficiaries; corporate trustees; private trust companies; and family offices.
Authors
Diana Zeydel is global chair of the private wealth services practice at Greenberg Traurig and focuses her practice on estate and tax planning for high net worth individuals and families, including intra-generational
Benjamin Babcock primarily focuses his practice at Greenberg Traurig on tax-oriented estate planning, including pre-immigration planning and planning for non-resident aliens, probate and trust administration, and
wealth transfer strategies and business succession planning. Her practice includes planning for United States and non-United States citizens and residents. Diana also assists clients with litigated probate, trust and guardianship matters, and represents clients before the IRS in matters involving fiduciary income tax and estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax controversies. She represents corporate and individual fiduciaries in connection with the administration of estates and personal and charitable trusts.
business succession planning for high net worth individuals and families. He counsels clients and families on estate, gift, generation-skipping transfer and income tax matters. Benjamin’s practice also includes the negotiation and preparation of prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, and the representation of individual and corporate fiduciaries as well as beneficiaries in litigated trust and probate matters.
Brian Smith advises ultra high net worth clients on estate and tax planning, trust administration, litigation, family law and charitable giving. With deep insight into complex tax planning strategies, Brian advises
Marc Selden advises high net worth individuals and families on sophisticated estate and tax planning, including international estate planning. Marc focuses his practice at Greenberg Traurig on the preparation
his clients at Greenberg Traurig on dynasty trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts, qualified personal residence trusts, and life insurance trusts. He counsels clients with the goal of lessening the wealth transfer tax involved when transferring wealth to the next generation. Brian creates traditional wills, revocable trusts and limited liability companies in accordance with his clients’ estate plans. In the realm of estate and trust administration, Brian’s guidance extends to fiduciaries and beneficiaries involved in administration.
of wills and trusts, insurance planning, and the creation of family limited liability companies, family limited partnerships, charitable trusts and prenuptial agreements. Additionally, he advises executors and trustees on the administration of complex trusts and estates. Marc is a nationally recognised lecturer on estate planning topics.
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