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The time leading up to the sale of a business can be both exciting and exhausting as years – sometimes even decades – of sustained effort come together in one final push. Often, this period involves a focus on what we refer to as “pre-liquidity planning,” where interests in the business may be sold or gifted to different types of irrevocable trusts prior to the sale. Because pre-liquidity planning can provide both significant transfer tax savings and thoughtful capital gain management, it gets

Investing isn't just about picking the right mix of stocks and bonds. It's about understanding the forces that influence markets and how your own behavior can impact outcomes.

For many partners at top law firms, their earnings represent the first time in that person’s family history that such has been generated. With this first-generation creation comes certain challenges and many opportunities. As a partner in a law firm, they now have additional financial and tax responsibilities that they may not be fully aware of. Many focus on financial planning and investment advice but often do not spend enough time thinking about how to efficiently transfer newl

For a non-resident alien (NRA), a term we will define shortly, investing in the U.S. involves a unique set of tax rules. These rules can be surprisingly favorable in some areas and dangerously punitive in others. Understanding this duality is the first step toward building a successful and tax-efficient U.S. investment strategy. This article is designed to simplify these complex concepts. It is not personal tax advice, as every client’s situation is unique, but rather an educational guide to he