Estate Planning
McGuireWoods’ estate planning team serves clients who seek to transfer assets efficiently to their chosen beneficiaries. We help high-net-worth individuals provide for the unique needs of family members and make appropriate decisions relating to trust planning, tax planning, business structuring, premarital agreements and risk mitigation.
Our estate planning lawyers assist business clients in planning and executing transfers of ownership and control of their enterprises and holdings. We employ restrictive shareholder and partnership agreements, reorganizations of corporations and LLCs, and related business planning strategies to achieve tax savings and efficient business management for clients.
The team helps clients establish long-term trusts that range from simple to complex, tailoring each trust to the specific objectives of the family. We advise clients on the forms of charitable giving that may reduce tax liabilities and shift wealth to family members in a tax-efficient manner.
Our lawyers also advise executors and trustees on the administration of estates and trusts and guide them on all aspects of fulfilling their fiduciary responsibilities. We represent clients in interpreting wills and trusts, as well as resolving related disputes and litigation.
McGuireWoods’ estate planning team has the subject matter experience and skills to advise high-net-worth individuals and families with respect to estate planning, tax planning and business planning matters. We maintain a strong national presence and represent wealthy families across the country. Our lawyers efficiently and effectively advise clients on their most sensitive issues.
Consistently ranked nationally and in Virginia, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C., in private wealth law.
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Named “Law Firm of the Year” for trusts and estates law.
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