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Private Wealth Law | High Net Worth

California: Southern

Work in this area includes but is not limited to: charitable planning; wealth transfer; business succession planning; estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax planning (in the US); life and health insurance planning; the creation and administration of trusts and estates; asset transfer; the taking-public of closely-held businesses; and structuring outward and inward investment. Contentious matters are also included, such as trusts disputes, probate contests and contested wills. In larger jurisdictions, these matters are ranked separately in a Private Wealth Disputes table.

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Band 1

  1. Loeb & Loeb LLP
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    Loeb & Loeb LLP
    Private Wealth Law
    2024 | Band 1 | 9 Years Ranked
    Loeb & Loeb is well regarded for its international and domestic estate planning, including advice on business succession planning. They also have a strong trust and estate disputes practice.
  2. McDermott Will & Emery LLP
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    McDermott Will & Emery LLP
    Private Wealth Law
    2024 | Band 1 | 9 Years Ranked
    McDermott Will & Emery's private wealth practice in California is focused on trusts and estate planning for wealthy families, individuals and closely held businesses. The lawyers often advise on cross-border matters for ultra-wealthy clients.
  3. 1
    Withers Bergman LLP
    Private Wealth Law
    2024 | Band 1 | 7 Years Ranked
    Withers is a well-regarded firm and a major player in private wealth, with a strong international practice. The Los Angeles and San Diego offices also have a litigation team experienced at dealing with contested trusts, estates and conservatorships.
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Band 2

  1. Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP
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    Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP
    Private Wealth Law
    2024 | Band 2 | 9 Years Ranked
    Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger specialises in estate planning for high net worth individuals and families. The firm handles a significant number of cross-border mandates, including high net worth immigration and relocation. They also have a strong trust and estate litigation practice.
  2. Karlin & Peebles, LLP
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    Karlin & Peebles, LLP
    Private Wealth Law
    2024 | Band 2 | 3 Years Ranked
    Karlin & Peebles engages with often complex tax and estate planning matters for high net worth individuals and families. They are particularly engaged in cross-border planning.
  3. Katten
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    Katten
    Private Wealth Law
    2024 | Band 2 | 9 Years Ranked
    Katten's Los Angeles-based private wealth department provides estate planning and administration services, as well as charitable planning advice to wealthy clients. Its high net worth clients include business owners and executives, entrepreneurs and philanthropists, as well as other professionals.
  4. Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
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    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
    Private Wealth Law
    2024 | Band 2 | 2 Years Ranked
    Willkie Farr & Gallagher provides a range of private wealth services to affluent clients, including tax advisory, estate planning and trust administration. Many of Willkie's California clients are prominent people in the entertainment industry.
  5. Proskauer Rose LLP
    Private Wealth Law
    2024 | Band 2
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Band 3

  1. 3
    Weinstock Manion, A Law Corporation
    Private Wealth Law
    2024 | Band 3 | 8 Years Ranked
    Los Angeles-based firm Weinstock Manion acts for wealthy individuals and families on trusts and estate planning, administration and litigation. The team's expertise includes the structuring of complex grantor retained annuity trusts.
  2. Venable LLP
    Private Wealth Law
    2024 | Band 3