Michael Brophy heads the west coast private client offering from Withers LLP, based in Los Angeles and working with colleagues in San Diego and San Francisco. The team sits within the firm’s global private client practice, with bases across London, Geneva, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Tax, trusts and estates, charitable planning, and disputes all fall within the team’s expertise, which was bolstered in January 2025 by the addition of specialist trusts and estates firm Hoffman Sabban & Watenmaker.
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- 'Withers is one of the top firms in the U.S. for trust and estate planning. The California attorneys have been especially helpful with both domestic and international planning.'
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