The private client department at Day Pitney LLP offers a 'large collection of best in class trust & estate lawyers and tax lawyers' to support individuals, families, family offices, and fiduciaries. The team is particularly noted for its international estate planning practice, representing families across Latin America, the UK, India, Canada and the Caribbean in their succession planning. Its trusts work includes issues relating to foreign trust administration, domestication for US beneficiaries, and the restructuring of trust and corporate structure for international families. Dina Kapur Sanna chairs the firm's international estate planning practice, praised as 'one of the US's best tax and trust lawyers, a go-to for UHNW families'. For international tax matters, Carl Merino is the go-to, and Michael Schwartz is also recommended.
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- 'They are extremely thorough on their advice, and their decades of experience makes their advice commercially viable considering the cultural mindset and family dynamics.'
- 'Dina Kapur Sanna is absolutely brilliant. Her ability to connect with clients and provide them the comfort that they are in safe hands, is truly commendable.'
- 'They have a large collection of best in class trust & estate lawyers and tax lawyers. They have a strong domestic practice in the tri-state area along with some of the best international tax lawyers in the country.'
- 'Dina Kapur Sanna and Carl Merino have been excellent on multiple different cross border tax and estate planning matters. Dina Sanna has an excellent technical tax brain and provides reliable, commercial and practical advice.'
- 'Day Pitney offers excellent, even unparalleled, service in the private client space for clients along the US Eastern Sea Board. The firm is excellent in the depth and breadth of its private client services practice and offering.'
- 'Carl Merino is a superb tax lawyer, particularly in private client matters.'
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Dina Kapur Sanna; Carl Merino; Michael Schwartz