Awards and Recognitions

Alan has been consistently recognized as a leading lawyer by Chambers USA and Chambers High Net Worth, earning praise from clients stating that “his level of knowledge is brilliant and he is on top of all the matters that he is acting on.” Clients acknowledge that “his technical skills are unparalleled and he is on the way to becoming the dean of the New York private client world.”  Alan has also been recognized as a top lawyer in U.S. News-Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms.”

EXPERIENCE

Alan works closely with a variety of clients, including private equity and hedge fund managers, entrepreneurs, corporate executives, investment bankers, real estate developers, family offices and philanthropists to help them identify their objectives and provide creative and pragmatic solutions designed to meet their specific goals. His recent representations include:

• advising independent executors and trustees as they navigate sensitive family, financial and tax issues relating to the administration of estates and trusts;
• representing family members and professionals at multi-generational family offices on estate planning, trust administration and reporting issues;
• assisting individuals with their complex multi-national tax issues relating to trusts where beneficiaries reside in multiple countries; and
• representing principals at private equity firms and hedge funds in connection with their estate planning.

Alan has been recognized by a number of industry awards and publications throughout his career. He maintains a “Star Individual” ranking in Private Wealth Law by Chambers USA and Chambers High Net Worth. Chambers also recognizes Alan as a top lawyer for his work in Family Offices and Fund Structuring. Alan has maintained Chambers rankings respectively, since 2006. He has also been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Trusts & Estates Law (New York City) since 1995.

For a quarter of a century, Alan has served as a lecturer and an adjunct professor at New York University School of Law, where he has taught courses involving taxation of trusts and estates, estate and gift tax, charitable giving and international estate planning. He has lectured extensively on estate planning subjects, including at the Heckerling Institute, and presented the New York City Bar Association’s Mortimer H. Hess Memorial lecture. His articles have appeared in numerous legal journals and guides.

In addition, Alan is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. He serves as co-chair of the Estate and Gift Taxation Committee of the Tax Section of the New York State Bar. He is also the former chair of the Trusts, Estates and Surrogate’s Court Committee for the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and a former member of that Association’s Committee on Estate and Gift Tax. He serves on the tax panel for the United Jewish Appeal – Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York, Inc.