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A guide to minimizing the after-tax proceeds from the sale of a family business. According to the article, legal exit preparations involve a 3-step process: due diligence investigations (i.e., public searches, review of minute books and key contracts, etc.); identify any 'skeletons' and consider what options exist to remedy or neutralize them; finally, create and implement a plan to manage these skeletons.

The benign legislative environment for trusts has been disrupted over the last decade or so by significant trust reform. The purpose of this article is to discuss the Uniform Principal and Income Act (the "Act") from the perspective of trust professionals.

B&M Client Alert governing a New Exit Tax and other "onerous provisions" in expatriation tax rules.

This article deals with the use of the Delaware Asset Protection Trust to save taxes, protect assets, protect estate planning vehicles and provide options for non-resident aliens.

This paper will examine ways to lessen six of the greatest risks to preserving and enjoying multigenerational wealth. These six risks are: concentrating your assets, overspending, overusing leverage, poor tax planning, not attending to liabilities, ignoring family governance

This article addresses the complex U.S. tax rules governing cross-border grant-making by private foundations.

In today's world, domestic asset protection trusts can be a useful planning tool. However, under certain circumstances can be subject to intense scrutiny. Holland+Knight defines and outlines the case for domestic asset protection trusts.

This article highlights the fact that most wealthy U.S. families customarily choose individuals rather than trust companies to serve as trustee, even for complex trusts holding very substantial assets and even though a family who can afford it now has the option of creating its own trust. The article also argues that reliance on individual trustees carries the risk that it depends on an unbroken line of succession from one 'wise' (competent, diligent) trustee to the next, with little or no transition time or cushion to adjust for unexpected events.

A discussion of pre-nuptial, post-nuptial or cohabitation agreements.

Many families of wealth struggle with a fundamental question: Can our wealth be sustained across generations and have a positive impact on those who use it? Through experience and research, a series of best practices for the successful transfer of multi-generational wealth has been identified to help reduce the likelihood of families succumbing to the paradigm of “shirtsleeves-to-shirtsleeves in three generations.” Families who devote time and effort to adopt the best practices will be better able to increase the 1 in 3 chance of maintaining wealth through multiple