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In 2009, asset protection specialists watched a major Internal Revenue Service drive to flush out secret foreign bank accounts while a financial crisis brought to light mammoth Ponzi schemes and took down publicly traded companies. But we saw few relevant new laws and rulings in the area. How does the U.S. government's recent emphasis on tax transparency and anti-money laundering impact asset protection?

Gideon Rothschild, Partner

January 1, 2010

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Gideon Rothschild

In 2009, asset protection specialists watched a major Internal Revenue Service drive to flush out secret foreign bank accounts while a financial crisis brought to light mammoth Ponzi schemes and took down publicly traded companies. But we saw few relevant new laws and rulings in the area.

How does the U.S. government's recent emphasis on tax transparency and anti-money laundering impact asset protection? Not at all. Those of us who practice regularly in this area know that, in general, any asset protection trust a client settles will be a grantor trust, whether it's domestic or offshore. And because I, like all responsible lawyers, provide clients with clear guidance on the filing requirements for such trusts (including t...

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About the Author

Gideon Rothschild

Partner, Moses & Singer LLP

 

GIDEON ROTHSCHILD is a partner with the New York City law firm of MOSES & SINGER LLP, where he co-chairs the Trusts & Estates and Wealth Preservation Group.  He focuses his practice in the areas of domestic and international estate planning techniques for high net worth clients and is a nationally recognized authority on wealth preservation and foreign trusts. 

Mr. Rothschild is the Vice-chair of the Real Property Trust & Estate Law Section of the American Bar Association, a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and Academician of The International Academy of Trust and Estate Lawyers.  He is a member of the Advisory Boards of BNA’s Tax Management and Trusts and Estates, the Immediate Past Chair of the New York Chapter of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), and a member of the New York State Bar Association. 

He served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Miami Law School Graduate Program and has lectured frequently to professional groups including the University of Miami’s Philip Heckerling Institute, the New York University Federal Tax Institute, the New York State Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.  

Mr. Rothschild is the co-author of the BNA Tax Management portfolio on Asset Protection Planning and has authored numerous articles for publications including  Trusts and EstatesandEstate Planning.  Mr. Rothschild is a recipient of the prestigious Distinguished Estate Planner award from the National Association of Estate Planners and Councils and is listed in Chambers USA, Best Lawyers in America, Top 100 New York Superlawyers and Worth’s Top 100 Lawyers.  Mr. Rothschild is also licensed as a Certified Public Accountant.