Michael Kosnitzky is a partner in the Tax practice at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP. He advises some of the world’s most well-respected individuals, families and privately held businesses, using a holistic risk-assessment approach to tax law. Recognized as a “Trust and Estates Trailblazer” by the National Law Journal, his tax-minimizing strategies guide financial and strategic buyers in complex taxable and tax-free mergers and acquisitions; privately held businesses in estate tax efficient succession planning; private investment funds in their choice of jurisdictions and structures; wealthy families in generational real estate income tax and estate tax planning; and ultra-high net worth individuals in U.S. and foreign trust matters.
Michael Kosnitzky is a partner in the Tax practice at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP. He advises some of the world’s most well-respected individuals, families and privately held businesses, using a holistic risk-assessment approach to tax law. Recognized as a “Trust and Estates Trailblazer” by the National Law Journal, his tax-minimizing strategies guide financial and strategic buyers in complex taxable and tax-free mergers and acquisitions; privately held businesses in estate tax efficient succession planning; private investment funds in their choice of jurisdictions and structures; wealthy families in generational real estate income tax and estate tax planning; and ultra-high net worth individuals in U.S. and foreign trust matters.
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