S Corps and Trusts with Foreign Beneficiaries

Thomas Giordano-Lascari is a partner with Karlin & Peebles, LLP. Thomas’s practice focuses primarily on advising high-net-worth individuals and closely held businesses in connection with international income tax and estate planning issues. A significant portion of Thomas’s practice involves advising global families with respect to structuring and reorganizing multinational businesses to minimize worldwide taxes. Thomas also regularly advises clients regarding pre-immigration planning, foreign investment in the United States, U.S. residency planning and management, and expatriation planning.

Cynthia “Cindy” Brittain has decades of experience advising high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families on domestic and international income and estate tax planning strategies and philanthropic endeavors. Her practice offers significant cross-border expertise for families whose members are multinational and whose companies have a global footprint. She helps clients navigate complex issues relevant to international and domestic wealth and asset transfer, as well as assisting with pre-immigration planning and international corporate tax matters, leveraging her extensive experience with the cross-border regulatory laws that affect planning and compliance under the various voluntary disclosure regimes to help clients avoid negative consequences and minimize tax implications. Cindy is frequently sought out by international private clients and their advisory teams in urgent, high-stakes situations to help mitigate legal and reputational risk.