PRACTICE 04

Private Clients & Estates

Private Clients & Estates

Private Clients & Estates

Wills, family holdings, prenuptial agreements and estates that cross a border. Elise has run cross-border estates in eleven jurisdictions, including ancillary probate in New York for estates administered elsewhere.

The work is quiet and long-term: we usually meet a family once a year, and we answer the phone when something changes.

Bay window of a family home — private clients and estates practice

LED BY

Elise Barton, partner, private clients and estates

FEES

Wills and agreements fixed-fee; estates hourly with a ceiling.

30 minutes, free. Conflict check first.

LED BY

Elise Barton, partner, private clients and estates

30 minutes, free. Conflict check first.

WHAT WE DO

Wills and succession planning

Cross-border inheritance

Family holdings and governance

Prenuptial agreements

SPECIALTIES

Multi-state and foreign probate

Revocable and dynasty trusts

Family disputes

SELECTED MATTERS

2025/074

Cross-border estate with assets in New York, Austria and Germany

7 months

COMPLETED

Cross-border estate with assets in New York, Austria and Germany

2025/074

7 months

COMPLETED

2025/054

Cross-border estate with assets in three jurisdictions

$31M

COMPLETED

Cross-border estate with assets in three jurisdictions

2025/054

$31M

COMPLETED

2024/031

Family holding charter for a second-generation manufacturer

COMPLETED

Family holding charter for a second-generation manufacturer

2024/031

COMPLETED

2026/009

Ancillary probate in Kings County for a Florida estate

$4.6M

COMPLETED

Ancillary probate in Kings County for a Florida estate

2026/009

$4.6M

COMPLETED

Three countries, one succession certificate, and nobody in the family stopped speaking to anybody.

Executor, Brooklyn

QUESTIONS

Is a New York will valid abroad?

What is a dynasty trust good for?

Do you handle disputes between heirs?

What does a will cost?

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