Washington counsel for financial crime, national security and government enforcementEstablished 2002 · 1-202-9824-980
Practice

Real Estate, Tax and Private Client

Discreet counsel for ownership, asset, property and private-client matters affected by beneficial-ownership, sanctions, source-of-funds and cross-border scrutiny.

Senior-led from Washington, D.C. Matters are staffed around the legal issue, operating facts and government forums involved.

Senior lawyers working on real estate, tax and private client matters
Overview

Advice built around the complete record.

Property and private-asset matters increasingly require careful analysis of beneficial ownership, source of funds, sanctions, banking, tax coordination and reporting. We advise private clients, family offices, fiduciaries, investors and businesses when a transaction, holding structure or asset dispute intersects with financial-crime or national-security risk. The firm coordinates qualified tax, real-estate and foreign counsel where their separate advice is required.

The work begins with a transparent ownership and funds map. Entities, trusts, nominees, lenders, counterparties, property interests, payment routes and jurisdictions are identified before conclusions are drawn. Sanctions and AML questions are tested against the specific parties, timing, authority and transaction. A screening alert or complex structure is not itself proof of wrongdoing, but unexplained gaps can impair closing, banking, insurance and later defense.

For disputes or investigations, the team preserves transactional, title, valuation, communications and financial evidence. Advice coordinates asset protection, legitimate privacy, disclosure duties, litigation, forfeiture exposure and government requests without promising secrecy or using structures to evade law. The objective is a lawful, documented position that financial institutions, courts and authorities can evaluate on a complete record.

Who we advise

We advise individuals, family offices, trustees, fiduciaries, investors, lenders, charities and operating companies. Engagements are accepted only after conflicts clearance, and clients are asked not to send identity documents, financial statements or privileged records through the public website.

The firm’s role is legal analysis and coordination. It does not provide banking, investment or tax-return services, hold client funds through this website, or publish payment-account details. Where another professional is required, responsibilities are documented clearly.

Scope

What we do

The work is scoped to the client’s actual decision, evidence and legal duties. Senior lawyers coordinate specialist work so separate issues remain part of one strategy.

01

Beneficial-ownership and control analysis

Advice, investigation, documentation and implementation calibrated to the matter’s facts, forum and urgency.

02

Source-of-funds and source-of-wealth documentation

Advice, investigation, documentation and implementation calibrated to the matter’s facts, forum and urgency.

03

Sanctions screening and ownership questions

Advice, investigation, documentation and implementation calibrated to the matter’s facts, forum and urgency.

04

Sensitive real-estate transaction diligence

Advice, investigation, documentation and implementation calibrated to the matter’s facts, forum and urgency.

05

Family office and fiduciary risk counseling

Advice, investigation, documentation and implementation calibrated to the matter’s facts, forum and urgency.

06

Asset tracing and disputed-transfer review

Advice, investigation, documentation and implementation calibrated to the matter’s facts, forum and urgency.

07

Forfeiture, restraint and government inquiry response

Advice, investigation, documentation and implementation calibrated to the matter’s facts, forum and urgency.

08

Cross-border structure and local-counsel coordination

Advice, investigation, documentation and implementation calibrated to the matter’s facts, forum and urgency.

09

Private-client banking and financial-access issues

Advice, investigation, documentation and implementation calibrated to the matter’s facts, forum and urgency.

10

Tax and reporting issue coordination with qualified counsel

Advice, investigation, documentation and implementation calibrated to the matter’s facts, forum and urgency.

Real Estate, Tax and Private Client counsel reviewing evidence
Real Estate, Tax and Private Client counsel meeting with decision-makers
Real Estate, Tax and Private Client counsel coordinating a strategy
Working method

A disciplined four-stage approach.

Map ownership

Identify legal and beneficial interests, control, counterparties, assets, payment routes and jurisdictions.

Verify the record

Collect reliable formation, title, valuation, banking, tax and source-of-funds evidence proportionate to the issue.

Analyze and structure

Coordinate property, sanctions, financial-crime, tax and reporting advice with appropriately qualified counsel.

Complete or defend

Support closing, banking, disclosure, dispute or government response with an organized and accurate record.

Experience profile

Selected capabilities

Capability 01

Sensitive property acquisition

diligence of beneficial ownership, financing, sanctions exposure and source-of-funds evidence before a Washington-area transaction.

Capability 02

Cross-border asset dispute

tracing and litigation coordination involving entities, trusts, payment routes and competing ownership claims.

Capability 03

Private-bank inquiry

response to enhanced diligence and account restrictions supported by ownership, purpose, wealth and transaction documentation.

Services are tailored to the facts, governing law, forum and agency process. No description of a capability or prior experience guarantees a particular outcome.

Related lawyers

Senior lawyers connected to the work.

The lawyers below bring complementary experience in litigation, transactions, financial crime, regulation, technology and government. Individual phone numbers are not published; all engagement inquiries are handled through the firm’s central intake.

Bring structure to the first critical decisions.

For urgent investigations, sanctions restrictions, cyber incidents, subpoenas or cross-border enforcement, contact the Washington team. Do not send privileged, classified or sensitive financial records before an engagement is confirmed.

Request a confidential consultation