June marked the end of a four year complex trust administration odyssey. This administration could have been a television show, as it had every intrigue you can imagine - power struggles, illiquid assets, environmental claims, a defunct closely held business with unpaid claims, an injunction preventing the sale of real estate, property tax claims, third [...]
DeAngelis Legal documented the sale of goodwill of a Phoenix food distributer. In this friendly sale of the business, the buyer and seller had a long standing relationship. DeAngelis Legal prepared the purchase and sale agreement on behalf of the seller and the transaction closed with minimal changes from either party.
DeAngelis Legal prepared the estate plan for a young couple with generational wealth. This project was made more complicated by one spouse’s interest in four irrevocable trusts and a myriad of out of state family businesses gifted from the spouse’s parents. While the couple’s planning was simple, DeAngelis Legal assisted the spouse understand her rights [...]
DeAngelis Legal assisted with the trust decanting of an irrevocable trust. We prepared the new trust instrument which holds a variety of closely held businesses, real estate entities and marketable securities. The old instrument was prepared by another law firm and its terms did not meet with the settlors’ intent. DeAngelis Legal worked with the [...]
DeAngelis Legal assisted a Sedona high net worth couple with a comprehensive review of their estate planning documents, including their wills, trust, and family limited partnership. DeAngelis Legal met with the couple to learn about their objectives, reviewed their current plan and made recommendations, prepared documents updating their plan to make it consistent with their [...]
DeAngelis Legal performed a corporate review of the structure and records of several new clients and proposed recommended changes to confirm with each client’s operations and objectives. The clients created several entities over the years, creating a rat’s nest of entities. Separate entities provide enhanced creditor protection, but owners need to adhere to corporate formalities [...]
Long time Phoenix husband and wife clients own a closely held business among other assets. DeAngelis Legal met with the new clients to discuss their objectives and alternatives and drafted the updated wills, revocable trust, powers of attorney and ancillary documents to achieve their objectives. DeAngelis Legal also updated the corporate records of their business, [...]
Buy-Sell Provisions – What is Appraised Market Value? LLC operating agreements, LLP partnership agreements, and corporation shareholder agreements all contain buy-sell provisions. These provisions grant options to purchase or require purchase of an ownership interest upon certain events such as termination of employment, death, disability, divorce, bankruptcy, etc. (the “triggering events”) in situations where the [...]
The new year kicked off strong on the business side. DeAngelis Legal assisted several clients with start-up entities, evaluating investments in venture capital opportunities and the formation of real estate holding companies. The real estate acquisitions ranged from single family lots to commercial buildings and the business ranged from online products and services to construction [...]
Estate Planning Update January, 2021 2021 Annual Gift Tax Exclusion: remains at $15,000 per donor, per donee. 2021 Gift and Estate Tax Exemption: increased to $11,700,000 per donor through 2025, see #8. Marital Deduction for Transfers to U.S. Spouse: unlimited. 2021 Generation Skipping Tax Exclusion: increased to $11,700,000 per donor through 2025, see #8. Top [...]
