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Practices / Industries
  • Trusts and Estates
  • Asset Protection
  • Tax
  • Family Offices
  • Private Clients
  • Philanthropy
  • Trusts and Estates Litigration
  • Family Law Litigation
  • Gideon Rothschild is a nationally recognized expert on wealth preservation and domestic and offshore asset protection trusts. Gideon is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) and an Academician of The International Academy of Trust and Estate Lawyers. He is a member of the Advisory Boards of BNA’s Tax Management, a past Chair of the American Bar Association’s Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, and past Chair of the New York Chapter of the U.K. based Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).

    He was an Adjunct Professor at the University of Miami Law School and New York Law School Graduate Programs and has lectured frequently to professional groups including the University of Miami’s Philip Heckerling Institute, the New York University Federal Tax Institute, the New York State Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Rothschild is a recipient of the prestigious Distinguished Estate Planner award from the National Association of Estate Planners and Councils and is listed in Chambers USA, Best Lawyers in America, New York Superlawyers, and Worth’s Top 100 Lawyers. Mr. Rothschild is also licensed as a Certified Public Accountant.

    Mr. Rothschild is the co-author of the BNA Tax Management portfolio on Asset Protection Planning. He has also authored numerous articles for publications, including the New York Law Journal, Journal of Asset Protection, Trusts and Estates, and Estate Planning.

    Prior to 2022 Mr. Rothschild was a partner with the New York City law firm of MOSES & SINGER LLP, where he co-chaired the Trusts & Estates and Wealth Preservation Group. He focused his practice in the areas of domestic and international estate planning techniques for high net worth clients and is a nationally recognized authority on wealth preservation and foreign trusts.

    Practices / Industries
  • Trusts & Estates
  • Asset Protection
  • Tax
  • Family Offices
  • Private Clients
  • Philanthropy
  • Trusts & Estates and Family Law Litigation
  • Representative Matters


    Prior to retiring from Moses & Singer, Gideon’s clients were high net worth individuals ranging in net worth between $10 million and more than $1 billion. Clients included real estate investors, CEOs of public companies, private equity fund principles, hedge fund managers, entrepreneurs, and closely held business owners. They have varied needs including cross-border planning, asset protection planning, estate administration, and wealth transfer planning and implementation.

    Some of the more interesting/creative assignments consisted of the following:

    Services

    Expert witness for trust and estate and asset protection matters
    Consultations on trust, estate and asset protection matters
    Providing "Directed Trustee" services for asset protection trusts under CT law

    Recognitions

    • Best Lawyers, American Lawyer: 2006 - 2023
    • Super Lawyers: 2006 - 2023
    • Private Client Global Elite: 2019, 2022-2023
    • Chambers, HNW 2019
    • Bloomberg BNA: Estates, Gifts and Trusts, Tax Portfolio Author of the Year
    • "World's Leading Practitioners," Who's Who Legal: Private Client 2019
    • "Best for Asset Protection - New York, "2019 Legal Awards
    • Citywealth Leaders List
    • Winner, STEP Founders Award, Society of Trusts & Estate Practitioners
    • “World’s Leading Trust & Estate Practitioners,” Euromoney’s Expert Guides
    • “Top 40 Tax Advisors,” CPA Magazine
    • “Top 100 Attorneys” serving private clients, Worth/Robb Report
    • National Association of Estate Planners & Councils Hall of Fame, “Distinguished Accredited Estate Planner"
    • UJA-Federation of New York, Trusts & Estates Group of The Lawyers Division, 2008 Honoree
    • Martindale-Hubbell, AV® Preeminent™
    • AVVO rated "Superb"
    • AVVO Clients' Choice Award 2012

    646-315-1044
    44 Deer Run Road
    New Hartford, CT 06057
    gideon@gideonrothschild.com

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