Office Location: United States
United States, United Kingdom, Latin America, Singapore, Hong Kong SAR, China, Middle East
Estates: Planning
Trusts: Contentious
Family Governance and Business
Basil Zirinis has been a partner in S&C’s Estates and Personal Group since 1994 and leads its international private client practice from London and New York. He represents individuals, fiduciaries and family-controlled businesses throughout the world in a broad range of matters, including domestic and international estate and trust planning, family business governance and transition, estate and trust administration and litigation. He speaks regularly at international conferences regarding U.S. and international tax and estate planning.
What is your favorite restaurant to take a client or colleague to?
Oswald's in LondonWhat is the best piece of advice you have ever received?
The safest place is at your deskWhat was your first job?
Painting docks in a marinaWhat is the book you recommend to everyone?
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayWhat changes do you expect to see in your practice over the next year?
An increased focus by clients on strengthening their structures to anticipate crises that had become almost unthinkable, such as a major war in Europe.