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Professional Biography

Ivan is a private client lawyer and trusted advisor to international and domestic US families and family offices, leaders in business, philanthropy and the arts. From 2013-2019, he was the global Chairman of Withersworldwide, the first American partner to serve in that role in its 125 year history. Today, he heads Withers' Families and Family Office practice, and is a member of its Latin American and Greater China practice groups, among others.

What is your favorite restaurant to take a client or colleague to?

Il Gattopardo

What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?

You learn more by listening than talking

What was your first job?

Band Boy (instrument set up) for a famous jazz band

What is the book you recommend to everyone?

Don Quixote

What changes do you expect to see in your practice over the next year?

Continuing developments in the field of AI affecting and streamlining but not undermining the practice of sophisticated legal advice