Lawrence B. Cohen Email & Phone Number

Lawrence Cohen is a partner in Nixon Peabody LLP’s Private Clients practice group where he specializes in wealth management, estate planning, estate and trust administration, and business succession planning. His clients are mainly high-net-worth individuals, successful closely held businesses, and people and institutions seeking advice on probate, transfer and income tax, and related issues.An active member of Boston’s estate-planning community, Lawrence Cohen has published articles in the Massachusetts Law Review, the National Law Review, and Trusts and Estates Magazine. He has raised substantial funds for the New England Home for Little Wanderers by running the Boston Marathon.Representative Experience and Particular Areas of Focus:* Serves as trustee of over 200 trusts with trust assets under management in excess of $600,000,000.* Preparation of comprehensive estate plans for clients with net worths ranging from $5,000,000 to more than $100,000,000.* Preparation of business succession plans to ensure the orderly transfer, in a tax-effective fashion, of business interests with values ranging from $2,000,000 to more than $200,000,000.* Administration of large estates involving sophisticated post-mortem tax planning, probate litigation, and complex family dynamics.

Listed skills include Estate Planning, Estate Administration, Trust Management, Tax Advisory, and 3 others.

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  Partner

  Nixon Peabody Llp

  Nov 2011 - Present - Boston, Ma

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