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<strong>Ivan</strong> A. <strong>Sacks</strong>ChairmanOffices: New YorkTel: +1 212 848 9820Fax: +1 212 824 4220Email: ivan.sacks@withersworldwide.comEducation: Columbia College, B.A. • Columbia Law School, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, J.D.Admitted: State of NY, 1993 • Registered Foreign Lawyer in the UK, 2003Languages spoken: Spanish • Japanese • FrenchYear joined: 2003Year became partner: 2003Overview<strong>Ivan</strong> <strong>Sacks</strong> is a private client lawyer and trusted advisor to international and domestic families of significant wealth. He becameglobal Chairman of <strong>Withers</strong> Worldwide in July 2013. <strong>Ivan</strong> is also head of the firm’s Latin American Planning Group.Both in the US and in an international context, he counsels families and entrepreneurs on the structuring of their closely heldbusiness interests, family offices, and charitable foundations, the design and administration of trusts and estates, andcomprehensive risk management, governance and succession planning. He also frequently advises banks and trust companies onfiduciary matters.Mr. <strong>Sacks</strong> is admitted to the bar of the State of New York and the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York. Hegraduated from Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, a Charles Evans Hughes Fellow and Editor-in-Chief of the Columbia Human Rights Law Review. He is an active member of several bar and professional bar associations andspeaks frequently on topics related to wealth planning. He also serves as a director or other fiduciary for a number of private andnon-profit organizations.'...an extremely sophisticated attorney...' '...his capabilities and insights as an advisor to be outstanding...strongly recommend him toothers with complex international wealth management considerations.'Publications and speaking engagementsChapter co-author, The Complete Family Office Handbook: A Guide for Affluent Families and the Advisors Who ServeThem, Bloomberg Press, January 2014.Speaker, "Global Positioning Services: Immigration, Wealth and Real Estate Planning," <strong>Withers</strong> WealthPlanning Seminar, Hong Kong and Singapore, December 2013.Citywealth 2012Panelist, “The Future of Income and Inheritance Taxation for Wealth Structures in Latin America,” 22nd International Trustand Tax Planning Summit, Miami FL, November 2013.Panelist, “360 View of Banking For Latin Clientele,” STEP Latin America Annual Conference, Montevideo, Uruguay,October 2013.Speaker, “The Use of International Legal Structures For Family Governance,” Itau Unibanco Wealth Across GenerationsConference, Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 2013.Keynote speaker, “FATCA Overview and Update on the Latest Issues,” STEP Brazil Inaugural Meeting, Sao Paolo, March2013.Speaker, “It’s Not Your Grandpa’s Trust Anymore,” NMS Family Office Forum, Palm Beach, March 2013.Speaker, “Around the World in 70 Minutes”, STEP Boston and STEP New York, February 2013.MembershipsAssociation of the Bar of the City of New YorkNew York State Bar AssociationSociety of Trust and Estate Practitioners
Chambers USA American Leading LawyerCitywealth Leaders ListCitywealth Top 100 International Lawyers 2008-2009On a personal note<strong>Ivan</strong> is an avid fisherman and sailor.© <strong>Withers</strong> 2007 - 2011
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