Mooney Favazza is a business, tax, asset protection and estate planning law firm.
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Business Services
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We frequently act as outside general counsel for US businesses and as US
counsel for non-US companies, overseeing the full range of our clients' legal needs. We have expertise in
contractual and strategic matters throughout the corporate life-cycle.
- Representative services include:
Corporate formation, including choosing and forming a new entity
or entities in the context of a new venture- Mergers and acquisitions, joint-ventures and other strategic matters
- Business succession planning for closely held businesses,
- Contract negotiating and drafting
- Real estate matters
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Tax Services
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We offer full-service taxation services for businesses fiduciaries and individuals,
including tax planning; gift tax, estate tax and generation skipping transfer tax planning; and, representing taxpayers in tax controversies before State tax authorities, the Internal Revenue Service and in the United States Tax Court.
- Representative services include:
- Tax planning and structuring of joint ventures and other alliances using
optimal legal entities including limited partnerships, limited liability companies, C corporations and S corporations
- Structuring buy-sell and redemption agreements for business owners,
both with and without life insurance
- Planning and structuring both the acquisition and/or disposition of a
business or product line
- Structuring trusts and businesses for optimal state taxation, including sales
and use taxes
- Representing individuals and business entities before the IRS and in the US
Tax Court and other courts, including matters on appeal
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Trust, Asset Protection and Estate Planning Services
- We provide trust and estate planning for families and individuals who are
very wealthy as well as for those not blessed with great wealth.
- Representative services include:
- Drafting pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements and asset preservation trust
for those contemplating and those who have entered upon marriage.
- Planning for clients with substantial wealth for whom gift,
estate and generation skipping transfer taxes are a significant concern.
- Planning for clients who do not have substantial wealth but who wish to
designate guardians for their children and provide for the orderly transfer for their estates.
- Estate and trust planning for non-U.S. Citizens residing abroad who own
assets exposed to Federal estate taxation.
- Estate planning for residents and for US. citizens married to non-U.S. citizens.
- Advising and representing personal representatives and trustees
regarding trust administration, taxation issues, issues regarding the interpretation of trusts and wills and
multi-jurisdictional issues.
- Advising and representing beneficiaries of trusts and estates.
- Life Insurance planning.
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Other Services
- When legal problems are not within our core practice areas, we are well positioned to help our clients make judgments in their selection of attorneys. We are always happy to refer clients to other capable attorneys who can help them.