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New York Trusts and Estates, Life Settlements and Transactional Business Attorney

From his office in midtown Manhattan, Jonathan S. Berck provides comprehensive legal services to individuals and businesses. With over twenty years of experience working for clients around the globe, he understands his clients' desire for discreet and reliable legal counsel.

Trusts and Estates

Jonathan Berck counsels domestic and international clients in estate planning and the wise use of trusts, life insurance policies and annuities in achieving a client's goals with respect to income, retirement and the transfer of assets to succeeding generations.

In addition to estate planning, Mr. Berck offers trustee and escrow services for individuals and commercial entities, such as hedge funds, looking for experienced, efficient and discreet services, combined with robust banking and money management services. He provides trustee and escrow services in New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Washington, D.C.

Life Settlements

Mr. Berck is one of the leading life settlement attorneys, representing both hedge funds seeking to acquire life insurance policies and individuals seeking to sell their policies. His experience in this field runs the gamut from the creation of acquisition programs to individual life insurance trusts. Mr. Berck also offers trustee and escrow services, and has served as master trustee for numerous hedge funds in the life settlement area. In addition, Mr. Berck can arrange for and oversee premium tracking and optimization, and the updating of medical records, life insurance illustrations, life expectancy certificates, and associated documents. Through his extensive contacts in the life settlement industry, he can assist clients in their search for buyers and sellers of policies.

Trustee and Escrow Services

Mr. Berck offers trustee an escrow services in New York and Delaware. He has the facilities for the secure storage of documents and, through major commercial banks, provides cash management and payment services for his clients.

Domestic and International Business Transactions

Mr. Berck has spent most of his legal career as an attorney practicing international business law, including time at Shearman & Sterling in Frankfurt and Latham & Watkins in London. In addition to his admissions to the bars of New York, the District of Columbia and New Jersey, he is also a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales. He represents a variety of national and international companies seeking to execute international business transactions, whether inbound into the United States or outbound overseas.

General Business Counseling

The key to any successful transaction, whether international or domestic, is to anticipate and address problems at the very beginning of a contractual relationship before they arise, and by retaining the services of an experienced commercial law attorney, you can avoid damaging business disputes. From helping national and international companies with their corporate and commercial development to facilitating successful business transactions, Jonathan Berck takes the time and effort to make sure all parties have reached a durable agreement upon which to build a long-term commercial relationship.

Commercial Mediation

A former mediator for the New Jersey court system, Mr. Berck also offers commercial mediation services to help businesses avoid costly litigation.

Contact

As a sole practitioner, Jonathan Berck provides his clients with the high level of personal service they deserve. He understands that international business never stops, and that is why he is available to his clients twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. He is fluent in German, having lived and worked there for many years. He has a robust infrastructure in place, including banking systems. Contact him today for more information.