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New York City-based Commercial Attorney, practicing in the areas of Captive Insurance Companies and Life Settlements; Business Law and US and International Transactions; Trusts and Estate Planning; Trustee and Escrow Services; Commodities; and Commercial Mediation.
Based in midtown Manhattan, Jonathan S. Berck provides comprehensive legal services to individuals and businesses. With more than 25 years of experience working for clients around the globe, he understands his clients’ desire for discreet and reliable legal counsel.
| Captive Insurance Companies and Life Settlements Jonathan S. Berck has devoted much of his recent practice to various aspects of insurance law. He is active as an advisor on the structuring of captive insurance companies, both in his private practice and as counsel to Captive Planning Associates, LLC, one of the leading captive management service firms. He also advises on life insurance and life settlements, and serves as a trust lawyer and trustee for both hedge funds and individuals in that field. |
Business Law Employing a “risk analysis” approach to business law, Mr. Berck reviews documents, analyzes the client’s operations, structure, finances and strategy and structures a legal plan tailored to the needs of the client’s business. |
| Domestic Business Transactions Thorough advance planning for business transactions can help prevent costly litigation in the future. Mr. Berck can assist you in making sound business choices to achieve your short- and long-term goals. |
International Business Transactions Jonathan S. Berck is able to help companies of all sizes with their business needs in all international markets. He has spent many years practicing law abroad, having worked as a M & A and project finance lawyer for Shearman & Sterling in Frankfurt, Latham & Watkins in London, and the International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group. Mr. Berck speaks German and is admitted to practice as a solicitor in England and Wales. |
| Trusts and Estate Planning Mr. Berck assists clients with the full gamut of estate planning activities, from drafting basic documents (such as wills, healthcare directives and durable powers of attorneys) to devising sophisticated structures designed to take care of current and future needs, protect assets, assure distributions to designated beneficiaries and minimize tax liabilities, all while complying with applicable tax and other relevant laws. |
Trustee and Escrow Services Jonathan S. Berck offers his clients a wide variety of trustee and escrow services. Whether you are looking for an escrow agent, a trustee for a life settlement trust or developing a new life settlement program, Mr. Berck is dedicated to finding creative solutions for his clients’ problems. |
| Commodities Jonathan S. Berck has experience negotiating and documenting transactions involving the sale, export and import of precious metals and stones. |
Commercial Mediation Formerly a mediator for the New Jersey state court system and with over twenty-five years’ experience conducting commercial negotiations, Mr. Berck has mediated cases of different sizes and varieties, using creative thinking to construct and suggest satisfactory resolutions. |
