Ashley Sawyer

Ashley B. Sawyer focuses her private client practice on a broad spectrum of U.S. and non-U.S. tax planning matters. She advises on all aspects of complex estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax and compliance, provides guidance to family offices and works with high-net-worth families on business and legacy succession.  She works closely with clients and their allied advisors to strategize and implement sophisticated domestic and cross-border plans involving varied types of U.S. and foreign trust structures through gifting, estate freeze transactions, life insurance and closely held or qualified small business stock.

Ashley also advises fiduciaries on administration of estates and trusts and modification of defective trusts through nonjudicial settlements, decanting and reformation. She is experienced in charitable planning techniques, including split-interest trusts and private foundations, and counsels private and public tax-exempt organizations on matters involving tax-exempt status, compliance and navigating governance issues.