Vanessa A. Woods

Senior Counsel Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
New York
United States
+1 212 318 3013
New York
United States
+1 212 318 3013
Vanessa A. Woods

Vanessa A. Woods

Biography

Vanessa A. Woods is senior counsel in Norton Rose Fulbright's New York office. She focuses her practice on estate planning, estate administration and trust administration for high net worth individuals and families. Her practice includes advising clients on wealth transfers and preparing various types of trusts (such as GRATS, irrevocable life insurance trusts, dynasty trusts and charitable trusts). Vanessa also assists clients with administering complex trusts including preparing trust accounting documents and advising on trustee succession matters.  In addition, Vanessa counsels executors and trustees on fiduciary matters.

Professional experience

Ausgewählte Mandate

Ausgewählte Mandate

  • Preparing comprehensive estate plans for individuals with large cryptocurrency holdings
  • Administering the estate of an ultra-high net worth decedent with unique assets in the US and abroad

Auszeichnungen

Auszeichnungen

  • The Best Lawyers in America, Ones to Watch, Trusts and Estates, Best Lawyers, 2023-2025

Ausbildung

Ausbildung

  • LLM, Tax, Boston University, 2020
  • JD, George Washington University Law School, 2009
    • Street Law
    • International Law Society
    • Consumer Mediation Clinic
  • BA, Princeton, 2004
    • The Daily Princetonian
    • Ballet Folkorico de Princeton
    • Tower Club

 

Zulassungen

Zulassungen

  • New Jersey State Bar
  • New York State Bar

Publikationen

Publikationen

  • Author, "Say a Little Prayer for Your Beneficiaries: Navigating Religious Conditional Bequests," Trusts and Estates Magazine, July 30, 2020
  • Author, "Estate Planning with Cryptocurrency," Probate Property Magazine, July 1, 2019
  • Author, "Current Estate and Gift Tax Proposals in Congress," Willamette Management Associates Insights Issue 121, July 1, 2019
  • Author, "Changing Domicile to Save on Taxes: What do 'Morning Joe's' Joe and Mika know that we don't?," Trusts and Estates Magazine, April 1, 2019

Referententätigkeit

Referententätigkeit

  • Speaker, Estate Planning and Administration with Cryptocurrency, New Hampshire Bar Association, November 2, 2022

Mitgliedschaften und Aktivitäten

Mitgliedschaften und Aktivitäten

  • New York City Bar
  • New York City Bar Associate Leadership Institute, Alumni, 2022

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