International Trust and Estate Planning Update

What do you do when your client dies with assets or beneficiaries in another country? This program will discuss common issues and provide practical strategies for dealing with the decedent’s foreign assets and beneficiaries. The panel will feature lawyers sharing their practical experience as U.S. practitioners dealing with inheritance and estate administration issues in France, Mexico, Canada, and Japan. What You Will Learn Make sure nothing gets “lost in translation” when dealing with the estate administration involving decedent’s foreign assets and beneficiaries. Our nationally recognized faculty will provide a practical road map for advising both U.S. and international clients in this complex and always-changing area. In this two-hour program, our panelists will address inheritance and estate administration issues from the perspective of France, Mexico, Canada, and Japan, including: What happens when your client dies without a will covering assets in these countries? What is the general inheritance process and probate? What are the general restrictions and considerations when dealing with these countries? How are pour over wills and trusts used and/or treated?