Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP advises individuals and families on wealth transfer planning strategies, planning for future generations, and planning for family-owned business enterprises. Our attorneys bring extensive experience guiding clients in the tax efficient transfer of assets during life and at death. We work closely with our colleagues in practice areas such as corporate, tax, real estate and litigation to advise our clients on all aspects of planning. We provide advanced advice on an array of transfer techniques designed to reduce taxes and protect assets, including family partnerships, grantor annuity trusts, qualified personal residence trusts, charitable trusts, trusts for… Read more
We provide counsel in administrative matters before state Departments of Revenue, local Boards of Equalization and arbitration panels. In addition, we provide counsel in tax litigation matters in Georgia’s trial and appellate courts. We also provide clients with tax planning to structure corporate organizations and business transactions that minimize tax liability. In addition to representing clients headquartered in Georgia, we also serve as Georgia tax counsel for several multistate and multinational corporations. We work directly with Departments of Revenue and local tax offices in dealing with proposed and final tax assessments and in working with clients in conferences and appeals resulting… Read more
Our Tax Law attorneys are active in all stages of business formation and operation, beginning with planning and selecting legal entity structures appropriate not only for our clients’ short-term objectives for investing in and/or operating real estate or other active businesses but also for their long-term objectives for exiting the business. We represent taxable corporations (both public and privately held) and pass-through entities such as S corporations, general and limited partnerships, limited liability companies and joint ventures (and the shareholders, partners, members, and participants in those entities), and we have expertise in real estate syndications. Our tax attorneys work individually… Read more
