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A Guide to Structuring Stiftungen and Non-U.S. Trusts for U.S. Beneficiaries

Together with Jonathan D. Tiegerman and Neal Weiss, from Tiegerman Tax and Advisory, I had the pleasure and honour of contributing to Tax Notes International:

๐‘จ ๐‘ฎ๐’–๐’Š๐’…๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐‘บ๐’•๐’“๐’–๐’„๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘บ๐’•๐’Š๐’‡๐’•๐’–๐’๐’ˆ๐’†๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ต๐’๐’-๐‘ผ.๐‘บ. ๐‘ป๐’“๐’–๐’”๐’•๐’” ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐‘ผ.๐‘บ. ๐‘ฉ๐’†๐’๐’†๐’‡๐’Š๐’„๐’Š๐’‚๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’”!

We explored fiduciary structures - namely Liechtenstein and Swiss foundations and non-U.S. trusts - through a U.S., Swiss, and Liechtenstein tax lens. The focus: how to structure them effectively when U.S. beneficiaries are involved.

๐€ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ญ๐จ-๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ:
๐Ÿ”ธ ๐ƒ๐€๐Ž๐ฌ: How foundations provide legal certainty, protect members, and enable treasury and protocol governance
๐Ÿ”ธ ๐๐…๐“๐ฌ: Why foundations are ideal for long-term asset management aligned with community purpose
๐Ÿ”ธ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž: Combining trusts and foundations to support decentralised ecosystems with regulatory clarity

Foundations and trusts are not just legacy tools, they are fast becoming the legal infrastructure behind the next generation of digital value creation.

๐Ÿ”— Read the full article here: Link to article
or in the magazine: Tax Notes International, Volume 117, March 24, 2025, p. 1881

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