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    Marina A. Bezrukova

    Special Counsel

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    New York

    +1-212-558-4000

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    bezrukovam@sullcrom.com

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    Marina Bezrukova is special counsel and has been a member of the Estates and Personal Group since 2001. She conducts an active practice advising high net worth families and their fiduciaries around the world on issues of cross-border and multinational tax and estate planning, family business governance, estate and trust administration, family office structures, charitable giving and tax controversy.

    From 2002 to 2007, Ms. Bezrukova assisted with revising the treatise International Estate Planning published by Matthew Bender & Co.

    Ms. Bezrukova is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).

    Experience

    • Advised a U.S. client in an IRS audit involving complex PFIC and foreign trust tax issues discussed in the highly publicized IRS Technical Advice Memorandum 200733024
    • Advised a U.S. client on a multi-jurisdictional trust structure for philanthropic giving
    • Advised a non-U.S. client on family business governance and the structuring of family business affairs
    • Advised U.S. and non-U.S. clients on succession planning and trust reorganization to make trust structures suitable for U.S. beneficiaries
    • Advised non-U.S. trustees on the domestication of multi-million dollar offshore trusts to the United States
    • Advised a non-U.S. client on pre-immigration planning, including a restructuring of a complex multi-billion dollar privately held business
    • Advised a non-U.S. client on a structure for a $45 million acquisition of a residence in New York
    • Advised many U.S. and international charitable, educational and art institutions, including large corporate foundations, donor-advised funds and national museums, on tax, governance and compliance issues

    Rankings and Recognitions

    New York Super Lawyers – recognized as a “Rising Star” in the area of Estate Planning & Probate (2014–2015).

    Chambers HNW – recognized in the area of Private Wealth Law (2021–2023).

    “Marina is very smart, great with clients and on top of the detail. She is very thorough and technical.”

    “Marina is an excellent lawyer. She is very responsive, bright and a pleasure to work with.”

    Credentials

    Education

    • New York University School of Law, LL.M., 2006
    • McGill University Faculty of Law, LL.B., 2001
    • McGill University, B.A., 1997

    Bar Admissions

    • New York

    Languages

    • Russian

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