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    Zena M. Tamler

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    New York +1-212-558-4000
    tamlerz@sullcrom.com
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    New York

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    Zena Tamler represents high net worth individuals and families in connection with their personal legal matters, with particular focus on sophisticated tax and estate planning matters and the structuring of family business affairs.

    Ms. Tamler represents fiduciaries in connection with the administration of estates and trusts and advises a variety of charitable organizations. She has experience with a broad range of international tax and estate planning matters, including the taxation and administration of non-U.S. trusts and the structuring of multijurisdictional estates.

    Ms. Tamler joined S&C’s Estates and Personal Group in 2001 and was elected partner in October 2009. She has been a member of the Committee on Estate and Gift Taxation and of the Committee on Trusts, Estates & Surrogate’s Courts of the New York City Bar Association. She is a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) and a member of the Society of Trusts and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and of the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law. She is also a prior chair of the Trusts and Estates Group of the UJA-Federation of New York and of the Lawyer’s Division of the Anti-Defamation League. She is a member of the Board of the Jewish Communal Fund.

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    Rankings and Recognitions

    Rankings and Recognitions

    Ms. Tamler is recognized in the area of Private Wealth Law by Chambers HNW (2018-2025) and for her work in Trusts & Estates by Best Lawyers (2018-2025) and is a “Top Rated” attorney (2017-2025) in New York Super Lawyers. Ms. Tamler has also been recognized as one of the world’s leading practitioners in the Who’s Who Legal: Private Client report (2023-2025).

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    News

    News

    • S&C Advises on $5 Billion Combined IPO of Pershing Square USA and Pershing Square Inc.

      May 4, 2026
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      February 10, 2026
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    • Institute for Family Governance Second Annual Family Governance Conference

      January 17, 2018
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    Credentials

    Credentials

    Education

    • Harvard Law School, J.D., 2001
    • University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1997

    Bar Admissions

    • New York
    • New Jersey
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    Related Practices

    Related Practices

    • Estates & Personal
    • Family Office & Business Advisory
    • Investment Management
    • Nonprofit & Tax-Exempt Organizations
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