Ansell Fernandez

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Biography

Ansell Fernandez is a member of the Private Wealth Services Practice in Greenberg Traurig’s Miami office, where he advises clients on a broad range of international and domestic tax, trust, and estate planning matters. He focuses his practice on representing high-net-worth individuals, multinational families, closely held businesses, and fiduciaries in complex cross-border tax planning, compliance, and wealth transfer strategies.

Ansell counsels clients on U.S. federal income, gift, and estate tax matters, including those involving real estate investments, business ventures, and expatriation planning. He regularly advises U.S. individuals and businesses on outbound tax planning issues. He also represents foreign clients investing in the United States on a wide range of inbound tax matters, including pre-immigration tax planning, corporate restructurings, portfolio debt planning, and U.S. real property investments.

In addition to his transactional work, Ansell represents clients in federal tax controversy matters, including IRS penalty appeals, streamlined filing compliance procedures, and Delinquent FBAR Submission Procedures. He also provides ongoing counsel to individual and corporate fiduciaries on trust and estate administration, including post-mortem tax planning and probate-related issues.

Concentrations

• International tax planning for high-net-worth individuals and families

• Cross-border estate planning and wealth transfer strategies

• Pre-immigration tax planning

• U.S. inbound tax planning for foreign investors and businesses

• U.S. outbound tax planning, Subpart F, GILTI, PFIC, and FDII

• U.S. real property investment structuring and FIRPTA planning

• Expatriation and U.S. exit tax planning

• Portfolio debt planning and foreign investment in U.S. businesses

• Federal income, gift, and estate tax planning and compliance

• IRS voluntary disclosure, streamlined compliance, and penalty defense

• Trust and estate administration, probate, and post-mortem planning

• Closely held business structuring and multinational family offices

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Areas of Practice (4)

  • Tax
  • Cross-Border Tax Planning
  • Private Wealth Services
  • Latin America Practice

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
University of Florida, B.S.B.A., Economics
Law School Attended:
Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M., Taxation, with distinction; St. Thomas University School of Law, J.D., Tax Law Certificate, magna cum laude; Articles Editor, St. Thomas Law Review
Year of First Admission:
2018
Admission:
2018, Florida; U.S. Tax Court
Languages:
English and Spanish
ISLN:
1000831620

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