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Eric C. Nelson
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Eric C. Nelson

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77 West Wacker Drive, Suite 3100, Chicago, IL 60601

Private Wealth Services, Tax, Business Succession Planning and 1 more

About Eric C. Nelson

Eric Nelson serves as Co-Chair of the firm’s Global Tax Practice. Eric has a multi-faceted practice representing first-generation entrepreneurs, hedge fund and private equity fund principals, tech founders, and high-net-worth families. He counsels clients regarding various aspects of their overall financial affairs, including sophisticated estate and income tax planning, corporate restructuring, establishing and running family offices and private trust companies, sophisticated insurance planning, and corporate governance and succession planning.

Eric’s practice also involves all aspects of estate and trust administration, sophisticated trust modification and migration strategies, and helping clients achieve their philanthropic objectives, through major grant arrangements with public charities, establishing and addressing complex issues related to private foundations, and grants to donor advised funds.

Concentrations

•Estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax planning
•Family offices
•Corporate governance
•Succession planning
•Private trust companies
•Trust modification/decanting
•Federal and state income taxation of trusts

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Listed, Leading Lawyers Network, 2023-2025

 

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Services

Areas of Law

  • Other 4
    • Private Wealth Services
    • Tax
    • Business Succession Planning
    • Family Office Services

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Shareholder
    Firm Name
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Experience: Representative Matters: Designed
    implemented leveraged wealth transfer strategies using multigenerational family trusts deploying family investment funds
    operating businesses, including those in food manufacturing, air cargo, hospitality, construction manufacturing,
    health care industries, among others.
    Restructured trusts using complex decanting
    other trust modifications in order to save significant estate, generation-skipping transfer,
    federal
    state income taxes,
    modernize family wealth ownership
    access.
    Structured
    established family offices.
    Structured
    established regulated
    unregulated private trust companies.
    Advised clients on corporate governance issues related to transition from multigenerational manufacturing businesses to family hedge fund structures.
    Restructured family's controlling interest in publicly traded manufacturer in order to consolidate ownership of multiple family vehicles within a single ownership structure.
    Obtained IRS rulings regarding S-corporation qualification.
    Developed planned giving strategies with major charitable institutions in order to facilitate creation of multimillion-dollar charitable endowments.
    Resolved major gift, income,
    estate tax audits.
    The above representations were h
    led by Mr. Nelson prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
  • Additional Links
    https://www.gtlaw.com/en/professionals/n/nelson-eric-c

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    2006, Illinois
    U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
    U.S. Tax Court
    Memberships

    Professional & Community Involvement

    •President’s Council, Museum of Science and Industry, 2019-Present
    •Member, Chicago Estate Planning Council, 2009-Present
    •Member, Legacy Partners, 2012-Present

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Boston College Law School
    Class of 2006
    J.D.

    Northwestern University School of Law
    Class of 2007
    LL.M.
    Taxation, with honors
    Other Education
    University of Michigan
    Class of 2002
    B.A.
    History and Philosophy

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  • What year was this attorney first admitted to the bar?
    Eric C. Nelson was admitted in 2006 to the State of Illinois.
  • Is this attorney admitted to practice in any U.S. Federal Courts?
    Eric C. Nelson is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and United States Tax Court.
  • How many attorneys are in this law firm?
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP has 2750 attorneys at this location.
  • What law school did this attorney attend?
    Eric C. Nelson attended Boston College Law School and Northwestern University School of Law.
  • What year was this attorney's law firm established?
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP was established in 1967.

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