Henry Steinway Ziegler Joins Withers Bergman's New York Private Client Legal Practice.NEW YORK -- Withers Bergman LLP, the international private client law firm, announced today that Henry Steinway Ziegler has joined the firm as Of Counsel in the New York office. Mr. Ziegler has more than 40 years of experience providing legal advice in the areas of wealth transfer, trusts and taxation to U.S. and international families. Prior to joining Withers Bergman, Mr. Ziegler was the partner in charge of the private client group at Shearman & Sterling from 1958 to 1995. In subsequent positions, he served as Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Deutsche Bank Trust Company, acted as Special Advisor on estate planning to Fiduciary Trust Company International and led an international estate planning practice called HSZ Consulting LLC. Mr. Ziegler has served as a trustee for many prestigious non-profit and charitable organizations, including the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, in central Manhattan, New York City, between 62d and 66th streets W of Broadway. Lincoln Center is a complex of many buildings, including the Metropolitan Opera, Avery Fisher Hall, the New York State Theater, the Juilliard ; the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, where he served as President; St. Lukes/Roosevelt Hospital Center; Atlantic Salmon Federation, where he was Secretary; the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children was founded in 1875 by Elbridge Thomas Gerry and Henry Bergh as the world's first child protective agency. It is sometimes called the Gerry Society after its co-founder. ; Friends of Hyde Hall, Inc.; the Sculpture Center; and private foundations for clients. He also has served on the corporate boards of Doubleday & Co. Inc.; Goelet Realty Corp.; North Central Oil Company; and Steinway & Sons. Mr. Ziegler is frequent lecturer and writer on U.S. and international private wealth management and taxation issues. He is a member and former Regent of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, an Academician of the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law as well as a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners STEP (the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) was founded by George Tasker in 1991 and is the international professional body for workers in the trust industry and the (often overlapping) field of estate administration. . A graduate of Harvard College and Columbia Law School Columbia Law School, located in the New York City borough of Manhattan, is one of the professional schools of Columbia University, a member of the Ivy League, and one of the leading law schools in the United States. , he is admitted to the bar of New York. About Withers Bergman Withers Bergman is the world's first international law firm dedicated to the business, personal and philanthropic interests of successful people, their businesses, families and advisers. The firm has 91 partners and more than 500 people with unparalleled expertise in commercial and tax law, trusts, estate planning, litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. , charities, employment, family law and other legal issues facing high-net-worth individuals, their families and businesses. The firm is called Withers Bergman in the United States and Withers LLP in the United Kingdom and internationally. It has offices in New York, New Haven and Greenwich (Connecticut), London, Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. and Milan. The firm's international client base includes more than 15 percent of Britain's wealthiest citizens (based on the Sunday Times Rich List The Sunday Times Rich List is a list of the 1,000 most wealthy people or families in the United Kingdom, updated annually in April and published as a magazine supplement by British national Sunday newspaper The Sunday Times since 1989. ), at least 10 percent of the 50 wealthiest families based in Europe with U.S. connections and a significant number of the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans. The firm has revenue of more than $100 million. For more information on the firm, visit its web site at www.withersworldwide.com. |
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