Samuel H. Okoshken
Sam Okoshken, a graduate of Brown University
and NYU Law School, also obtained a Masters of Law in Taxation
from NYU Law School. He put in a stint with J. K. Lasser publications,
writing tax articles and books. As a member of the New York Bar,
he spent 2+ years with a medium size New York law firm as their
sole tax associate, thereby gaining a broad background in many
areas of tax planning. During that time Sam co-authoring a tax
book with the well-known Sydney Kess.
Sam created his law practice in Paris in
1974, his clientele at that time drawn from the Paris expatriate
community. In the 28 years since then, he has become a member
of the Paris Bar, and built up a prestigious clientele around
the world whose problems generally fall into the following areas:
- Income tax planning, U.S. and French
- Preparation of French and U.S. tax returns
for residents and non-residents of France
- Estate planning for persons with international
estates
- Estate administration - helping families
through the arduous period after the death of a loved one.
- Structuring new businesses in France
for individuals
- Expanding foreign businesses into France
- Helping French individuals and companies
who are seeking to set up a business in the U.S. with their
visa and tax planning, as well as creating U.S. entities
- Facilitating and structuring the acquisition
of real property in France
- Obtaining visas and work permits for
incoming executives.
He has put together a small by highly competent
team of lawyers and paralegals who are first and foremost service-oriented,
to help him advise and assist his ever-expanding clientele.
Sam serves in an Of Counsel capacity to
an international law firm (Paris, London, Brussels and Washington),
and himself maintains an office in New York, which he visits
occasionally to meet with clients. Sam writes in his various
specialties, and has had articles published in the International
Herald Tribute on the subjects of tax problems of the American
expatriate, U.S. tax problems of nonresident aliens, and structuring
offshore trusts. He also lectures on a regular basis to groups
in Paris on these very same subjects. Sam's approach to his law
practice is "restrained creativity". He is a problem
solver and looks for the creative solution, but his experience
and knowledge of the two tax and legal systems allows him to
structure solutions for his clients that are well within the
acceptable limits of the law.
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