A Paul, Weiss partner and Co-Chair of Personal Representation, Alan Halperin counsels clients on a broad range of issues including estate planning and related tax work, estate and trust administration, tax and succession planning for family corporations and partnerships and charitable giving.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The Inaugural Lawdragon 100 Leading Global Wealth Lawyers | 2026 | Personal Representation, Estates, Tax, Succession |
| The 2020 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America | 2020 |
Halperin works closely with a variety of clients, including private equity and hedge fund managers, entrepreneurs, corporate executives, investment bankers, real estate developers, family offices and philanthropists to help them identify their objectives and provide creative and pragmatic solutions designed to meet their specific goals. His recent representations include:
- advising independent executors and trustees as they navigate sensitive family, financial and tax issues relating to the administration of estates and trusts;
- representing family members and professionals at multi-generational family offices on estate planning, trust administration and reporting issues;
- assisting individuals with their complex multi-national tax issues relating to trusts where beneficiaries reside in multiple countries; and
- representing principals at private equity firms and hedge funds in connection with their estate planning.
For nearly three decades, Halperin has served as a lecturer and an adjunct professor at New York University School of Law, where he has taught courses involving taxation of trusts and estates, estate and gift tax, charitable giving and international estate planning. He has lectured extensively on estate planning subjects, including at the Heckerling Institute, and presented the New York City Bar Association’s Mortimer H. Hess Memorial lecture. His articles have appeared in numerous legal journals and guides.
In addition, Halperin is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. He serves as Co-Chair of the Estate and Gift Taxation Committee of the Tax Section of the New York State Bar. He is also the former chair of the Trusts, Estates and Surrogate’s Court Committee for the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and a former member of that Association’s Committee on Estate and Gift Tax. He serves on the tax panel for the United Jewish Appeal – Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York, Inc.