Edward A. Vergara

Edward A. Vergara is the Co-Head of Seward & Kissel’s Trusts & Estates Practice.

Ed advises individuals, fiduciaries, and closely held businesses on a broad range of issues related to tax optimization and succession planning. His client base consists primarily of founders, executives, fund principals, and other investors and business leaders.
 
Ed ensures that individual clients have appropriate core estate planning in place as a fundamental starting point for any engagement. Beyond those basics, the primary focus of Ed’s practice is helping client’s maximize efficiency in business transactions, ownership structures, and succession events.
 
Many of Ed’s clients have cross-border interests and families. He often works with taxpayers acquiring or managing foreign assets or changing residency, including both pre-immigration and expatriation planning for the United States, as well as changes of residency and domicile between U.S. jurisdictions. Ed often coordinates with advisors in multiple jurisdictions to help clients manage tax, reporting and succession issues both in the United States and in the jurisdictions where assets or other stakeholders are located. He also works with fiduciaries and beneficiaries of foreign trusts and foundations managing U.S. tax and reporting considerations.

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