Andrew Bechel is a partner in the International Wealth & Asset Planning practice group at Greenspoon Marder LLP. Mr. Bechel has significant experience aiding clients with complex estate planning matters, including international trust structures, asset protection, tax-exempt organizations, and tax planning. As part of his practice, Mr. Bechel works closely with clients to determine their goals with regard to their family assets, taxes, creditor protection, and related estate planning matters to develop bespoke structures that meet the client's goals.

When developing these bespoke structures, Mr. Bechel has aided clients with the following:

• Utilizing various domestic trust structures to maximize the assets that clients can pass to lower generations free of estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes


• Setting up offshore trusts in jurisdictions such as the Cook Islands and Nevis


• Developing holding company structures for family businesses to ensure that these businesses are efficiently structured while maximizing creditor protection through the use of limited liability entities


• Utilizing trust structures to minimize state income taxes on the sale of a business


• Restructuring family businesses to take advantage of the Qualified Small Business Stock rules and the significant tax savings associated with Qualified Small Business Stock


• Forming private foundations and navigating the complex rules applicable to the administration of these foundations

When Mr. Bechel is not aiding clients, he enjoys spending time with his family, skiing, hiking, golfing, and playing guitar.

Bar Admissions

• Utilizing various domestic trust structures to maximize the assets that clients can pass to lower generations free of estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes
• Setting up offshore trusts in jurisdictions such as the Cook Islands and Nevis
• Developing holding company structures for family businesses to ensure that these businesses are efficiently structured while maximizing creditor protection through the use of limited liability entities
• Utilizing trust structures to minimize state income taxes on the sale of a business
• Restructuring family businesses to take advantage of the Qualified Small Business Stock rules and the significant tax savings associated with Qualified Small Business Stock
• Forming private foundations and navigating the complex rules applicable to the administration of these foundations

Education

• Colorado
• Washington, D.C.

• Opaque No More - United States Abolishes Anonymous Shell Companies With The Corporate Transparency Act
• Best Practices for Storing Important Documents
• Update of Potential Passage of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017
• Strategies to Protect the High-Risk Professional's Assets
• The Uncertain Future of the Gift and Estate Tax Exemption
• New Proposed IRS Regulations Show That Not All Gifts Are Safe from Clawback
• States Enacting Workarounds to Address SALT Deduction Limitation
• So You Used Up All of Your Gift and Estate Tax Exemption, Now What?
• IRS Extended Deadline Update
• It is Time to Update Entity Agreements
• Tax Planning Opportunities During the Pandemic
• International Wealth and Asset Planning Group Annual Client Letter
• Client Alert: Updating Entity Structures For Maximum Protection
• Greenspoon Marder Client Alert: International Wealth and Asset Planning Group
• Denver Broncos' Ownership Saga: A Lesson for Estate Planners Part 2
• State Tax Law Update: Supreme Court Limits States' Ability to Tax Trusts Based on Beneficiary Residency
• Denver Broncos' Ownership Saga: A Lesson for Estate Planners Part 1
• Assigning QTIP Income Interest: A Valuable GST Planning Tool