Richard S. Lehman

South Florida is a major center of international trade and investment. The Firms international practice spans the globe. This has resulted in the representation of foreign investors to acquire a wide range of commercial businesses, real estate and other U.S. investment assets. This includes not only the acquisition of businesses in the U.S. but also investment in all fields of real estate including raw land, shopping centers, commercial office buildings, condominiums, residential apartments, residential homes and the like. In addition, the Firm has provided legal advice to Americans expatriating from the U.S. and has extensively restructured many non-residents' holdings in conjunction with their immigration to the United States. A very unique set of tax laws applies to non-resident aliens and foreign corporations in both the income tax and estate tax areas that provides for both tax traps and successful tax planning opportunities.

The Firm has also represented numerous Americans working and investing outside the United States taking full advantage of another unique set of tax laws. Americans investing and working outside of the United States may benefit from excluding certain income earned outside of the U.S. or deferring the taxation of income until a later point in time. At the same time there are tax traps for American investors investing internationally that must be avoided.

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