Withers promotes estate planning lawyer to partnership

Withers, the international law firm, has announced the promotion of an estate planning lawyer to partnership. Withers now has 109 partners, spread across the firm’s eight offices in Europe, the US, the Caribbean and the Far East.

Edward (Ed) Vergara is based in Withers’ New Haven office and works primarily with multi-national families making domestic and cross-border succession planning decisions. In addition to providing domestic and international estate planning advice, Ed has extensive experience advising with respect to investment or migration into or out of the United States. He has particular expertise advising those families and individuals whose affairs include a Latin American element and is a fluent Spanish speaker. Ed also advises U.S. beneficiaries of foreign trusts and foundations, as well as fiduciaries managing structures for the benefit of U.S. persons.