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Matthew J. Eaves has spent his career assisting high-net-worth individuals and their families with their estate, tax, and business planning, including advice on both domestic and cross-border tax and administration issues. He has extensive experience drafting and executing complex estate plans aimed at satisfying clients’ individual planning objectives while minimizing estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes. In addition to estate and tax planning, Matthew is experienced with the actual administration of large estates and trusts, including the preparation of federal gift tax returns, New York and federal estate tax returns, and fiduciary income tax returns.

Matthew routinely advises the owners of closely held and family businesses on their succession planning, assisting these clients with the transition of business ownership and control to the next generation. Such plans must balance the often-competing objectives of transfer tax, corporate tax, and income tax minimization; maintenance of family harmony; and the practical day-to-day demands of an operating business. By carefully coordinating estate planning documents with operating agreements, shareholders’ agreements, and buy-sell agreements, Matthew has helped numerous clients bridge the gaps between successful estate, tax, and corporate planning.

In addition to his client-focused work, Matthew regularly teaches continuing legal education courses for other attorneys on the topics of New York and federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes, as well estate planning and administration more broadly. He spent four years as a voting member of the Monroe County Bar Association’s Trusts & Estate Law Section Council, where he was elected to the roles of Secretary and then Chairperson, leading a large group of attorneys and wealth management professionals to produce over 35 continuing legal education courses for other attorneys in the field.

Credentials

Education

  • J.D., University of Buffalo School of Law, 2017, magna cum laude
  • B.A., International Studies, Spanish, St John Fisher University, 2012, cum laude

Admissions

  • New York
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