Polsinelli is pleased to announce that Albert A. del Castillo, Jr. has joined the firm’s Miami office as a shareholder in its Trusts and Estates Practice. Del Castillo will work closely with the firm’s Tax Practice and his arrival follows the recent addition of Tax Shareholder Aman Badyal, further strengthening the firm’s ability to support its transactional practices through closely aligned tax capabilities.

“Albert’s experience at the intersection of tax and estate planning adds another layer of depth to our national platform,” said Jane E. Arnold, Co-Chair of Polsinelli’s Business Department. “Albert further strengthens our ability to support clients through every phase of tax planning across the entire transactional spectrum.”

Del Castillo advises high-net-worth individuals, family offices and closely held businesses on sophisticated tax and estate planning matters that support long-term wealth preservation. His practice includes trust and succession planning, multigenerational wealth transfer and cross-border tax considerations, as well as income tax planning and transactional structuring for domestic and foreign companies. He also has experience handling voluntary disclosures, tax controversy and compliance matters and counseling clients on the acquisition and sale of U.S. real estate.

“Albert’s practice reflects the increasingly sophisticated tax and estate planning needs of high-net-worth individuals, family offices and closely held businesses,” said Stephen J. Bahr, Chair of Polsinelli’s Trusts and Estates Practice. “His practice complements our existing capabilities and enhances the depth of counsel we provide to clients.”

“I am very excited to join Polsinelli and its expanding presence in Miami,” said del Castillo. More than ever, high-net-worth individuals globally and within the U.S. are choosing to call South Florida home or otherwise bring their businesses here. Polsinelli’s commitment to the Florida market and its footprint in multiple strategic locations across the U.S. will provide me the opportunity to expand my practice and offer my clients an enhanced breadth of resources and services nationwide.”

Del Castillo earned his LL.M. in taxation from Georgetown University Law Center, his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Miami School of Law and his B.S. from Georgetown University.

Polsinelli’s Trusts and Estates attorneys are widely known and respected, with active membership in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, a prestigious national organization of counselors. In addition to their work in estate, tax, and business planning, they bring critical experience in trust and estate administration and are well-equipped to deal with a client’s unfortunate death or incapacity. Polsinelli attorneys in this practice engage in trust and estate planning and administration on a full-time basis and collaborate daily with their colleagues in connection with shareholder agreements, retirement planning, marital agreements, gift planning and charitable planning through current and deferred charitable gifts.