International

Greenberg Glusker Private Client Services Co-Chair, Laura Zwicker, is slated to speak on the below panel on Thursday, November 13, 2025, during the ALM | Law.com International Private Client Forum to be held at Villa D'Este in Lake Como, Italy.

The Elephant in the Vault: Political Risk, Scrutiny, and Survival Tactics

Is anywhere safe? This session following keynote Professor Jason Sharman will both consider his insights in the context of our clients, and examine the impact of political instability on the advice we are giving. With mounting tariffs, East-West tensions, and threats of World War, what are we doing to mitigate disruptions and ‘Trump-proof’ wealth? Is the answer liquidity and diversification, or remaining globally mobile?

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Laura Zwicker’s practice focuses on advising multinational and domestic families across generations on the tax, trust, and philanthropic issues involved in global and domestic wealth transfer. Laura provides tailored advice on tax residency and pre-immigration and emigration structuring, counsels founders on liquidity event planning, and serves as outside counsel to family offices and fiduciaries on a variety of planning issues, including the implications of family members and beneficiaries becoming U.S. tax resident. Laura partners with leading legal, tax, and family office advisors across Europe, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand, to ensure integrated structuring that best achieves clients’ objectives across jurisdictions. Laura has received many accolades, including being ranked in Band 1 in Chambers and Partners Global High Net Worth Guide (2016-2025) for Private Wealth Law.