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Christina Baltz

Christina Baltz

Withers Bergman LLP, United States

Work Department

International Wealth Planning

Position

Partner

Career

Christina works with global families to develop and implement innovative and technically accurate planning strategies that address clients' wealth planning, corporate and family governance, charitable planning and family office needs and objectives, across generations and borders. More specifically, she has advised US and international individuals, family offices, business owners and charitable organizations on tax, estate planning, family and corporate governance, matrimonial and other legal issues, and has advised financial institutions on trust and compliance issues and estate planning products for private clients.

She has substantial experience in wealth management and structuring, having headed teams at UBS and JP Morgan, as well as working as a corporate and estate planning attorney at Cravath, Swaine & Moore and as a partner in the private client practice at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. Her experience working at leading law firms and financial institutions has informed her wide-ranging perspective on clients' requirements and the most effective and practical ways in which to create and implement tailored solutions for them.

Memberships

Vice Chair of the International Private Client Committee of the American Bar Association International Law Section

Planned Giving Advisory Committee of The Museum of Modern Art in New York

Education

Barnard College, Columbia University, B.A.

Tulane Law School, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, J.D.

Articles Editor Tulane Law Review

New York University, LL.M. (Taxation)