Alexander Bove

Alexander Bove is a widely known and respected trust and estate attorney with over thirty years experience.  In 1998 he was admitted to practice in England and Wales.  Alexander has been quoted in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Worth, Forbes, Money, and Fortune as an authority on trusts and estate planning and asset protection planning.  From 1973 to 1995 he authored the widely acclaimed legal and financial column, "The Family Money", for the Boston Globe. He has published several books on subjects of estate planning, asset protection planning, taxes, trusts and estates.  An internationally known lecturer in his fields of expertise, Mr. Bove has lectured at the annual Heckerling Tax Institute, the annual meetings of the American College of Trust & Estate Counsel (ACTEC), the Association of Advanced Life Underwriters (AALU), The Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT), Top of the Table, and The International Academy of Estate and Trust Law.

Sample Matters

Domestic and international asset protection plans for a variety of assets, including real estate, closely held business interests, liquid investments, and insurance products.
Development and implementation of estate plans involving multiple family trusts, intra-family sales agreements, and family-related entities.
Consultation and analysis of existing trust and estate documents, family entities, business and insurance agreements.
Establishment of family foundations and other planned giving arrangements with the family estate plan.
Consultation and representation regarding succession of family businesses, and sales and acquisitions of family businesses.

Practice Areas

Advanced Estate and Tax Planning
Asset Protection Planning:  Domestic and International
International Estate and Tax Planning
Expert Witness:  Trusts (including offshore trusts), Wills and Will Contests
Planning with Life Insurance
Family Business and Succession Planning
Special Trusts for the Disabled and for Personal Injury Settlements

Memberships

Fellow: American College of Trust & Estate Counsel; Member, International Estate Planning Committee
Academician:  The International Academy of Estate & Trust Law
Chair:  Asset Protection Committee of the Real Property Probate and Trust Division of the American Bar Association
Law Society of England and Wales, London, England

Honors and Awards

Massachusetts Super Lawyer, Boston Magazine, 2006
Estate Planner of the Year, Boston Estate Planning Council, 1996
Outstanding Graduate, Suffolk University Law School, 75th Anniversary, 1986

Education

Boston University School of Law, Graduate Tax Program, LL.M. in Taxation, 1972
Suffolk University, J.D., 1967
Northeastern University, B.B.A., 1963
Northeastern University, A.E., 1961

Bar Admissions

Massachusetts, 1970
United States Tax Court, 1971
England and Wales, Solicitor, 1998