Lincoln W. Briggs
Partner | Corporate
lincoln.briggs@pierferd.com
+1.917.518.3320 cell
+1.914.292.0923 office
New York
About
Mr. Briggs has spent more than 30 years attending to the legal needs of high net-worth individuals and their business and charitable interests throughout the United States and abroad. In addition to developing sophisticated tax and wealth transfer strategies which have saved his clients millions in estate and income taxes, Mr. Briggs has extensive experience in real estate, business formation and succession planning, asset protection, and risk management.
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He can handle everything from simple Wills to esoteric Trust structures and complex administrations, and he has broad knowledge of worldwide citizenship, residence, and domicile issues.
Mr. Briggs also has in-house experience as General Counsel and Secretary of Cybertrust Holdings, Inc. which, during his tenure, became the largest private provider of information security products and services in the world with offices and data centers in the US, UK, Ireland, Germany, Belgium, Luxemburg, Australia, and Japan. Between January 2003 and September 2005, Mr. Briggs managed investments by the company’s owners of almost $200 million in 12 separate acquisitions and a merger which grew the company’s revenues from $10 million to $200 million. As the company’s chief lawyer, he was part of the global management team and supervised six in-house counsels in the US, UK, Belgium, Germany, and Australia and outside counsel worldwide.
Practices
International Trade
Private Client Services
Real Estate
Trusts & Estates
Tax/ERISA
Admissions
New York
Connecticut
Florida
Education
New York University School of Law, LL.M., Taxation, 1993
Boston University School of Law, J.D., 1986
Colby College, B.A., English Literature, 1982
Law Firm Experience
FisherBroyles, LLP
Gilbride, Tusa, Last & Spellane LLC
Tannenbaum, Dubin & Robinson LLP
Corporate Experience
Cybertrust Holdings, Inc. General Counsel and Secretary