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Todd is counsel in the private client and tax team.
Wealth planning and preservation are central to Todd’s practice. He specializes in safeguarding and transitioning clients’ assets for future generations in a tax efficient manner by implementing vehicles such as Sales to Grantor Trusts, Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts (GRATs), Carried Interest Transfer techniques, Family Limited Partnerships, and Preferred “Freeze” Partnerships.
With experience in investment structures, Todd assists national and international families and family offices in navigating complex transfer tax issues. With a particular focus on navigating complex estate and gift tax pitfalls under Chapter 14 of the Internal Revenue Code, he creates wealth transfer structures that are designed to preserve assets for families for multiple generations to come.
Todd is committed to educating future generations about wealth preservation and its empowering effects on families. By creating efficient structures and providing insights into non-tax aspects of engagement by family members at different generations, he enables his clients to preserve family wealth while supporting their endeavors at multiple generations.
Todd’s work has been recognized by several organizations, including Chambers High Net Worth. A recent reference told Chambers, “I am such a huge fan of Todd Angkatavanich. He is so lovely, outstanding technically, on top of things, always available, and has great ideas.” Another reference said, “Todd Angkatavanich is on the cutting edge of interesting topics. He has been great at helping us to think outside the box and understand all the options."
He has been recognized as a leader on Chapter 14 of the Internal Revenue Code, Family Limited Partnerships and other Estate Freeze vehicles, and has extensive experience in preparing various wealth transfer planning and related trust structures and advising on business succession planning.
Todd regularly presents at national conferences on estate planning, tax, and family office topics, including The Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, Notre Dame Tax Institute, USC Tax Institute, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, New York University Tax Institute, ALI-CLE, Practicing Law Institute, AICPA, and more.
Todd serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Law’s Heckerling Graduate Program in Estate Planning, teaching the LL.M. course on Chapter 14 of the Internal Revenue Code. This complex area of tax law contains numerous pitfalls and planning opportunities that can frustrate sophisticated wealth-transfer strategies, yet is not very well understood by even the most seasoned practitioners. He also serves as a guest lecturer at various law schools on sophisticated transfer tax and estate planning concepts and issues, including at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Tax LL.M. program and New York University School of Law Tax LL.M. program.
Experience
Talks
- 'Family-Owned Business and Internal Revenue Code Chapter 14: Part 1,' ACTEC - May 2025, speaker
- 'Family-Owned Business and Internal Revenue Code Chapter 14: Part 2,' ACTEC - May 2025, speaker
- 'Family-Owned Business and Internal Revenue Code Chapter 14: Part 3,' ACTEC - May 2025, speaker
Admissions
- Connecticut
- New Jersey
- New York
Education
- New York University, LLM
- Rutgers School of Law, JD
- Rutgers University Graduate School of Management, MBA
- Fairleigh Dickinson University, BA
Languages
- English
Memberships
- Trusts & Estates Magazine, Editorial Advisory Board, Member
- Former Chair of Bloomberg/Tax Management Estates, Gifts & Trusts, Advisory Board
- American College of Trust & Estate Counsel (ACTEC), Program Committee, Business Planning Committee, Estate, Gift & Trust Committee, Fellow
- Society of Trusts & Estates Practitioners (STEP), Member
Withers history
- Re-joined 2026