Scott Bakal

Scott Bakal, Greenberg Traurig Tax Shareholder, develops tax-planning strategies for closely held family businesses, partnerships, and publicly held corporations with significant domestic and international operations. Scott works closely with high- and ultra-high-net-worth individuals and entrepreneurial companies to develop elegant, tax-sensitive approaches to their complex business transactions, financial situations, estate planning matters, and real estate investments, as well as to pursue tax efficiency throughout their operations. Scott advises foreign individuals and families seeking to benefit from advantageous tax structures by migrating their investments and assets to the United States. He designs integrated strategies to encompass the complex components of both international and domestic tax planning. Scott continuously monitors the tax planning landscape for new, compliant approaches that can be implemented with the goal of minimizing his clients’ liabilities to the full extent allowable under the law. Many of Scott’s clients are individuals and families in Latin America and Israel seeking counsel on the US estate and income tax consequences of their investments and activities in the United States, including Florida. Scott is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Yale College and is admitted to practice law both in Florida and Illinois.

Scott Bakal, Greenberg Traurig Tax Shareholder, develops tax-planning strategies for closely held family businesses, partnerships, and publicly held corporations with significant domestic and international operations. Scott works closely with high- and ultra-high-net-worth individuals and entrepreneurial companies to develop elegant, tax-sensitive approaches to their complex business transactions, financial situations, estate planning matters, and real estate investments, as well as to pursue tax efficiency throughout their operations. Scott advises foreign individuals and families seeking to...