Vanessa A. Woods

Senior Counsel
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

New York
United States
T:+1 212 318 3013
New York
United States
T:+1 212 318 3013
Vanessa A. Woods

Vanessa A. Woods

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Biography

Vanessa A. Woods is senior counsel in Norton Rose Fulbright's New York office. She focuses her practice on estate planning, estate administration and trust administration for high net worth individuals and families. Her practice includes advising clients on wealth transfers and preparing various types of trusts (such as GRATS, irrevocable life insurance trusts, dynasty trusts and charitable trusts). Vanessa also assists clients with administering complex trusts including preparing trust accounting documents and advising on trustee succession matters.  In addition, Vanessa counsels executors and trustees on fiduciary matters.


Professional experience

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  • LLM, Tax, Boston University, 2020
  • JD, George Washington University Law School, 2009
    • Street Law
    • International Law Society
    • Consumer Mediation Clinic
  • BA, Princeton, 2004
    • The Daily Princetonian
    • Ballet Folkorico de Princeton
    • Tower Club

 

  • New Jersey State Bar
  • New York State Bar
  • Preparing comprehensive estate plans for individuals with large cryptocurrency holdings
  • Administering the estate of an ultra-high net worth decedent with unique assets in the US and abroad
  • The Best Lawyers in America, Ones to Watch, Trusts and Estates, Best Lawyers, 2023-2025
  • Author, "Say a Little Prayer for Your Beneficiaries: Navigating Religious Conditional Bequests," Trusts and Estates Magazine, July 30, 2020
  • Author, "Estate Planning with Cryptocurrency," Probate Property Magazine, July 1, 2019
  • Author, "Current Estate and Gift Tax Proposals in Congress," Willamette Management Associates Insights Issue 121, July 1, 2019
  • Author, "Changing Domicile to Save on Taxes: What do 'Morning Joe's' Joe and Mika know that we don't?," Trusts and Estates Magazine, April 1, 2019
  • Speaker, Estate Planning and Administration with Cryptocurrency, New Hampshire Bar Association, November 2, 2022
  • New York City Bar
  • New York City Bar Associate Leadership Institute, Alumni, 2022