Andrew G. Besch
Practices & Industries
Admissions
- New York
Education
University of Akron, B.B.A., summa cum laude
University of Virginia School of Law, J.D.
Andrew is a Senior Associate with the firm’s Trusts & Estates Practice, where he assists clients on a wide range of estates and trusts matters. His area of focus includes planning for complex estates, tax planning, and counseling fiduciaries and beneficiaries on estate and trust administration, including contested matters.
Within his practice, Andrew has a particular focus on assisting clients with estate and trust planning and administration matters that present cross-border tax and probate issues. Specifically, Andrew has experience advising on estate planning for Canadian residents with U.S. citizenship or U.S. citizen beneficiaries. This includes experience advising clients with respect to U.S. gift and estate tax, purchases of U.S. real property by non-residents, and cross-border trust and business planning, including with respect to the PFIC, CFC, and Accumulation Distribution tax regimes.
Honors
- Listed, Upstate New York Super Lawyers Rising Stars (Estate and Probate) 2022 - 2023
- Managing editor, The Journal of Law & Politics
Press Releases
- August 23, 2023
- Hodgson Russ Press Release, August 23, 2022
Publications
- Hodgson Russ Tax-Exempt Organizations Alert, December 15, 2021
- Hodgson Russ Tax-Exempt Organizations Alert, November 10, 2021
- Hodgson Russ Tax-Exempt Organizations Alert, May 14, 2021
- Hodgson Russ Tax-Exempt Organizations Alert, May 13, 2021
- Hodgson Russ Trusts & Estates Alert, November 11, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Tax-Exempt Organizations Alert, November 2, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Trusts & Estates Alert, July 21, 2020
- Hodgson Russ International Tax Alert, April 22, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Tax-Exempt Organizations Alert, April 16, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Federal-International Tax Alert, April 10, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Trusts & Estates Alert, April 8, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Tax-Exempt Organizations Alert , April 3, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Tax-Exempt Organizations Alert, March 30, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Trusts & Estates Alert , March 25, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Tax-Exempt Organizations Alert, February 13, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Trusts & Estates Alert, January 14, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Trusts & Estates Alert, January 2, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Trusts & Estates Alert, December 27, 2019
- Hodgson Russ Trusts & Estates Alert, November 18, 2019
- Hodgson Russ Federal and International Tax Alert, September 9, 2019
- Hodgson Russ Tax-Exempt Organizations Alert, June 19, 2019
- Canadian Tax Highlights, May 15, 2019
- Canadian Tax Highlights, July 2018
Presentations & Events
- Ontario Bar Association, May 4, 2023