Leslie A. Share is a shareholder in Packman, Neuwahl & Rosenberg, P.A., and a member of the firm’s international tax team, specializing in the areas of tax, estate and wealth preservation planning. Mr. Share has advised clients for over forty years in numerous and diverse areas such as Broadway theatrical productions, real estate like – kind exchanges, and cryptocurrency issues. He frequently speaks on subjects ranging from Florida and offshore trust law, advanced wealth preservation techniques, U.S. tax treaties, representing a foreign investor in an Internal Revenue Service examination, the role of the Internet in U.S. tax planning, and preferred structures for U.S. persons investing overseas and engaging in foreign business activities. He is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).
Education
New York University, LL.M. in Taxation
University of Florida, J.D., with honors
Northwestern University, B.A.
Bar Admissions
Florida
Court Admissions
United States Tax Court
Honors and Awards
Martindale-Hubbell, AV rated
Registered Trust and Estate Practitioner, STEP
The Best Lawyers in America, tax law
Florida Super Lawyers, tax law
Top Attorneys in Florida, tax law
Florida Institute of CPAs Outstanding Discussion Leader
Publications, Speaking Engagements, and Presentations
Speaking Engagements at the FICPA/Florida Bar International Tax Conference
2024 ITC—Putting Square Pegs Into Round Holes – U.S. Tax and Compliance Considerations for Foreign Planning Without Domestic Equivalents Co-Speaker (with Alfredo Tamayo)
2023 ITC— The Best Defense is a Good Offense—Practical Planning Issues for Clients Creating, Maintaining and Dissolving Offshore Entities Owning U.S. Assets (with Tom Mylott)
2022 ITC– Look Before (or After) You Leap – Tax, Estate and Wealth Preservation Planning for High Net Worth Latin American Families Moving to the United States (with Alfredo Tamayo)
2021 ITC — Common Law Doctrines and Nominees: Identifying and Reporting the “Real” Taxpayers and Transactions in International Tax Matters
2020 ITC–Practical Cross – Border Estate Planning Considerations for the High Net Worth Global Family
2019 ITC–Business and Passive Investment Holding Structures for Foreign Investors After the Tax Cuts and Job Acts: Opportunities, Traps and Tribulations (with Alfredo Tamayo)
2018 ITC– Mitigating Life’s Two Certainties–U.S. Estate Tax And Treaty Planning For Nonresident Aliens
2017 International Tax Boot Camp–Inbound Tax
2016 ITC– Exceptions, Exclusions, Exchanges and Exhilaration—Planning With U.S. Transfer Tax Treaties
Speaking Engagements at the Florida Bar Tax Section Wealth Protection Programs:
2021– Florida Irrevocable Trust Planning
2020– When Should I Consider Not Using Florida Entities for Creditor Planning?
2019– Tax and Practical Aspects of Using Limited Liability Companies, Limited
Partnerships, and Domestic and Offshore Trusts with Related Planning
2018– Creditor Protection and Associated Planning for Immigrants―With Practical Pointers That Apply to all Floridians
2017– Critical Factors Every Florida Planner Must Know In Using Offshore Asset
Protection Strategies
Speaking Engagements at the
2023—Boosting Asset Protection: Lessons From Recent Case Law, When a Trust Turns From Revocable to Irrevocable: Opportunities and Mistakes
2022– Making Changes to Irrevocable Trusts: What Can You Do?– Methods of Modifying the Irrevocable Trust
2021– Advanced Trust Tactics– Estate Tax Planning for High-Net-Worth Clients
2020– Maximizing Tax Savings (and More) with Irrevocable Trusts
Speaking Engagements MyLawCLE/Federal Bar Association
2024— Planning and Drafting Techniques for Updating Irrevocable Trust Structures
2023— Planning and Drafting Techniques for Updating Irrevocable Trust Structures
Speaking Engagements at STEP:
2023–Co-Speaker (with Alfredo Tamayo): “The CTA: Reporting Issues Affecting You, Your Clients and Your Bottom-Line”, STEP Southwest Florida Chapter Meeting, Naples, FL, November 2023 STEP 1123 CTA PPT.pdf
2020– U.S. Tax Updates, CARES Act and Other U.S. Tax Guidance
2016– Selected U.S. International Tax Updates That Every U.S. International Tax Advisor Should Know PDF File
Speaking Engagement at City National Rockdale:
2020– Pre-Immigration Tax, Estate and Wealth Preservation Planning — What Advisors and Their Clients Need to Know
Guest Lecturer, University of Miami Law School Graduate Program in Taxation
Speaker, American Bar Association Section of Taxation 2019 May Tax Meeting
Speaker, Annual Florida Bar/FICPA International Tax Conference
Speaker and Co-Chairman, Florida Bar Annual Wealth Protection Program
Speaker, Southpac Trust Offshore Planning Institute
Kurzban’s Immigration Law Sourcebook, 17th Ed., Contributor
Various articles published in the Florida Bar Journal, Asset Protection Journal, Estate Planning, Entertainment Law & Finance, and the University of Florida Law Review
Identifying and Reporting the Proper Taxpayer in International Structures The Florida Bar Journal Vol. 87, No. 10, December 2013 Journal Link
