Meet Leslie Share

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
    • Speaker, National Business Institute
    • Checkpoint Catalyst—Passive Foreign Investment Companies, Reviewer
    • 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
  • Speaking Engagements MyLawCLE/Federal Bar Association, for MyLawCLE,