Vivian Redsar advises clients in designing their legacies for families and charities with an emphasis on tax-saving techniques. She tailors estate plans for multiple generations of a high-net-worth family. She has significant experience crafting estate plans that are appropriate for each generation, transferring assets to the younger generations during life or death at a lower (or no) tax cost. Ms. Redsar also has experience with business succession planning and advice on philanthropy. Ms. Redsar utilizes a variety of trusts, entities and tax-saving techniques to develop wealth-transfer strategies that are sensitive to a family's individual needs and objectives. She also guides fiduciaries through the administration of estates and trusts, including preparing probate pleadings, appearing in probate court and assisting in the implementation of distributive plans, including asset transfers and the resolution of any claims.

Ms. Redsar has a particular expertise in advising international clients. She has advised both U.S. residents and nonresidents in structuring their estate plans to minimize estate, inheritance and income taxes and conflicts of law among the applicable jurisdictions. Further, Ms. Redsar represents the executors and other fiduciaries in the administration of trusts and estates holding assets locally and abroad, with international beneficiaries.

In addition, as a member of the Not-for-Profit group at Manatt, Ms. Redsar serves as outside general counsel to nonprofit organizations, including public charities, arts organizations, business leagues and social welfare groups. She also advises individuals and families in establishing tax-exempt supporting organizations, private foundations, charitable trusts and other types of tax-exempt entities. After guiding clients through the process of forming and obtaining tax-exempt status under IRS Code § 501(c)(3) and its state equivalents, she assists with ongoing compliance issues, corporate governance and income tax issues that pertain to nonprofits.