Overview
Charles (Chuck) Lubar advises clients on all aspects of international tax and estate structuring and planning for individuals and their assets. He also provides corporate and individual tax planning for international investments, high net worth individuals and cross-border family business matters. He has in-depth experience in all tax aspects of inbound investments to the United States, and outbound investment from the United States into Europe.
Chuck served for several years with the Chief Counsel’s Office of the Internal Revenue Office in Washington, DC. He has international experience that extends well beyond the United States, United Kingdom and continental Europe, and includes working with clients from Latin America, the Middle East and Japan. He has held roles as managing partner, chairman of the International Section, vice chairman of the Tax Section and senior counsel with a well-established and respected firm in London.
Chuck has appeared at international tax conferences and has written for many international tax publications. He held the position of president of the Yale Club of London for 13 years, as well membership of the Fulbright Commission where he chaired several committees.
Results
- Advised prominent clients within the entertainment industry such as John Cleese, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Yehudi Menuhin, Ivo Pogorelich, Erich Segal and Jane Seymour
- Advised in connection with corporate and individual tax planning for inbound investments for the UK, plus international estate matters
- Played a pivotal role in the acquisition of the British-owned ATV music catalogue (including the Beatles catalogue) for Michael Jackson and structuring the production of The Muppet Show in London
- Advised numerous clients in the film, recording and publishing industries
Recognitions
- Chambers High Net Worth 2020, Foreign Expert for USA, Private Wealth Law
- Private Client Global Elite 2018 and 2019, Legal Week
- Citywealth Leaders List, 2018
- Legal 500 UK 2016, 2017 recommended in Private client – Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Guide to The World’s Leading Tax Advisors
- Harvard Law School Traphagen Distinguished speaker
Community
- United Kingdom Fulbright Commission, former commission member
- Yale Club of London, former president and member of the alumni board of the University
