Thomas Cooper

About Thomas Cooper

Attorney focused on tax planning, trust and estate planning and administration, family offices, business succession, and transactional and business matters that arise in connection with the acquisition, ownership, and operation of closely held businesses.

Experience

1. Partner

   Moore & Van Allen PLLC

   Jan 2021 — Present · Charlotte, NC

   I support clients’ existing and prospective business interests, including representing family offices and independent sponsors in their investments (both controlling and non-controlling) in closely held businesses, advising on capital structures and prospective liquidity events, business succession planning for family members and key employees, business operations, family office structures, and life insurance arrangements. I regularly work with business owners and investors and their related family members, c-level executives and other business operators, accountants, wealth managers, corporate fiduciaries, life insurance providers, and family office advisors in arriving at comprehensive, creative, and practical solutions to achieve clients’ objectives. My estate planning and trust and estate administration practice focuses on advising on, implementing, and administering estate plans and trust arrangements. This aspect of my practice works in tandem with sophisticated estate, gift, generation-skipping, and income tax planning, including the use of family limited partnerships and limited liability companies, family office investment vehicles, irrevocable trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATs), and charitable planning.

Education

• University of Virginia

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

• Emory University School of Law

  Juris Doctor (J.D.)