International Estate Planning: A Reference Guide, 2nd Edition

Barbara Hauser is an internationally recognized lawyer who has represented clients in Europe, the United States, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong and a number of other countries. She was a partner in two law firms (Special Counsel at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP), a Visiting Associate Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School, and  a consultant to financial institutions and family offices. A graduate of Wellesley College and the University of Pennsylvania Law School, she had the honor of clerking at the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. She was an Academician (and Executive Counsel) for the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law, and President Emeritus for the Commission on International Estate Planning as well as President-Emeritus of the U.S. chapter, Union Internationale des Avocats. Barbara Hauser was Co-Chair, International Private Client Planning, for the American Bar Association Section of International Law and Practice. She is an ACTEC fellow, Editor in Chief of the International Family Offices Journal and the author of several books on estate planning.

Melissa Langa is Managing Shareholder in the Boston Massachusetts (USA) law firm of Bove & Langa, PC. She has built her practice guiding domestic and international individuals, families, businesses, and charitable organizations in designing and implementing customized tax-efficient structures to meet their particular estate planning, business, and charitable needs.  She also assists clients in the administration of the estate of a deceased family member, and advises fiduciaries in the administration of estates and trusts. Ms. Langa is an adjunct professor teaching estate planning in the Graduate Tax Program at Boston University School of Law. She is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estates Council (ACTEC) and Co-Chair and Co-Founder of the local chapter of the London-based international Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP Boston).  She is a member of the Estate Planning Curriculum Advisory Committee for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE). She is also a past President of the Boston Estate Planning Council.