Borderless planning
Enduring Legacy
We guide individuals, families, and businesses across borders with sophisticated estate planning and corporate solutions tailored to the complexities of an interconnected world. From inbound and outbound strategies to cross-border wealth transfer and international entity formation, we deliver clarity, confidence, and continuity — wherever life and legacy take you.
Precision Over Templates.
Strategy Over Forms.
Every engagement begins not with a form or a checklist, but with a thorough understanding of who you are, where you’ve been, and where you intend to go. Bespoke structuring. Direct representation. No delegation to associates.
Counsel That Reaches
Wherever You Do
North America
United States Canada Mexico Panama Bermuda
Europe
European Union United Kingdom Switzerland Liechtenstein
Middle East
United Arab Emirates Israel Saudi Arabia Qatar Bahrain
Latin America and the Caribbean
Brazil Mexico Colombia Cayman Islands British Virgin Islands
Asia-Pacific
Australia New Zealand Cook Islands Marshall Islands
Our Clients Trust Us
With Their Wealth
High-net-worth clients trust our law firm to expertly structure their companies, trusts, and personal holdings with precision and discretion. From corporate entities to luxury assets like private jets, yachts, and vacation homes, we design tailored strategies that protect, optimize, and grow their wealth. Our bespoke solutions ensure privacy, compliance, and long-term security — so clients can enjoy their success with confidence.
Private Aircraft
Tailored guidance to navigate ownership, operation, and compliance matters for your private aircraft with confidence and efficiency.
Marine Vessels
Comprehensive consulting for structuring, maintaining, and ensuring compliance in the ownership of private marine vessels, protecting your investment and peace of mind.
Personal Residences
Expert guidance to protect, purchase, and preserve your personal residence with clarity and confidence.
Vacation & Investment Properties
Optimal structuring for vacation homes and investments in domestic or international real estate.
Digital Assets
Safeguard, manage, and maximize the value of your digital assets in a rapidly evolving landscape.
International Banking
Strategic consulting to structure, manage, and ensure compliance in international banking while optimizing cross-border opportunities.
Dedicated, Senior-Level Attention on Every Matter
At Calvary International Law PLLC, we approach planning from more than one side of the table, combining international tax and cross-border estate planning counsel with trust and asset protection experience shaped by attorneys with a background in federal bankruptcy. Our team works together with our clients, and each plan is built around your jurisdictions, assets, and goals rather than a standard template.
Yonathan Amselem, Esq
Founder & Principal Attorney
Mark Pierce
Trust Attorney & Asset Protection Strategist
Emiliano Herrero
Chief Operating Officer
Borderless planning. Enduring Legacy.
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A Local Tax Many Families Overlook
Most families who think about estate taxes think about the federal tax, which only reaches very large estates. District residents face a second tax
Reporting Duties for Foreign Holdings
Families and business owners often form an offshore structure to protect assets or plan for the next generation. The structure itself is only part
A Career Built on Protecting Global Wealth
Yonathan Amselem, founder of Calvary International Law PLLC, has been selected for inclusion in Marquis Who’s Who. The recognition highlights more than a decade of
Cross-Border Legal Planning
for the Globally Connected.
We serve clients throughout Washington DC, from Adams Morgan and Dupont Circle to Georgetown, Capitol Hill, and beyond, with asset protection, estate and trust planning, business, and international tax counsel from our Washington DC office.
Who We Help
Counsel for Lives and Assets That Span Borders
Calvary International Law works with clients whose wealth, families, or businesses reach beyond a single jurisdiction. Many are high-net-worth individuals with diverse holdings, from securities and operating companies to real estate, aircraft, and digital assets. Others are international families with members, property, and heirs in more than one country, or dual citizens navigating the overlapping tax and reporting obligations that come with more than one passport.
- High-Net-Worth Individuals: Structuring for significant and diverse holdings, from securities and operating companies to real estate, aircraft, and digital assets.
- International Families: Coordinated planning for families whose members, assets, and heirs live in more than one country.
- Dual Citizens: Guidance on the overlapping tax and reporting obligations that come with holding more than one citizenship.
- U.S. Citizens Living Abroad: Estate, tax, and compliance planning for Americans who remain subject to U.S. rules wherever they reside.
- Foreign Nationals Moving to the United States: Planning that addresses existing assets and structures before U.S. tax residency begins.
- Business Owners with International Operations: Entity formation, cross-border transactions, and succession planning for companies operating in multiple markets.
- Real Estate Investors: Ownership structures for domestic and international property designed with liability, tax, and transfer considerations in mind.
- Executives and Entrepreneurs: Planning around equity, liquidity events, and personal exposure for those building and leading companies.
- Families with Foreign Assets or Beneficiaries: Estate and trust planning that accounts for heirs, accounts, and property located outside the United States.
We also advise U.S. citizens living abroad, who remain subject to American tax and estate rules wherever they reside, and foreign nationals moving to the United States who need to address existing assets and structures before U.S. tax residency begins. Business owners with international operations come to us for entity formation, cross-border transactions, and succession planning, while real estate investors, executives, and entrepreneurs look for ownership and liability structures suited to their growth and liquidity. Throughout our practice, we help families with foreign assets or beneficiaries build estate and trust plans that account for heirs, accounts, and property located outside the United States.
Cross-Border Planning
Planning Before Entering or Leaving the U.S. Tax System
The months before a move to or from the United States are often the most important window for planning. Decisions made before residency begins or ends can shape how income, assets, and estates are taxed for years afterward, which is why we encourage clients to engage us well before a move takes place.
For those arriving, pre-immigration planning involves reviewing foreign assets, trusts, and entities and, where appropriate, restructuring them before U.S. tax residency begins. Green card holders and prospective residents benefit from understanding how lawful permanent residence affects worldwide income taxation, reporting, and estate exposure, and our U.S. tax residency planning examines the green card and substantial presence tests, treaty positions, and timing to clarify when obligations start and end.
For those leaving, we guide U.S. citizens and long-term residents through expatriation, including the tax and reporting steps involved in renouncing citizenship or surrendering a green card. Part of that work is evaluating whether the covered expatriate rules apply and planning ahead to address any potential exit tax liability.
Ongoing cross-border compliance is equally important. We structure and review foreign trusts with U.S. grantors or beneficiaries, advise U.S. owners of foreign corporations on entity classification and controlled foreign corporation rules, and help clients meet their FBAR and FATCA reporting obligations, including addressing past filing gaps.