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When Legal Concepts Don’t Travel
Thomas Mehaffy
A miscommunication over a “tax guarantor” request highlights deeper structural mismatches between U.S.-style common law and civil-law systems such as...
How Foreign Investors Can Use U.S. Wills to Accomplish Their Estate Planning Goals
Marissa Sandoval Rodriguez
The challenges faced during the probate process can be immense and taxing, in particular for foreign investors. U.S. Situs Wills...
When Legal Concepts Don’t Travel
A miscommunication over a “tax guarantor” request highlights deeper structural mismatches between U.S.-style common law and civil-law systems such as
Thomas Mehaffy
October 6, 2025
