Moore & Bruce, LLP is known for its work on private client matters, both for US and international individuals and families.  For us, the key to this work is the nature of the relationship with the client.  Clients know that the most important thing for us is to serve their best interests.  We make every effort to understand the client, his or her situation, what it is that that individual is concerned about, and what it is he or she wishes to achieve.  Beyond this, we try to help the client in ways sometimes that even the client may  not foresee.  Life’s legal aspects and those things that underpin these are our daily practice; we can sometimes point to things, large and small, that make a great difference.  Sometimes this advice goes beyond advice on legal points.

Areas of practice touched upon include domestic and international tax, trust and estate planning, preparation of wills and trust structures, matrimonial and related subjects, advising banks, private banks, investment advisors, and similar advisors, and immigration and nationality law.

We are leading advisers in the fields of international private foundations, international trusts, emigration from the US (including renunciations), and immigration to the US.  We are also active in other jurisdictions on similar matters.

We advise many of the best-known international trust and corporate administration companies on technical US tax issues.

In our Washington, DC office, we represent many members of the diplomatic corps, including Ambassadors and Deputy Chiefs of Mission, heads of Nongovernmental Organizations, and employees of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. We are very familiar with the issues surrounding so-called "Politically Exposed Persons" ("PEPs").