Moore & Bruce, LLP is known for its work on private client matters, both for U.S. 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 that even the client may  not foresee.  Life’s legal aspects and those things that underpin these are our daily practice.  We can point to things, large and small, that make a great difference.  Sometimes this advice goes beyond advice on technical legal points.

Areas of practice 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 U.S. (including renunciations), and immigration to the U.S.  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 U.S. tax and related issues.

In our Washington, D.C. office, we represent many members of the diplomatic corps, including Ambassadors and Deputy Chiefs of Mission, heads of Non-governmental 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").

In London, we advise "transatlantic" families living in the U.S. and the U.K. or moving from one country to the other.  We take pride in providing comprehensive and detailed information on all subjects confronting the individual or family, including immigration, nationality, tax (U.S. and U.K. income, U.S. social security, U.K. National Insurance Contributions, U.S. estate and gift taxes, U.K. inheritance taxes, U.K. VAT, U.K. rates), renting or purchasing a residence, and reporting requirements (including foreign bank account reporting).  We lay out timelines showing what needs to be filed, when and where.  We think it is important, for example, for the U.S. family moving to London to see exactly how U.K. immigration, U.K. tax and U.S. timelines relate to each other.