Stephens & Kray is a California law firm located in Orange County, Newport Beach. The firm is composed of attorneys with in-depth legal, tax and business knowledge and experience in handling all aspects related to tangible and intangible property. The Firm typically represents individuals, families and trusts, and most forms of businesses, from small to large, aspiring to create and preserve existing wealth, through preventive law techniques, in the areas of:
- selection and formation of entities to hold and operating businesses and real property
- taxation (income, estate and gift taxes) and tax free or deferred exchanges
- buying and selling of businesses and real property
- intellectual property and licensing
- protecting and maximizing the value of assets and properties
With backgrounds in tax and public accounting, our attorneys have unique expertise in the areas of domestic based estate planning (including tax audit experience in defending sophisticated family partnerships, limited liability companies, trusts, and valuation discounts), entity selection, formation and utilization (including: mergers and acquisitions, operation of businesses, real properties, other assets and contracts drafting) and asset protection (that seamlessly integrates with Estate Planning and Business Operations).
Stephens & Kray distinguishes itself from other law firms by bringing an entrepreneurial prospective when understanding their client’s needs. Stephens & Kray understands the need to quantify and minimize risk for clients, thereby enabling clients to make critical business and financial decisions.
Stephens & Kray is a client oriented law practice, which means our focus is to fully understand the client’s objectives and respond with “This is how it can be done.”
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