A partner and co-chair of the Personal Representation Department, Alan S. Halperin counsels clients on a broad range of issues including estate planning and related tax work, estate and trust administration, tax and succession planning for family corporations and partnerships and charitable giving. Mr. Halperin works closely with a variety of clients, including entrepreneurs, corporate executives, investment bankers, real estate developers, family offices and philanthropists to help them identify their objectives and provide creative and pragmatic solutions designed to meet their specific goals.

Mr. Halperin is an adjunct professor at New York University School of Law where he teaches Advanced Estate and Gift Taxation and Income Taxation of Trusts and Estates. He has lectured extensively on estate planning subjects, including at the Heckerling Institute, and has written articles that have appeared in publications such as Trusts & Estates, Estate Planning, Tax Management Estates, Gifts and Trusts Journal, Tax Management Memorandum and New York Law Journal. He was selected by Chambers USA 2006-2010 as one of the leading lawyers for Wealth Management and by The Best Lawyers in America in trusts & estates. Most recently, in the U.S. News & World Report/Best Lawyers rankings for “Best Law Firms” it was noted that, “Paul Weiss's Alan Halperin is truly one of the best in the field.”

In addition, Mr. Halperin is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. He also is on the advisory board for the Tax Management, Estates, Gifts and Trusts Journal and is chair of the Trusts, Estates and Surrogate's Court Committee for the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. He serves on the tax panel for the United Jewish Appeal – Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York, Inc.