People

Charles Y. Xiao

Associate

Charles (Charlie) Y. Xiao counsels high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, and their fiduciaries on a broad range of testamentary and inter vivos estate planning matters. He has experience drafting and customizing wills, revocable trusts, and irrevocable trusts, including large-scale grantor retained annuity trust programs, with particular attention to gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer tax considerations.

Capabilities and industries
Regional markets
Community
  • Wills for Heroes, volunteer
  • Chicago Bar Association, member
Credentials
Education
  • Harvard Law School, JD
  • New York University, BA, summa cum laude, and with high honors
Admissions
  • Illinois
Languages
  • Chinese (Mandarin)
  • English