Michael Legamaro

As Partner with Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP (Morgan Lewis) in Chicago, Michael Legamaro assists private wealth and corporate clients in achieving solutions to a variety of planning and tax-related issues. Mr. Legamaro’s strategies on behalf of entrepreneurial trusts and individuals focus on the generation, preservation, and continuation of wealth. His breadth of corporate experience includes domestic and foreign tax and business planning, estate planning, and mergers and acquisitions. Michael Legamaro also has expertise in negotiating consolidations and debt-restructuring deals.

Michael Legamaro’s responsibilities as an attorney include real estate transactions involving a wide range of owners, portfolios, and developers. His real estate clients include partnerships and investment trusts representing billions of dollars in working capital. In serving the specific needs of international clientele, Mr. Legamaro draws on a Morgan Lewis network of 1,300 lawyers and nearly 3,000 specialists operating in 22 countries worldwide.

Michael Legamaro earned his Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Economics from Washington University in St. Louis, graduating summa cum laude. He subsequently pursued law studies at the Northwestern University School of Law, acting as Executive Editor of the Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology. After receiving his J.D. in 1986, Mr. Legamaro spent three years as a U.S. Army Captain with the Judge Advocate General’s Corps. His law experience prior to joining Morgan Lewis involved taxation work with the international law practices of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal (now SNR Denton) and Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP.

A member of the International Tax Specialist Group and the Transnational Taxation Network’s Executive Committee, Michael Legamaro chairs the Chicago branch of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. He holds an AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, a top-tier ranking that reflects his high levels of professional ethics and legal ability. Additionally, he serves as Secretary with the Trust for African Rock Art, a charitable organization dedicated to preserving rock face carvings and paintings throughout Africa.

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