Basil Zirinis

Office Location

United States

Short Biography

Basil Zirinis has been a partner in S&C’s Estates and Personal Group since 1994 and leads its international private client practice from London and New York. He represents individuals, fiduciaries and family-controlled businesses throughout the world in a broad range of matters, including domestic and international estate and trust planning, family business governance and transition, estate and trust administration and litigation. He speaks regularly at international conferences regarding U.S. and international tax and estate planning.

What is your favorite restaurant to take a client or colleague to?

Oswald's in London

What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?

The safest place is at your desk

What was your first job?

Painting docks in a marina

What is the book you recommend to everyone?

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

What changes do you expect to see in your practice over the next year?

An increased focus by clients on strengthening their structures to anticipate crises that had become almost unthinkable, such as a major war in Europe.