Introduction

Mohsen focuses his practice on family office structuring, estate planning, and tax-efficient investment structuring for high-net-worth individuals, global family offices, and fund sponsors.

Mohsen Ghazi works extensively with global families on domestic and international tax and estate planning, including preimmigration and expatriation strategies, inbound and outbound investment structuring, and planning for gifts and bequests to U.S. beneficiaries. He also advises asset managers and sovereign wealth funds on designing tax-efficient real estate, private credit, and infrastructure investment structures. 

Mohsen’s family office practice focuses on the formation and restructuring of family offices and private trust companies, the design of incentive equity and carried interest programs for key personnel, and partnership tax planning for family offices and principals, including direct investment and coinvestment structures.  

Mohsen frequently serves as outside counsel to family offices and fund sponsors, drawing on his previous experience as deputy general counsel and managing director at a more than $70 billion multifamily office, where he advised on tax, governance, and investment structuring across various asset classes. He began his career at a large international law firm, focusing on transactional tax planning for alternative investment funds, family offices, and sovereign wealth funds. 

Mohsen regularly contributes to publications including Crain Currency, National Law Journal, and Family Wealth Report

Education & credentials

  • University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 2016
  • Kalamazoo College, B.A., Economics & Business Administration,

    cum laude

    , 2010
  • McDermott Will & Schulte, Partner, 2024-2026
  • Cresset Capital Management, Managing Director, Deputy General Counsel, 2022-2024
  • Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Associate, 2017-2022

Professional recognition

  • Lawdragon, The 500 Leading Global Tax Lawyer Honoree, 2025

  • Legal 500 U.S., Recommended, 2025

Impact

  • iMentor, Participant