Jacopo Crivellaro

Jacopo Crivellaro

Of Counsel
Baker & McKenzie LLP

Biography

Jacopo Crivellaro is of counsel in the Firm's Dubai office, focusing on tax and wealth planning advice for high-net-worth individuals and family offices. His experience includes working as legal counsel for a Middle Eastern single family office. Jacopo has practiced law since 2013, and he previously worked in the Firm's Zurich and Geneva offices, prior to joining the Dubai office in 2025. He is admitted to practice in New York, US Tax Court, and England and Wales.

Practice Focus

Jacopo has extensive experience advising family offices and high-net-worth individuals with US, UK, Middle Eastern, Swiss or Italian connections on cross-border wealth and tax planning. His expertise includes family office structuring and operations, mobility and pre-immigration planning, insurance strategies, cross-generational wealth transfer, asset protection, individual tax planning and cross-border treatment of foundations and trusts.

In addition to publishing extensively in US, UK and European legal and tax publications, Jacopo also co-authored a treatise in Italian on cross-border estate planning, 'Forme di Pianificazione Patrimoniale' published by Dike Giuridica in 2018.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Advised the executor of a USD 100 million+ estate, involving assets situated in more than 15 jurisdictions, on the estate distribution and liquidation process.
  • Represented a European family office on the purchase of residential real estate in London, and the restructuring of a Liechtenstein foundation in anticipation of relocation.
  • Advised several non-US insurance carriers on the development and structuring of US compliance private placement life insurance products.

Professional Honors

  • Young Practitioner of the Year, STEP (2019)

Admissions

  • Dubai - Registered Legal Consultant (2025)
  • England & Wales~United Kingdom (2019)
  • New York~United States (2013)
  • U.S. Tax Court~United States (2013)

Education

  • New York University (Executive LLM in Tax) (2018)
  • Oxford University (St. Catherine's College) (BCL) (2013)
  • King's College London (LLB English & American Law) (2012)
  • Columbia Law School (JD) (2012)

Languages

  • English
  • Italian

Publications and Articles

Co-author, UAE: Tax guidance released to enable full corporate tax transparency for qualifying Family Foundation, Private Wealth Newsletter, July 2025

Author, The Rise Of The Institutionalised Family Office In The Middle East, IFC Review, July 2025

Co-author, Tax developments impacting family wealth vehicles in the UAE, Private Wealth Newsletter, April 2025

Author, United Arab Emirates: Foundations in the UAE—navigating ADGM, DIFC, and RAK ICC Foundations, Trust & Trustees, April 2025

Author, Trattamento Fiscale delle Fondazioni: Una Prospettiva Dagli Emirati Arabi Uniti, Trusts & Wealth Management Journal, March 2025