Private client law firm Withers Bergman has hired Stanley Joffe as Of Counsel - an attorney who is employed by a law firm or an organisation but is not an associate or a partner.

With over 25 years of experience in international tax and estate planning and domestic estate planning, Mr Joffe has a background of expertise in assisting wealthy people - especially South Africans and Israelis - resettle in the

US in the most tax-effective manner.

Mr Joffe said: "With the advent of globalisation and the movement of high net worth individuals from one country to another, it was essential for me to associate with a firm that provided wealth planning internationally." 
 
Margaret Robertson, managing partner, said: "We are delighted that

Stanley has decided to join us. His international reputation, especially in

South Africa and

Israel, will be an important addition to our global offering for high worth individuals and families."

Separately from his work in the field of international law, Mr Joffe founded and is currently the chairman and chief executive of Sterling Trustees, which specialises in the needs of foreign émigrés to the

US, particularly for those families in need of independent trustees.