Alternate Office(s)
Practice Areas
- Closely-Held Business & Tax Planning
- Corporate
- Estate & Wealth Planning/ Estate Administration
- Taxation
Education
- A.B., Davidson College, 1966, cum laude; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Beta Kappa
- J.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1969, with high honors; Morehead Fellow in Law; Order of Coif; Editor-in-Chief, North Carolina Law Review
Bar & Court Admissions
- North Carolina, 1969
- Georgia, 1972
Other Areas of Law
- Partnerships, Corporate (C Corp & S Corp) and Individual Income Taxation
- Life Insurance Planning
- Charitable Planning
- Tax Controversy
- Executive Compensation Planning
- Non-profit Entity Planning
Neill G. McBryde
Neill McBryde brings to his clients vast tax planning, estate planning, and estate administration experience. He leads the firm’s closely held business, tax planning, estate planning, wealth management, and trusts and estates groups.
His primary areas of emphasis in his practice include providing:
- Tax and business planning advice for closely-held businesses
- Tax, estate planning, and insurance planning for owners of closely-held businesses and high net worth individuals
- Advice and counsel in connection with mergers and acquisitions involving stock, corporate assets, real estate and other assets
- Specialized services in the wealth transfer, estate planning and estate administration areas
- Charitable planning for individuals and non-profit representation
- Tax controversies
Mr. McBryde has lectured nationally and written extensively in areas relating to closely held businesses, tax planning, tax controversies, insurance planning, and estate planning and administration.
Of Note
- Included in Best Lawyers in America for Estate Planning, Tax Litigation & Controversy and Tax Law 1983-2012.
- Named as Trusts and Estates Lawyer of the Year in Charlotte by Best Lawyers in America, 2011.
- Included in Best Lawyers in America for Tax Law, 1983 - 2011.
- Included in Chambers Partners USA Nationwide (Eastern Region) - Wealth Management, 2008 - 2011.
- Selected for inclusion to the North Carolina Super Lawyers list in 2006 - 2012 in primary practice area of Estate Planning & Probate.
- Included in Business North Carolina's Legal Elite list in Estate Planning, 2006 - 2011.
- Town & Country Magazine, August 1998, Best 45 Estate Planning Lawyers in the U.S.
- Who's Who in American Law, World
- Past President and Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
- Board Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate
- Trustee and Past President, Southern Federal Tax Institute
- Trustee, J. Nelson Young Tax Institute
- Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel
News
- Moore & Van Allen Receives Chambers’ Top Recognitions
- 2011 Legal Elite recognizes 21 MVA attorneys
- MVA attorneys honored by NC Super Lawyers
- Four MVA Attorneys Recognized by PLC Which Lawyer?
- Nineteen Moore & Van Allen Attorneys Recognized as Legal Elite
- Thirty-six Moore & Van Allen Attorneys Named to North Carolina Super Lawyers 2010