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Director · Sacramento

Belan K. Wagner.

DirectorBusiness & Finance

Combining Tax Law and Business Strategy.

Belan Wagner has spent more than forty years at the intersection of tax law and transactional practice — work that demands fluency in both worlds at once. His clients are business owners, executives, and individuals facing decisions where the tax consequence and the business reason can’t be pulled apart, and where the right plan depends on understanding both at the same time.

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Education.

LL. M., Taxation, University of Miami
J.D., University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
B.A., University of Santa Barbara, magna cum laude
Areas of Practice

Where Belan Practices.

Real Estate.

Acquisitions, dispositions, and development work for property owners, investors, and the businesses they hold real estate inside.

Tax Law.

Federal and state tax planning and controversy work — with deep experience across partnerships, LLCs, and other pass-through entities.

Estate Planning.

Plans built to integrate business interests, family wealth, and tax efficiency over the long arc.

Trusts & Estates.

Estate and trust planning aligned with the business and tax realities of family ownership.

Business & Finance.

Counsel for closely held and middle-market businesses on the financing and transactional decisions that shape their growth.

Mergers & Acquisitions.

Buy-side and sell-side advice on mergers, acquisitions, and business sales — with the tax structuring baked in from the start.