Overview

Tony Ray Meyer-Mangione is an associate in the Trusts and Estates Practice Group in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Tony’s practice focuses on wealth transfer and tax planning, structuring family offices, business succession planning, charitable giving, and the administration of high-net-worth trusts and estates. His clients include principals of private equity funds and venture capital firms, owners of closely-held businesses, high-net-worth families and public figures. Tony is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Harvard College.

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Thought Leadership

Speaking Engagements

Presenter, “Introduction to Sweat Equity Compensation Plans,” Presentation to Black Connect, November 19, 2025

Presenter, “Estate of Bob Marley – No Will, No Cry: Planning for Faith,” Estate Planning Misfires of the Rich and Famous Webinar, July 16, 2025

Author and Co-Presenter, “Who Wins When: An Analysis of Techniques that Use Grantor Trusts to Techniques that Use Non-Grantor Trusts,” Notre Dame Tax and Estate Planning Institute, September 2024

Publications

Author, “Designing a Private Decanting Power,” Journal of Estate & Tax Planning, Issue 47, October 2025

Co-Author, “Determining Ownership in Multiple-Grantor Trusts,” New York Law Journal, September 2024

Author and Co-Presenter, “Who Wins When: An Analysis of Techniques that Use Grantor Trusts to Techniques that Use Non-Grantor Trusts,” Notre Dame Tax and Estate Planning Institute, September 2024

Author, “Planning at the Eleventh Hour,” Trust & Estates Magazine, January 2024

Author, “Succeeding at the Pass: Succession Planning Strategies for Family Businesses,” New York Law Journal, September 2023

Memberships & Affiliations

Estate Planning Council of New York City

New York State Bar Association

New York City Bar Association

  • Member, Trusts, Estates & Surrogate’s Courts Committee
  • Member, Taxation of Business Entities Committee
  • Member, Estate & Gift Taxation Committee

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2022New York

Education

  • Harvard Law SchoolJ.D.2020
  • Harvard CollegeB.A., History2011