An international estate law practice with a focus on multi-jurisdictional families

Armstrong & Hastings practice includes estate and tax planning and conflict resolution with particular emphasis on foreign and cross-border issues.

Christopher S. Armstrong has developed numerous estate plans for nonresident alien individuals having U.S. children or grandchildren and for senior executives who have migrated to or from California; he has updated and repaired existing complex multi-jurisdictional estate plans; he frequently counsels U.S. persons who receive foreign gifts or distributions from foreign trusts; on several occasions he has represented one or more members of a multi-national family in disputed inheritance claims; and he has structured “in bound” cross-border investments and loans for both foreign and domestic clients.

After retiring as a Heller Ehrman shareholder in 2004, Chris opened his own law offices under the name Christopher S. Armstrong, P.C. in January 2005. On January 1, 2012 Christopher S. Armstrong, P.C. entered into partnership with Diana M. Hastings, P.C. under the name Armstrong & Hastings, LLP.