Max Dilendorf Esq.

Max Dilendorf is a legal advisor with over 15 years of experience serving U.S. and international clients in the areas of family office services, estate and asset protection planning, cross-border structuring, inbound U.S. business structuring, digital assets, and real estate investments.

His practice is focused on helping clients preserve and grow wealth through sophisticated legal structures that integrate tax efficiency, asset protection, risk mitigation, and long-term legacy planning.

He is particularly known for advising high-risk professionals—including physicians, surgeons, medical practice owners, and real estate developers—on comprehensive estate planning and asset protection strategies designed to shield personal and business wealth from professional liability, creditor exposure, and litigation risk.

In addition, Max has a robust inbound practice advising international entrepreneurs, operating companies, and investment groups entering the U.S. market.

He regularly structures U.S. business formations and holding structures, provides cross-border tax planning and treaty analysis, addresses state and local sales tax issues, and advises on U.S. real estate leasing and acquisition strategies for foreign-owned businesses establishing or expanding U.S. operations.

Crypto Theft Recovery & Arbitration Against Exchanges

In addition to his private client and structuring work, Max has developed a national reputation for representing victims of crypto theft, including SIM-swap attacks and unauthorized access to exchange accounts and decentralized wallets.

Max has over six years of experience representing clients in more than 130 consumer arbitration matters against Coinbase, Gemini, and other major exchanges, as well as against phone carriers such as Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T.

He routinely handles proceedings before all major arbitration forums—AAA, JAMS, and NAM—and has taken numerous cases through final evidentiary hearings (trials).

Max provides end-to-end recovery solutions, combining blockchain forensics, emergency relief, and arbitration advocacy to help clients recover stolen digital assets and hold responsible parties accountable.

Areas of Focus

Family Office Services

Max provides comprehensive legal counsel to family offices and high-net-worth individuals on matters ranging from cross-border wealth transfers to private banking, succession planning, and strategic investments.

He works closely with clients to structure U.S. and offshore entities, resolve cross-border disputes, and navigate complex multi-jurisdictional transactions.

Asset Protection for High-Risk Professionals, Founders, and Developers

Max advises high-risk professionals—including doctors, physicians, surgeons, medical practice owners, real estate developers, and business principals—on advanced asset protection strategies tailored to their professional exposure.

His approach includes structuring Domestic Asset Protection Trusts (DAPTs), Family Limited Partnerships (FLPs), professional entity planning, and offshore trust structures in jurisdictions such as the Cook Islands and Cayman Islands.

Clients frequently retain Max to perform independent risk assessments and structural reviews of existing U.S. and offshore planning arrangements to ensure legal compliance, creditor resilience, and long-term viability.

Inbound U.S. Business Structuring & Cross-Border Planning

Max regularly advises foreign founders, operating companies, and investment groups entering the U.S. market on entity formation, ownership structuring, and tax-efficient operating models.

His inbound practice includes U.S. business formations, cross-border tax planning, income tax treaty analysis, sales and use tax compliance, and structuring U.S. real estate leasing and acquisition transactions for foreign-owned businesses.

He works closely with clients and their tax advisors to align legal structures with commercial goals while minimizing regulatory and tax exposure.

Digital Assets & Crypto Legal Advisory

Since 2017, Max has been at the forefront of cryptocurrency and blockchain law. He advises clients on digital asset custody, regulatory compliance, estate and asset protection planning, and cybercrime recovery.

He has represented numerous victims of cyberattacks and successfully recovered digital assets through litigation, arbitration, and private negotiation.

Real Estate Structuring & Investment Advisory

Max represents domestic and international investors in all aspects of U.S. real estate transactions, with a particular emphasis on New York.
His practice focuses on acquisition structuring, tax optimization, trust and corporate planning to minimize estate and gift tax exposure, and integrating real estate holdings into broader asset protection and family office strategies.