Brett Sayers is an associate in the St. Louis office providing advice to businesses and individuals in a variety of transactional and estate planning matters.  Brett has experience assisting clients in all stages of the business life cycle, including entity selection, formation, ongoing operational matters, restructuring, acquisitions, divestitures, dissolution, and taxation.  Brett assists clients in connection with the acquisition and sale of real property, commercial and residential leasing transactions, real estate financing and real estate development.  Brett also assists individual clients in asset protection planning, joint spousal trusts, and business succession planning.

Before transitioning to private practice as a transactional and estate planning attorney, Brett worked at a “Big Four” accounting firm assisting multinational corporate clients in local, state, federal, and international taxation matters.  Now, he provides sound tax planning and compliance advice to both businesses and individuals.

Brett attended law school at the University of Missouri, where he wrote for the Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law and was a founding member of the Tax Law Society.

Practice Areas
Business Transactions / M&A
Banking & Commercial Finance
Corporate Finance & Securities
Franchising
General Counsel Services
Public Finance & Incentives
Commercial Leasing
Commercial Property Tax Appeals
Environmental Law
Foreclosure
Land Use & Zoning
Local Government
Public Finance & Incentives
Purchase & Sale Transactions
Real Estate Development & Construction
Real Estate Financing & Investments
Real Estate Litigation
Employment Law
Administrative Law
Environmental Law
Elections & Campaign Finance
Government Relations
Local Government
Occupational & Professional Licensing
Public Finance & Incentives
Tax Compliance & Controversies
Asset Protection
Business Succession Planning
Charitable Giving
Estate, Gift & GST Tax Planning
Trust and Estate Litigation
Probate
Wills & Trusts

Education
J.D., University of Missouri, 2014
B.B.A. Accounting, Southern Methodist University 2010

Admissions
Missouri