Professor Thomas P. Gallanis recently delivered the keynote address at two conferences in Spain, with a joint conference theme of “Intergenerational Transmission of Wealth at the Margin of Succession: The Juridical Framework of Will Substitutes.” Professor Gallanis’ address was titled “Nonprobate Wealth Transfers in the United States.”

The first conference was in Barcelona on December 10 at the Col·legi de Notaris de Catalunya. The second conference was in Palma de Mallorca on December 12 at the Ilustre Colegio Notarial de las Islas Baleares.

Professor Gallanis is the Allan D. Vestal Chair in Law and Associate Dean for Research. Professor Gallanis is an expert on trust, succession, property, and fiduciary law. He is particularly interested in their comparative and international aspects. He is also a prize-winning legal historian with expertise in English and European legal history from the eleventh to the nineteenth centuries.

Visit the Law Library’s Faculty Bibliography for a list of Professor Gallanis’ publications.