Family Offices
At Farrer & Co, we are trusted legal advisers to families and family offices worldwide, including in the Middle East, the UK, Europe, the United States, and Asia. Our industry-renowned legal teams are dedicated to creating long-term, trusted relationships with our international and UK family office clients. These include multi-generational families as well as UHNW individuals and their associated philanthropic bodies.
We provide comprehensive, strategic legal advice and exceptional client service to these families at every stage of their development and throughout the different stages of their lives.
Supporting principals and families
We support principals and families by helping them:
- Establish their family offices
- Structure funds
- Invest private capital
- Deliver philanthropic goals
- Acquire, manage and dispose of assets, from businesses and real estate to art collections and luxury assets
- Resolve family and commercial disputes and plan for future generations
Tailored legal expertise for family members
Our private client legal advisers excel in providing you and your family with expert, highly tailored advice on wealth structuring, succession planning, tax strategies and avoiding and resolving disputes. We help you ensure your wealth is preserved across generations, creating governance strategies and maintaining compliance in ever-changing international legal and regulatory environments. From drafting trusts and wills to advising on philanthropy, collections and charitable giving, we offer a service that is both highly professional and deeply personal. For further information about how we support international families please click here.
Expertise in fund structuring
For family offices looking to diversify or formalise their investment approach, our funds team provides clear, practical legal advice on structuring and establishing investment funds. Whether creating a bespoke investment vehicle or exploring co-investment opportunities, we offer legal solutions that align with your investment strategy, governance preferences, and regulatory obligations. With extensive experience in private equity and venture capital, we ensure your fund structures support growth while mitigating risk. For more information about how we provide legal advice on fund structuring please click here.
Strategic corporate advisory and transactions
Investment work is central to the activities of family offices. At Farrer & Co, we recognise that investment work for family offices extends beyond transactions — it’s about securing opportunities that align with your vision. Our multidisciplinary legal team works closely with you, combining technical excellence with a strategic, commercial approach. Our Corporate team provides specialist legal support across all aspects of the investment lifecycle, ensuring your strategic objectives are met with precision and care. For more information about how we support the investment activity of family offices please click here.
Full-service law firm for family offices
We provide a wide range of other services to our family office clients, including:
- Real Estate advisory and transaction work
- Litigation and mediation across Family, Contentious Trusts and Estates, Property Disputes and Commercial Litigation
- Complex Employment advice
- Immigration services
Discretion for the client, their family, investments and businesses is at the heart of all we do, and this frequently involves our top-ranked Privacy and Media team.
