Family Offices

Whether you already have a family office or are planning to establish one, our firm offers deep expertise across all aspects of your operation. Our advice is delivered with the broadest possible perspective and always with an eye to helping plan for the longest term.

Comprehensive legal support for family offices

Many families have been long-standing clients of our firm, trusting our expertise across generations. We work closely with family members, offering personalised advice and support, based on decades of experience. Each family office is unique, and we adapt our services to suit individual remits, scopes, and working arrangements.

Expertise for the modern family office

We combine a peerless reputation for the traditional values of exceptional client service, with the cutting-edge expertise required by today's modern family offices. Our legal team delivers bespoke legal services, ensuring that your family office receives practical, flexible, and personalised advice.

Family governance issues and succession planning

Our firm advises on complex family governance issues, including structures for ownership and decision-making, and succession planning. We understand that families are increasingly international, with assets, interests and investments spread across the globe. We are not tied to any particular legal network, giving us the flexibility to recommend the best professionals in each jurisdiction. We also collaborate closely with your family’s existing advisers to ensure seamless service.

Safeguarding and growing family wealth

We advise in relation to family assets and investments (often including a family business) helping our clients to plan ahead in order to protect and enhance family wealth for the next generation, and handle logistical challenges, like staffing and international moves. We also support families and family offices in making direct investments, whether acquiring large companies and real estate or luxury assets, such as art or aircraft. We apply the same level of critical commercial focus to our transactions for families as we would to any corporate deal.

Family law, tax, and reputation management

Our legal team supports families through key life events, from pre-nuptial agreements, through to divorce, contact arrangements and complex international probates. We also advise on tax and immigration matters. Our cyber security and reputation management experts help families protect their privacy and reputation in a world of social media and transparency.

Trusted legal advisers for leading families and family offices

We are privileged to work with some of the world’s most successful and dynamic families and family offices. Our clients trust us to provide expert, practical advice at every major milestone.