Families and Family Offices
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Today's global world presents opportunities and challenges. Surviving and succeeding requires wealthy families to evolve their plans and skills on a constant and on-going basis.
The issues on which each family may need advice will naturally be different: some will want guidance on preserving and enhancing their privately held wealth, whilst others may need support on running their businesses, or a steer on managing their property portfolios. Many of our clients have interests which span the world and we are well placed to advise on multi-jurisdictional planning and UK immigration applications.
Many families may also often need a helping hand in guiding them through disputes or on issues impacting their reputation.
Whatever the need, we understand that supporting families requires careful, professional, sensitive, and practical guidance. For centuries, we have worked hand-in-hand with some of the world’s most successful UK and international families and Family Offices and have enabled them to achieve their ambitions and served them to resolve disputes.
We have done that for 300 years, and we will continue to partner with them into the future.
Recommended reading
As the UK approaches a £5.5 trillion intergenerational wealth transfer, what does this really mean for families beyond financial planning? In Mayfair Times, Partners Hayden Bailey and Nicola Bushby reflect on the long-term nature of this shift and why, in practice, “the challenge is never just legal” when managing succession and disputes.
Read more 2 min read 04 Jun 2026 Clare Stirzaker, Emily Brand and Nicola Bushby to speak at TL4 HNW Private Client Advisory and Litigation ForumNext week in Versailles, Partners, Clare Stirzaker, Emily Brand and Nicola Bushby will be speaking at the TL4 HNW Private Client Advisory and Litigation Forum on 10–12 June. For its 3rd annual conference, Clare will join a panel discussion titled ‘The Global Race for Philanthropic Capital’ alongside Ed Powles and Joe Crome. Emily and Nicola will be joined by fellow speaker and host Rupert Ticehurst to discuss the panel ‘Stepmoms – Why do they have a bad reputation, and is conflict with children from a first marriage inevitable?’
Read more 3 min read 03 Jun 2026 A shift in land investment: growing interest in English vineyardsIn a recent Telegraph article exploring alternatives to buy-to-let investment, buy-to-let returns face are increasing pressure, with investors turning to English vineyards as an alternative. In this article, Partner and Head of Residential Property, Saskia Arthur comments on how improving UK climate conditions and rising demand for English wine are driving interest, though success requires a long-term, hands-on approach and diversified income streams.
Read more 5 min read 15 May 2026 Wait and LLC? Why UK residents are still taxed twice on US incomeDouble taxation remains an unresolved issue for UK residents holding investments through US LLCs. Private Wealth Partners, Laurence Morgan and Dom Rothbarth, and Senior Associate, Marie McCallum outline how conflicting UK and US tax treatments can lead to unfair outcomes and the grounds for optimism.
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