About

Provided by Katten

Wealth management is an ongoing, ever-evolving service for our private clients, which include domestic and international high-net-worth individuals, family-owned businesses, trusts and trustees, personal investment vehicles, other closely held business entities, and family offices. The complex problems confronting individual clients involve local, federal and international tax, estate planning, trust and estate administration, and litigation and alternative dispute resolution laws, rules and regulations. We focus on creating and implementing an integrated structure that will accomplish the client’s business and personal objectives in a tax-efficient and predictable manner, with sufficient flexibility to address unanticipated change. High-net-worth individuals and their family offices turn to us for unique, holistic solutions that respond to their wealth, business and estate planning needs and to their particular wishes for family governance and succession.

Our Private Client Services attorneys work seamlessly with other Katten industry and practice teams, including Trusts and Estates, Corporate, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Real Estate, Tax Planning, Antitrust and Competition, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Environmental, Financial Services, Insolvency and Restructuring, and Intellectual Property, to provide private clients with creative and comprehensive representation in all areas integrated with their wealth, business, succession and estate planning.

Chambers Review

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Private Wealth Law - Illinois

2
Band 2

What the Team is Known For

The private wealth practice at Katten handles a broad range of issues for high net worth clients. The firm has expertise in areas such as business succession and charitable planning, fiduciary and philanthropic matters.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Michael O. Hartz
2
Michael O. Hartz
2
Band 2
Michael Hartz is experienced in business succession and estate planning and administration.

He is very easy to work with, very collaborative and knows about tax really thoroughly. He is wise beyond the legal.

Michael is very knowledgeable and very thoughtful.

Michael is fantastic and very diligent.

Tye Klooster
2
Tye Klooster
2
Band 2
Tye Klooster is experienced in complex estate planning and trust administration matters. He is well known for his skill in private equity-related planning.

Tye is an expert in his field and has been a trusted adviser to my family.

I thoroughly enjoy working with Tye and he is a real advocate for our family.

Tye is extremely good at communication. His technical expertise is amazing. His ability to communicate complex ideas in a simplified manner is great.

Adam Damerow
3
Adam Damerow
3
Band 3
Adam Damerow works with high net worth individuals on non-contentious and contentious matters relating to trusts and estates.

I enjoy working with Adam as I know the clients will be given great service.

Charles Harris
3
Charles Harris
3
Band 3
Charles Harris works closely with wealthy clients on tax and estate planning issues.

Charles Harris is technically extraordinarily gifted. Charles is excellent with clients and is an excellent estate planner.

Ranked Individuals at
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Illinois

Private Wealth Law

Michael O. Hartz
2
Michael O. Hartz
2
Band 2
Tye Klooster
2
Tye Klooster
2
Band 2
Adam Damerow
3
Adam Damerow
3
Band 3
Charles Harris
3
Charles Harris
3
Band 3

Members

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Andrew L. McKay

Charles Harris

David M Allen

Michelle R. Canerday

Nicholas J. Heuer

Philip J Tortorich

Tye J Klooster

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Private Clients / Individuals