High Net Worth Guide 2026 : USA - Nationwide
Ranked Individuals
Provided by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Simpson Thacher's Family Office Practice provides counsel to single- and multi-family offices throughout the United States and globally. Our breadth and depth of experience across corporate, regulatory, tax and litigation practices allows us to provide a single source of best-in-case advise. We provide our family office clients a holistic approach, as they face often complex and unique legal issues, and a multidisciplinary suite of family office wrap around services tailored to fit our clients' diverse needs.
We counsel clients in a variety of matters, acing as trusted advisors, anticipating our clients' questions and, when necessary, collaborating with a family office's accountants, investment advisors and any other advisors. We help our family office clients navigate both the legal and non-legal issues that may arise in all types of transactions. Simpson Thacher understands family offices' priorities and are mindful of risk mitigation, reputational impact and personal wellbeing of our clients.
Our suite of family office services at formation includes entity formation and maintenance, regulatory and compliance, personal and tax planning, employment, benefits and labor. Our suite of family office services for development of capital and ongoing operations includes, investment vehicle formation and advising, M&A, fiduciary and corporate governance, charitable planning, philanthropy and passion projects, securities and credit transactions, real estate and dispute resolution.
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett assists clients with the creation and administration of single and multifamily offices and with structuring their investment vehicles, charitable planning, art financing and succession planning matters. The team wins praise for the strength and breadth of the lawyers' expertise.
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Simpson Thacher has been able to come up with innovative and creative ways to solve challenges and achieve goals while staying within the confines of regulations, law and legal precedents and case law.
The Simpson Thacher & Bartlett team is exactly that, a team. They bring subject matter experts together and ensure that they address the various issues that arise in any transaction.
The team at Simpson Thacher & Barlett is truly outstanding. They are truly strategic partners in accomplishing a client's goals who think three steps ahead and are able to bring together seemingly disparate parts of planning to flow well, enabling clients to stay true to their intentions while exploring different pathways, providing both options and judgement as to what is the best route.
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Cole Parker co-leads Kirland & Ellis's private investment and family office practice. Parker has a busy practice advising clients on fund formation and investment, as well as the formation of family offices.
Cole is dependable, smart and well versed in family office work.
Cole Parker is extremely thorough, responsive, creative and has intellectual heft.
Ryan Harris leads the firm's private investment and family office practice. He represents investment management arms and family offices in M&A and structuring.
Ryan Harris is an excellent leader and a creative problem solver.
Ryan has high integrity, is very connected and offers savvy deal counsel.
Ryan is an effective collaborator and communicator, and has great market knowledge in the single family office practice area.
Laura Twomey is head of the personal planning practice at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. She advises high net worth individuals, business leaders and public figures on estate planning, wealth transfer, trusts and succession planning.
Laura and her team pay meticulous attention to detail and work collaboratively with the family office to create integrated estate plans.
Laura has excelled in guiding our process and delivering sound advice and the implementation of the ultimate plan.
Laura is a fantastic resource for clients bringing her deep trusts and estates knowledge to create solutions tailored to accomplish each individual client's goals. Laura is always thinking three steps ahead and is incredibly responsive. I know our clients are in great hands with Laura.
Family Offices & Funds Structuring
Family Offices & Funds Structuring
Family Offices & Funds Structuring
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