Family Offices & Funds Structuring | High Net Worth

National private wealth firm McDermott Will & Emery has a distinguished practice with experts dedicated to complex family office formation and restructuring, compensation structuring and partnership tax issues, among others.

Kirkland & Ellis has a fund formation practice and a private investment and family office group. Its Chicago-based partners handle a wide array of fund formation work for family office clients. Their expertise cuts across investment vehicle structuring, M&A, finance, tax and wealth planning.

Paul, Weiss offers strategic advice on complex wealth planning and trust structuring matters, as well as transactional and investment issues. Clients benefit from the firm’s strengths across corporate, M&A, tax, estate planning and investment fund work. Its clients include high net worth individuals from elite corporations and investment funds, as well as family offices and family-owned enterprises.

The family office team at Pillsbury has a significant presence in Florida, Northern California and New York. It advises ultra high net worth individuals and family offices on complex formation and restructuring matters. Its practitioners have deep expertise in areas such as income, estate and gift tax, as well as family succession issues.

Withers advises family office clients and ultra-affluent individuals on a global basis across its offices in the USA, as well as Asia and Europe. It is able to assist with a wide range of tax, trust and corporate issues, including investment and structuring advice. It also assists with compensation structuring for family office clients.

Loeb & Loeb has a well-regarded private client practice, frequently advising high net worth clients and high-value family offices on establishing family offices, structuring investment funds, restructuring trusts and family offices. The firm is especially well rated for its bench strength and for its ability to deal with complex matters.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett assists clients with the creation and administration of single and multifamily offices and 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.

Skadden is uniquely positioned to handle complex family office and fund structuring matters. Its New York-based group is a market leader in private investment, business succession and corporate and transactional issues, as well as traditional private client matters.