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IR Global

Addressing Financial Disputes in Family-Owned Businesses

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Balancing numbers and relationships when business and family intersect. Family-owned businesses occupy a unique and vital space in the economy. They combine entrepreneurial drive with deep personal commitment and long-term...more

Allen Barron, Inc.

How 99% of U.S. Business Owners can Protect Their Business

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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce notes that over 99% of businesses in the United States are "small businesses." Did you know that 99% of U.S. business owners can protect their business through business succession and estate...more

Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP

Business Succession Planning for Restaurant Owners: Protecting Your Legacy

For restaurant owners, business succession planning is crucial to ensuring a smooth transition of ownership while protecting the legacy of their establishment. Whether the goal is to pass the restaurant to family, sell to a...more

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Private Trust Companies for Clients in the Middle East

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The question of who should act as trustee of a trust is fundamental to any wealth planning structure. For wealthy families and entrepreneurs in the Middle East, the choice is often between appointing a professional trustee or...more

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A Practical Guide to Cayman Islands STAR Trusts for Clients in the Middle East

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A STAR trust is a form of trust exclusive to the Cayman Islands and one that has a wide variety of practical applications. Its unique features provide clients with structuring options often not possible with ordinary trusts,...more

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A Guide to Cayman Foundation Companies in the Middle East

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Cayman Foundation Companies are innovative structures that combine the features of a company with those of a trust. Since their introduction in 2017, they have become increasingly popular and are now firmly established as a...more

Greenberg Glusker LLP

Avoid Generalizations In Working With NextGens

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The questions of when, how, and to what extent to engage younger generations in a family’s succession process cross nearly all sectors of private client advisory work, both within the US and internationally. Traditionally,...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

No Home Field Advantage: Navigating Multi-Venue Dispute Resolution in T&E Litigation

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In baseball, teams play just one team at a time and in one location. That is not always the case for their owners. The ongoing saga of the Seidler Family — owners of the San Diego Padres — being duked out in both Travis...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Q&A on How to Disaster-Proof the Legacy of a Family Enterprise

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A lack of communication is the most common—and most costly—mistake family enterprise owners make when planning for the future. Values-based conversations, proactive planning and collaborative advisory teams can prevent...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

The Enactment of OBBBA: It’s Time to Plan, Not Relax – “Winter is Coming”

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In the months preceding the general election in 2024, the owners of many closely held businesses who had not yet given much thought to the disposition of their future estates, including their businesses, decided they should...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

Securing Your Legacy: Essential Estate and Succession Planning for Family Life Insurance Businesses

Experienced trusts and estates attorneys consistently observe how proper planning can mean the difference between a thriving legacy and a fragmented enterprise. For family-owned life insurance businesses, the stakes are...more

Offit Kurman

Empowerment Through Hero Generation with Nicole a`Beckett and Dr. Shruti Roy

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In this episode of the Sandwich Generation Survival Guide, host Candace Dellacona speaks with Nicole àBeckett and Dr. Shruti Roy, co-founders of the innovative technology platform Hero Generation. Nicole and Shruti share...more

Jaburg Wilk

Keeping the Family Cabin, in the Family

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Planning for Generations - As an estate planning attorney, a question I am frequently asked is, “How can we make sure the family cabin, ranch, or rental property stays in the family?” Real property carries deep sentimental...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Keeping It in the Family (Trust): Additional Considerations for Contributing S Corp Shares

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A large part of business sucession planning is structuring the transfer of business ownership. While outright transfers can be less complex, transferring ownership in trust can provide practical benefits that are worth...more

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC

New Washington Estate Tax Law Raises Exemption, Hikes Rates for Wealthy

Since 2018, estate planning legislation in Washington has remained stagnant. Increases in our legislated estate tax exemption rate had been tied to a Consumer Price Index that no longer existed, and the legislature largely...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Business Succession Planning: Pros and Cons of Passing S Corp Shares in Trust

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Business succession planning and estate planning are often linked together, particularly in the case of closely held family businesses. In the case of a shareholder who wishes to pass along their shares of an S corporation as...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Evolving Estate Planning for Family Business Owners: Adapting to Life Stages and Growth

On April 30, 2025, Katten hosted Loyola University Chicago's Family Business Center for the "Family Business Through a Legal Lens" program. Private Wealth Partner Adam Damerow and Loyola University Chicago School of Law...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Q&A on Protecting Family Enterprises Through Collaborative Family Law

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When family relationships break down, the impact can extend well beyond personal matters, putting the future of a family enterprise at risk. I recently spoke with Patricia Hebert, a collaborative family lawyer, mediator and...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Transferring the Family Business To A Private Foundation? Are You Sure About That?

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Charitable organizations are dependent, in no small part, upon the financial support of many successful business owners. The generosity of these individuals and their organizations may be a manifestation of several factors...more

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What Private Companies and Family Offices Need to Consider in 2025

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Across all industries, private companies, family offices, and their owners and management teams face rapidly evolving challenges, opportunities, and risks in the dynamic environment that is 2025. Here are 11 issues that...more

Warner Norcross + Judd

Is Your Business Planning Ready for an Unexpected Incapacity or Death? Stress Testing Your Estate Planning – Step 2

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Most people take steps to maintain good health, including scheduling annual checkups with their doctors to confirm there are no immediate or long-term health concerns. This checkup could include a stress test, which lets you...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Appellate Division Construes LLC Law 608 as Giving Voting Rights to a Deceased Member's Estate

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It wasn’t long ago that my partner, Peter Sluka, posted about the Andris case where the Appellate Division, Second Department, reinstated an LLC judicial dissolution proceeding brought by the estate of a deceased member....more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Owners of Closely Held Businesses: Time to check your buy-sell agreement

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Most closely held businesses, whether organized as a C or S corporation, LLC or partnership, have (or should have) a buy-sell agreement. A buy-sell agreement addresses what happens to an owner’s interest in the business when...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Business Owner’s Guide: Plan Your Exit

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As America’s largest generation approaches retirement age, we are seeing an influx of business owners looking for an exit ramp. Curiously, we are also seeing business owners of younger generations exiting, or planning to...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

All in the Family: Succession Issues in Family-Owned Businesses

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On this episode of “Splitting Heirs,” Warren K. Racusin talks with Lowenstein partner Nick San Filippo IV, Chair of the firm’s Business Divorce practice, and Jeff Savlov, a partner in the family business and wealth consulting...more

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