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Morgan Lewis

10 Frequently Asked Questions on Starting a Family Office

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In the last decade, family offices have become increasing popular vehicles among high-net-worth individuals and families looking for more formalized investment management, tax planning, estate planning, and philanthropic...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Maximizing Wealth: The Worldwide Growth of Family Offices

Many wealthy families in the US and worldwide utilize family offices to manage their assets and various other needs. In March 2024, CNBC reported that the number of family offices topped 4,500 last year, managing over $6...more

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Family Affair – Introducing Family Office Life Annuity™ (aka FOLA™)

Most of you know by now that I grew up in the Panama Canal Zone which no longer exists as of 1999. In that respect, the transition left me as a man without a country. My father (of blessed memory) when referring to kids...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

January 1 Effective Date for FINRA IPO Allocation Rules Changes

On December 19, 2019, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) adopted amendments to Rules 5130 and 5131 (the “New Issues Rules”) to permit allocations of initial public offering (IPO) profits to certain...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

CFTC and NFA Year End Regulatory Updates

• Effective January 1, 2020, clarifying amendments to rules regarding communications with the public and use of promotional material will go into effect. • Effective February 1, 2020, CTA will be subject to new limitations...more

Troutman Pepper

Family Offices and PE: Can't We All Get Along

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Family office managers and private equity general partners have many common interests. Chief among them is providing maximum returns for their employees and their investors. How family offices and private equity funds...more

McGuireWoods LLP

The Rise of Direct Investing by Single-Family Offices

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The recent growth of single-family offices (SFOs) continues its upward trend. A recent study by Ernst & Young estimates at least 10,000 family offices exist around the globe, with more than half established within the last 15...more

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Benesch Market Intelligence: Developments in Family Offices - Q3 2018

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Family Office News - Six ultra high net worth trends - On September 5th Wealth-X released its 2018 World Ultra Wealth Report. Highlights of note were that Asian countries have seen the fastest growth in wealth...more

Williams Mullen

IRS Gets “Bageled” in Tax Court Over Family Office Expenses

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A recent case, Lender Management LLC v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, T.C. Memo. 2017-246, has created a window of opportunity for family offices to restructure their affairs and potentially deduct certain family office...more

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Benesch Market Intelligence: Developments in Family Offices - Q2 2018

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Five cross-generational transformations of successful family enterprise - As family businesses grow and are passed on through generations, they often struggle to survive unless they can adapt to changing cultures, and...more

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Family Offices Market Intelligence: Developments in Family Offices - Q1 2018

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Bank of Singapore Seeks to Expand Its Family Office Business - Bank of Singapore, the private bank of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp., is looking to expand its family office business as the city-state rolls out the red...more

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Family Offices Market Intelligence: Developments in Family Offices - Q4 2017

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Family Offices Flourish Around the World - In some sense, family offices have always been around. They were present back in medieval times in England and hundreds of years ago during major dynasties in China—it was just...more

A&O Shearman

Tax Court Rules Family Office Is Engaged in a Trade or Business

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On December 13, 2017, in Lender Management, LLC v. Commissioner, the U.S. Tax Court ruled that a family office, Lender Management, LLC (“Lender Management”), was “carrying on a trade or business” as an investment manager...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Family Office Series, Part III: How Are Family Offices Structured?

As we noted in a previous family office series blog post, “if you’ve seen one family office, you’ve seen one family office.” There is no standard legal structure for family offices. The types and number of legal entities used...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Introduction to Our Family Office Series

Many wealthy families form or consider forming a “family office” to manage their wealth and provide services to family members. Whether forming a family office is feasible and whether it will be successful depends on a number...more

Akerman LLP

Creating Best Practices for Your Family Office

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The "family office" is back in vogue. The dramatic increase in wealth creation during the last thirty years has given rise to a new generation of Rockefellers, Mellons, and Phipps. Today, families with sufficient wealth –...more

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