FAMILY OFFICES You are here Home Services Corporate Family offices A family office can be an ideal corporate vehicle to ensure protection of substantial personal wealth through the generations, whilst meeting business and philanthropic objectives and safeguarding privacy. As a regulated entity, it will require careful corporate structuring and planning with regard to tax liabilities, regulatory compliance and employment strategy. Expert legal advice is essential to ensure compliance with financial authorisation, governance, risk management and staff incentives and remuneration are managed carefully. Forsters provides integrated advice from our Private Client, Corporate, Financial Services Regulation, Employment, Dispute Resolution and Family teams. We have advised many single and multi-family offices on matters ranging from strategic planning through structuring and set up, governance and risk management, to expansion and mergers. We advise clients on the creation of trusts, private trust companies, FCA authorised private open ended investment companies, limited partnerships, onshore and offshore corporate vehicles which invest in real estate, private equity, hedge funds and other specialised asset classes. We also advise on fund documents such as offering memoranda, investment management agreements, custody agreements, and prime brokerage agreements. Our lawyers have extensive experience of cross border regulatory frameworks and structures and work with advisers in other jurisdictions. This approach affords our clients complete understanding of local regulatory, tax and asset protection issues in offshore environments. We can also assist with: family office governance pre and post-nuptial agreements and preparing for divorce employment and remuneration strategies sale, restructuring, mergers or expansion dispute resolution succession planning. The Life Cycle of Family Wealth From growing a business to starting a family or handing over control of that business to the next generation, every individual has their own goals to aspire to. Our Private Wealth lawyers advise our clients throughout this family life cycle, providing the legal advice required for specific transactions such as purchasing a home or selling a business, whilst also advising on the long-term opportunities for succession and estate planning. Private Client 2021 - Lexology - Getting The Deal Through In Lexology Getting the Deal Through's Private Client 2021 guide, Forsters' Private Wealth team have outlined the important estate planning issues that international clients need to consider if they wish to invest in or come to the UK. Contact us Xavier Nicholas PARTNER Email Xavier View full profile Craig Thompson HEAD OF CORPORATE Email Craig View full profile PREVIOUS NEXT Xavier NicholasCraig ThompsonLucy BarberCatharine BellCarole CookRoberta HarveyNick JacobAndrew LaneKelly Noel-SmithAnthony ThompsonCraig ThompsonDaniel Ugur THE WIDER TEAM Dispute Resolution Arbitration Art & heritage property Commercial disputes Contentious construction Contentious trusts and estates Corporate disputes Court of Protection Enfranchisement Family offices Funded Litigation Investment, financial services and regulatory claims Property litigation Professional negligence Our Insights VIEW ALL INSIGHTS "Solution-focused commercial property experts". Legal 500 UK Home Covid-19 Information Hub Services People News About us CSR Careers Contact Gender Pay Gap Report 2020 Members List Price Transparency Regulatory Notices Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement Terms of Business Extranet login Change cookie preferences Address Forsters LLP 31 Hill Street London W1J 5LS DX 82988 Mayfair Contact T: +44 207 863 8333 Contact us Forsters LLP is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. All content © 2021 Forsters LLP. All rights reserved. Social SRA ID: 400249 Marketing Cookies We use marketing cookies to help us improve the relevancy of advertising campaigns you receive. Marketing Cookies On Off About this tool (Opens in a new window) External Link Icon