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Today’s family offices are looking to invest in opportunities they believe in. This is happening more often than with previous generations of wealthy families who focused more on the profitability of their investments. Some modern family offices are using a different set of criteria than their parents and...

Bill Gates’ and Prince al-Waleed’s investment in the Four Seasons brings to light the amount of wealth and investment capital held by family offices globally and their approach to investing. Over $4 trillion is managed by this distinct set of entities set up to manage the assets of...

Family offices are seeking direct investment opportunities that offer better returns than the public market and, therefore, investing in startup companies through longer-term private equity deals.

Spurred by continued wealth creation, globalization of businesses and investments and continued concentration of wealth, family offices have continued to proliferate worldwide. In 2017, Handler Thayer attorneys attended and conducted presentations at thirty tax, estate, family office and wealth management conferences in addition to conferences and lectures sponsored...

What do family offices do? Who has them? How are they regulated? What’s next for family offices?

Single-family offices (SFOs), the ultra-private organizations that help the world’s wealthiest families oversee their financial affairs, are often viewed as leading indicators for the broader HNW and UHNW markets. Reportedly more UHNW Investors are looking to make direct and alternative investments.