Structuring
Trusts, foundations, holding companies and the quieter decisions that shape how a family's wealth is held and protected.
The Stonehage Fleming name is retired as the firm becomes Corient
From 15 July 2026 the Stonehage Fleming website is offline and the business trades as Corient, ending one of the oldest brands in European family office advisory.
Corient adds Paris multi-family office Letus as its European buying continues
Corient has agreed to acquire Letus Private Office, a Paris-based multi-family office overseeing about €4.1 billion, its latest European deal after Stonehage Fleming, Stanhope and Bedrock.
Cross-border families: residency and the non-dom shift
Wealthy families are more mobile than ever, and tax regimes are moving under them. Why residency planning is now a continuous discipline, not a one-off.
Corient buys Stonehage Fleming and Stanhope Capital. The combined group manages $508 billion.
The largest independent UHNW wealth manager in the world now exists. Corient completed its acquisitions of Stonehage Fleming and Stanhope Capital on 1 June 2026.
Winston Taylor launches as 1,400-lawyer transatlantic firm with private wealth at its core
The merger of Winston & Strawn and Taylor Wessing UK went live on 1 June 2026, creating a £1.2bn firm that positions private wealth as one of four defining capabilities.
Liechtenstein rewrites its trust law. Existing structures have eighteen months to adapt.
A new Liechtenstein trust statute takes effect on 1 July 2026, requiring every private trust to appoint an information rights holder. Existing trusts must comply by 31 December 2027.
Single or multi-family office: an honest way to decide
Single family office or multi-family office? The trade-offs around control, cost and alignment, and an honest way to decide which fits your family.
Solorz signed one document. A court in Vaduz made it permanent.
Polish billionaire Zygmunt Solorz transferred founder's rights in his Liechtenstein foundations, tried to revoke the next day, and lost. His media empire now belongs to his children.
Preparing the family for a liquidity event
Selling the business turns operators into investors overnight. The families who handle it well prepare the people, not just the deal.
Choosing and working with a multi-family office
A good multi-family office buys you scale and expertise without the burden of building. The hard part is telling a good one from a polished sales process.
The UK non-dom regime is gone. Here is what replaced it.
After more than two centuries, the UK abolished the non-domiciled tax status from 6 April 2025. The replacement is a four-year relief for new arrivals and a transition facility for everyone else.
Trusts and succession: the questions that matter
Families reach for a trust before they have answered why. The structure should follow the intent, not the other way round.
How to set up a single family office, in the right order
A practical guide to setting up a single family office in the UK: where to start, the order most families get wrong, and how to assemble the right advisers.
What we are reading about family offices
No noise, no selling. A measured note on the advisory landscape.