Client Profiles

Who We Serve

Owner-managed businesses, the families behind them, and the professionals who advise them — where tax, family, and business decisions can't be separated, and the technical answer is only part of the problem.

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Owner-Managed Businesses

The core of this practice. Private companies where the owner is the decision-maker, and the business represents most of the family's net worth.

Common needs

  • Succession planning and estate freezes
  • Preparing the business for an eventual sale
  • Owner compensation and holding company structuring
  • CCPC passive income planning — SBD grind, RDTOH, CDA and GRIP
  • Corporate reorganizations and structural clean-up
  • Intergenerational transfers and next-generation ownership
  • Pipeline and post-mortem planning
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Family Offices & Principals

Families managing multi-generational wealth across trusts, holding structures, operating businesses, and investment portfolios — where discretion matters as much as technical accuracy.

Engagements range from discrete structuring projects to ongoing senior tax support, depending on what the family already has in place.

Trust structuring & administration Multi-entity group design Estate transition planning Coordination with existing advisors
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Legal Counsel & Estate Advisors

Lawyers, estate advisors, and wealth professionals coordinating multi-party planning who need a senior tax voice at the table — one who can hold a technical position and explain it to a family in the same meeting.

Referral relationships are treated as exactly that: your client remains your client.

Estate & trust counsel M&A counsel Wealth advisors Multi-advisor coordination
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Buyers, CFOs & PE-Backed Companies

Strategic and financial buyers requiring transaction tax support, and organizations needing senior tax oversight on contract rather than through a permanent hire.

Experience spans buy-side diligence, add-on acquisitions, post-close integration, carve-outs and separations, and contract VP Tax and Interim CFO engagements.

Buy-side diligence Add-on acquisitions Post-close integration Contract VP Tax Interim CFO

Transparency

Who We're Not the Right Fit For

This is a boutique practice. That means exceptional work for the clients it takes on — and it also means it isn't the right choice for everyone.

If you're primarily looking for standalone annual compliance without an advisory relationship, another firm will serve you better and more economically. If you need a firm with dozens of specialists across every domain, the breadth of a large firm may genuinely suit you more.

If you're unsure, a conversation is the fastest way to find out. We'll tell you honestly whether this is the right practice for your situation — and where possible, point you toward someone who is.

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