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Wills, Estates & Trusts

Jul. 17, 2026

Designing continuity: Governance tools for the modern family enterprise - part two

As family wealth increasingly consists of closely held businesses and other complex assets, succession planning has become less about transferring ownership and more about designing governance.

Holly Gilani

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Barry Resnick

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Designing continuity: Governance tools for the modern family enterprise - part two
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As family wealth increasingly consists of closely held businesses, family investment companies, private equity interests, commercial real estate, intellectual property and digital assets, succession is no longer simply a matter of transferring ownership. It has become an exercise in designing governance.

Recognizing that shift, however, is only the beginning. The more difficult question, and i...

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