Our lawyers provide sophisticated advice to numerous family foundations, both large and small, in connection with a wide variety of issues ranging from self-dealing, jeopardy investments, excess business holdings, as well as domestic and international grantmaking. We regularly assist families in establishing procedures to vet potential grantees and monitor grants. We also assist families in developing strategies to engage in multi-generational philanthropy so as to incorporate the values of senior generations with those of younger generations and to foster a mechanism for family succession.