Multi-Family Office Services
Coordinated legal counsel for families whose assets, businesses, and affairs cross borders.
A few examples of what we can handle
Local & in-country services
- Ongoing legal and administrative coordination for family assets, companies, properties, investments, and private affairs in the jurisdictions where they are located
- Representation and local follow-through before public authorities, registries, banks, notaries, municipalities, utilities, counterparties, and other institutions, directly or through appropriate local professionals where required
- Administration and oversight of residential, commercial, and other family properties, including leases, tenant matters, registrations, recurring obligations, and coordination with property managers
- Ongoing administration of family companies and other privately held interests, including corporate records, filings, approvals, contracts, and coordination with local corporate-service providers
Property, procurement & administration
- Property maintenance, repair, and improvement coordination, including identifying contractors and technical professionals, defining the required work, obtaining quotations, organizing competitive bids where appropriate, and following implementation
- Procurement of goods, works, and professional or technical services, including preparation of requests for quotations or bids, comparison of proposals, contractual coordination, and oversight of delivery or performance
- Coordination of bookkeeping, accounting, financial reporting, tax filings, payroll, bill payment, and other recurring financial-administration requirements with accountants and other qualified professionals
- Organization and maintenance of legal, corporate, property, contractual, accounting, insurance, and administrative records, together with monitoring of renewals, filings, payments, and other recurring obligations
Regional & international coordination
- Coordination of family assets, businesses, properties, investments, and private affairs extending across multiple countries or regions
- A central point of contact for matters involving lawyers, accountants, tax advisers, fiduciaries, banks, investment professionals, insurers, property managers, engineers, architects, valuers, consultants, and other specialists
- Selection and coordination of local counsel, professional advisers, contractors, and service providers through the family’s existing relationships or the firm’s professional network
- Cross-border implementation of family decisions, including documentation, professional appointments, local formalities, instructions, approvals, execution steps, and follow-through in the jurisdictions involved
Ancillary & special-purpose support
- Coordination of valuations, insurance matters, technical inspections, due diligence, inventories, and other ancillary services required to administer, preserve, maintain, acquire, dispose of, or operate family assets
- Management of one-off or recurring projects requiring several professionals or service providers, with responsibilities, bids, documentation, timelines, and implementation coordinated through one point of oversight
One point of oversight. Local execution where needed. International coordination where required.
A family’s affairs may involve different assets, businesses, properties, professionals, institutions, and jurisdictions at the same time. We begin by identifying what requires ongoing attention, who is already involved, which responsibilities can be handled directly, and where local or specialist support is required.
At the local level, the work may involve legal and administrative follow-through, property oversight, procurement, competitive bids, maintenance, corporate administration, accounting coordination, records, payments, and recurring obligations. Where a service falls outside the firm’s own professional functions or requires local authorization, we coordinate the appropriate accountant, fiduciary, property professional, contractor, technical adviser, local counsel, or other provider.
Across countries and regions, Attieh & Chebli serves as a coordinating point between the family and the professionals responsible for different parts of its affairs. We work with the family’s existing advisers and draw on the firm’s professional network where additional expertise or local capability is required, keeping instructions, responsibilities, documentation, deadlines, and implementation connected across jurisdictions.
One point of coordination for the many parts of the family’s affairs.
Coordinate legal, administrative, accounting, property, procurement, and ancillary needs across jurisdictions through one point of oversight.
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