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A family should consider establishing a Family Office when wealth, complexity, or intergenerational planning needs exceed what informal structures or individual advisors can manage. This often occurs when families hold multiple businesses, investments across jurisdictions, or when succession and governance become pressing priorities.

Wealthy families commonly face risks including unclear succession plans, informal governance, founder dependency, family conflict, and misalignment between values and structures. Without intentional continuity planning, both financial assets and family relationships can erode across generations.