The 5-Step Plan to Create your Single-Family Office: A step-by-step guide to create a resilient international family office in a World of VUCA, using (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798269112749)

This book is a practical, battle-tested guide for ultra-high-net-worth families and advisors who must design resilient, compliant, and cost-efficient single-family offices in a volatile world. Drawing on real-world experience across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, The 5-Step Plan to Create your Single-Family Office lays out a clear, repeatable methodology to turn family values into an operational, multi-jurisdictional SFO that survives geopolitical shocks, regulatory change, and generational transition.

This book explains the why, what, and how of building a modern SFO: from founding a Family Council and writing a Family Constitution to selecting jurisdictions, legal vehicles, operational models, technology, and talent. It compares seven leading hubs-London, Luxembourg, Zurich, Dubai, Mauritius, Singapore, and Hong Kong-against the practical needs of an emerging-market family with a $500M AUM profile. It introduces a "hub-and-spoke" architecture and a novel Denial-of-Service (DoS) framework that treats de-banking and service withdrawal as existential operational risks to be managed proactively.

Key features

• Step-by-step 5-Step Plan: Family alignment; scope and strategy; jurisdiction and structure selection; implementation; governance and continuous review.
• Jurisdictional analysis: Direct comparisons of legal, tax, substance, residency, litigation, and lifestyle factors across seven markets.
• Operational model: Practical in-house vs outsourced mappings, an 8-headcount case study, and a detailed cost benchmark.
• Risk & resilience: The DoS framework, outward-compliance playbook, BCP activation triggers, and multi-bank diversification strategies.
• Investment economics: Focus on Total Expense Ratio (TER) management, fund vehicle choices (VCC, OFC, ICC), and practical ideas to control private markets fees.
• Governance tools: Templates for Family Charters, Family Council roles, Investment Committee design, and executive job descriptions.

Who should read this book

• Founders and principals planning a family office or formalising existing informal arrangements.
• Family office executives and aspiring SFO leaders who need a pragmatic operational blueprint.
• Wealth advisers, trustees, lawyers, and private bankers advising families with cross-border exposures.
• Next-generation family members seeking a structured education on stewardship, governance, and impact investing.

What you will get

• A concrete, implementable roadmap that turns family values into legally robust and operationally resilient structures.
• A comparative playbook to choose the right hubs, vehicle types, and staffing mix for your family's priorities.
• Checklists, cost benchmarks, and job descriptions you can use immediately in planning and hiring.

Start building a family office designed to endure. This book gives you the method, the case study, and the practical tools to make it real.

Author: Geoffroy Dedieu
ISBN-13: 9798269112749
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 10/09/2025
Pages: 236
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.50d