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Governance Architecture
Translate the family's decisions into clear roles, forums, authorities, and accountability — before conflict makes the design urgent.
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Families accumulate authority and decision-making patterns without ever explicitly designing them.
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Who decides what, at which level, with what documentation and accountability?
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Before inter-generational transfers, as the family office matures, or when governance produces friction.
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A complete, explicit design of decision-making authority across all relevant parties.
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The governance structure that all subsequent instruments and decisions operate within.
Foundational Practice Cases
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Case II · Generational Conflict
The Alderton Family
Whether the family could agree on what the shared wealth was for — and whether that agreement could survive generational transition.
Case III · Governance Architecture
Meridian Family Office
What kind of institution the family had created, and whether the governance structure was adequate to govern it on behalf of all it served.
Studies in Endurance
Begin
Begin with a confidential conversation.
A first conversation explores the decision or transition your family is facing, the expertise already in place, and the questions that remain yours to answer.
All conversations are confidential. EDP does not share information about families who reach out, whether or not an engagement follows.
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