Plante Moran

Our family office service group provides affluent families and family offices, a complete range of planning, risk mitigation, and compliance services throughout the nation. See the snapshot tab for our full list of tax, accounting & audit, consulting, and wealth transfer & estate planning services.

Our investment advisory services are provided by Plante Moran Financial Advisors, LLC. First and foremost, Plante Moran Financial Advisors is independent and objective, so our focus is always on helping clients find the right solution rather than a specific solution. Our investment decision making process is a highly collaborative and research-intensive process and with decisions being informed by collaboration between our due diligence and investment strategy teams as well the Plante Moran Financial Advisors research and investment committees.

We focus on people: our clients and our staff. We believe that our clients are the center of all we do and their satisfaction is our primary concern which is why we are focused on our staff. We strive to create an environment that the partners and staff enjoy. As a result, our clients are served by people who enjoy what they do. Clients who work with us quickly recognize that we are committed to their success, and they receive great service and solutions as a result. Expertise in each client’s industry, individualized attention, and client service team members who are committed to quality, integrity, and professionalism are key elements in how we serve each client. Further, we are guided by the golden rule when we are dealing with both clients and staff. We treat our clients and staff like we would want to be treated. For clients, this means we do what we say we are going to do when we say we are going to do it. Clients don’t have to worry about surprises and will be well informed along the way. For the past 15 years, Plante Moran has been a one of FORTUNE magazine’s list of the '100 Best Companies to Work For' in America. We’ve also been cited by Human Resources Executive Magazine as one of the 18 best places to work for millennials. Our winning culture translates into strong staff retention, more efficient use of our client’s time and more opportunity for staff to collaborate on projects. All of these result in an unparalleled experience for our clients.

Many of our clients have recently sold their companies or large blocks of public company stock. Other clients still own their family business and have begun transitioning the business across generations. We also help families form family offices after a liquidity event and work with mature family offices on internal controls and operational issues. A typical family office client relies on us to help them with their tax, investment advisory, and/or business issues resulting from their ownership of real estate, private businesses, and securities. Many of our clients have ownership structures that utilize family limited partnerships, trusts, and private foundations.

Plante Moran’s three main differentiators are: Our culture: Beginning with the leadership philosophy, values and principles outlined by one of our founders, Frank Moran, we are guided by the Golden Rule in all of our actions. Our commitment to professional development, collaboration and balance has helped us be named to FORTUNE’S best places to work list for the past 15 years and ensures that our clients benefit from staff continuity and the highest degree of professionalism. Our breadth of services: We really are somewhat unique in the family office industry for the range of services we can provide our clients through a single point of contact. This allows us to provide specialized support to clients who need a specific service or holistic multi-family office solutions for clients who want the full comprehensive approach. Also, our Family Office Services Group is part of the entire Plante Moran team of over 2,000 professionals providing audit, tax, and consulting services to middle market companies throughout the world. This expansive team resource provides an additional point of distinction to most other organizations providing traditional family office services. Our focus on technical excellence: Our family office professionals hold numerous professional certifications and designations, are frequently quoted in the press, and are well respected authors, thought leaders, and public speakers. Quality and technical expertise is a core part of who we are as professionals and our approach to client service.