This new guide edited by the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners STEP features chapters by leading practitioners in the field including the Family Firm Institute HSBC Private Bank Boodle Hatfield and SandAire. The book considers what makes business families and family businesses unique and examines the issues that advisers are often called upon to address when assisting them. It helps practitioners to deepen their understanding of how families operate and to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to advise on such complex areas as conflicts between working and nonworking family members structure succession wealth management governance and meeting a familys philanthropic objectives. The guide provides a comprehensive handbook for all practitioners who advise business families including lawyers accountants financial advisers and wider family business advisers.