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Baker Tilly Launches Customized Services for Family-Owned Businesses

Baker Tilly’s family business strategy group helps family business owners plan for growth and succession

CHICAGO (Jan. 17, 2019) – Leading advisory, tax and assurance firm Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP (Baker Tilly) announces Baker Tilly’s family business strategy group – a team of specialists providing services and counsel to family enterprises, portfolio companies and individual family members. 

“Our research shows that as baby boomers leave management, family businesses valuing trillions of dollars will change hands over the next few years,” Principal and Baker Tilly Family Business Strategy Group Leader Gary Plaster said. “Our team helps clients prepare for transition and be proactive in how they respond to challenges like selling the business or stalled growth.”

Baker Tilly’s family business strategy group streamlines the efforts of specialists within and outside of the firm, such as general counsel or wealth managers, to enhance and protect clients’ value. Baker Tilly’s specialists serve as advisors to develop a customized roadmap that addresses each client’s planning needs.

“Every family business is unique and each one requires a tailored client experience that recognizes those complexities,” adds Plaster. “We have the expertise and resources to help family enterprises grow and succeed.”

To learn more about Baker Tilly’s family business strategy group, visit bakertilly.com/industries/family-business.

About Baker Tilly US, LLP (bakertilly.com)

Baker Tilly US, LLP (Baker Tilly) is a leading advisory, tax and assurance firm whose specialized professionals guide clients through an ever-changing business world, helping them win now and anticipate tomorrow. Headquartered in Chicago, Baker Tilly, and its affiliated entities, have operations in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Baker Tilly is an independent member of Baker Tilly International, a worldwide network of independent accounting and business advisory firms in 145 territories, with 34,700 professionals. The combined worldwide revenue of independent member firms is $3.6 billion. Visit bakertilly.com or join the conversation on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

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