2025 results · Aggregate & case files

Two-hundred fourteen million dollars in measured client savings.

2025 was the firm’s strongest year on aggregate savings, driven by sunset-driven SLAT funding and a heavier-than-usual founder-exit cycle. Below: the breakdown by pillar, plus six anonymized case files.

Total client savings 2025
$214M
+18.4% YoY
Households served
230
+22 households YoY
Median per-household
$2.4M
+9.1% YoY
2025 savings by pillar

Where the $214M came from.

The chart below allocates the year’s aggregate client savings across the six pillars. Wealth-transfer leads in 2025 driven by sunset-positioning; in 2026 the mix shifts toward business and planning.

2025 client tax savings — by pillar (USD M)

Wealth transferPillar III
$71.4M
Business strategyPillar IV
$48.9M
Strategic planningPillar I
$36.2M
Entity structuringPillar II
$28.7M
CharitablePillar VI
$18.3M
InternationalPillar V
$10.5M
Six anonymized case files

Six engagements. Identifying details removed.

Six case studies drawn from the 2025 book. Each shows the household archetype, the three highest-leverage strategies deployed, and the measured savings net of advisory fees.

CF/01 · 2025

Post-exit founder

Archetype: post-exit founder · $48M NLW
Net savings
$6.0M

Founder five years post-exit; concentrated former-employer public stock at 41% of portfolio; partial QSBS rollover available; charitable-giving target 8% NLW/yr.

i. Strategy stack
  1. Section 1045 QSBS rollover$2.4M federal savings; reinvested in 2 new QSBS-eligible positions
  2. SLAT funding before sunset$1.9M estate-tax avoidance + valuation discounts
  3. Charitable lead trust seeded with low-basis stock$1.1M deduction + heir-friendly remainder
Pillars
III, IV, VI
Engagement yr
3rd
Cum. savings
$13.6M
CF/02 · 2025

Senior executive

Archetype: C-suite executive · $19M NLW
Net savings
$1.7M

CFO of a public company; vested ISOs and NSOs accelerating; non-qualified deferred-comp plan with 2026 distribution; relocating from CA to TX mid-year.

i. Strategy stack
  1. ISO bargain-element timingSpread ISO exercises across two years to avoid AMT crystallization
  2. State-residency change$840k state-tax savings via documented mid-year domicile shift
  3. NQDC distribution sequencingPush 60% of distribution to year-3 of TX residency
Pillars
I, II
Engagement yr
2nd
Cum. savings
$2.9M
CF/03 · 2025

Multi-gen family

Archetype: multi-generational family · $112M NLW
Net savings
$11.4M

Third-generation family with operating real-estate portfolio across 4 states; family foundation funding underway; G3 children entering productive earning years.

i. Strategy stack
  1. Reciprocal SLAT structure$36M removed from each spouse’s estate w/ valuation discount
  2. Cost-segregation across 7 properties$3.1M of accelerated depreciation captured
  3. G3 income-shift via family LLC$680k annual savings; QBI deduction restored
Pillars
II, III, IV
Engagement yr
7th
Cum. savings
$48.2M
CF/04 · 2025

Cross-border founder

Archetype: founder, US/UK dual residency · $24M NLW
Net savings
$2.8M

UK national, US green card holder, founder of a US tech company; pre-IPO secondary sale closing in 2026; family trusts in Jersey; expatriation planning under evaluation.

i. Strategy stack
  1. Treaty-tiebreaker positioningAvoided dual residency creating $1.4M annual exposure
  2. Pre-secondary QSBS qualificationConfirmed Section 1202 qualification on $9M of stock
  3. Pre-expatriation modelingThree-year roadmap if green-card surrender path is chosen
Pillars
IV, V
Engagement yr
1st
Cum. savings
$2.8M
CF/05 · 2025

Private-equity partner

Archetype: PE GP · $34M NLW
Net savings
$3.6M

Mid-market PE partner; carried-interest vesting in two funds; substantial fund-level capital commitments; planning a partial liquidity event by Q4 2026.

i. Strategy stack
  1. Carried-interest charitable transferDonated 2.4% carried-interest stake to DAF pre-vesting
  2. Multi-state nexus optimizationDocumented FL primary residence; cut state liability 4.8%
  3. Spousal IDGT installment sale$8M of pre-appreciation interests sold to grantor trust
Pillars
II, III, VI
Engagement yr
4th
Cum. savings
$11.9M
CF/06 · 2025

Real-estate operator

Archetype: family real-estate operator · $67M NLW
Net savings
$5.2M

Second-generation operator of 1.4M sqft commercial real-estate portfolio; pending 1031 exchange on 3 assets; family foundation funded with appreciated holdings.

i. Strategy stack
  1. 1031 exchange architecture$2.1M federal deferral on $14M of gain across 3 trades
  2. Cost-segregation refresh on portfolio$1.8M of catch-up depreciation captured
  3. Foundation grant of low-basis property$1.3M deduction + foundation funding milestone
Pillars
II, IV, VI
Engagement yr
5th
Cum. savings
$22.1M
$1.46B
Cumulative client tax savings since 2018.

Eight years. 230 active households. $1.46B of measured savings net of advisory fees, retainer costs, and execution expenses.

Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Methodology and aggregation criteria available on request.
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