Keeping patrimonies coherent & resilient as lives evolve and rules change.
When family wealth spans borders, generations, and personal realities, Yours helps keep it together. Lawfully, discreetly and with lasting effect.
Our focus stays with you and yours.
Patrimonies are never just about assets. They are about people. A founder. A spouse. Children with different lives, countries, ambitions, and degrees of involvement.
That is why Yours begins with the full human and patrimonial reality that surrounds a family. We design the structure, governance, and transmission needed to make that reality workable over time. And make sure every answer we give fits the coherent whole.
Not the maximum. The optimum.Coherent. Lawful. Resilient.Built to hold. Built to last.
For families whose reality is more complex than standard wealth planning
You may be dealing with:
international family branches
multi-jurisdictional assets
succession questions with emotional and legal weight
governance that no longer matches family reality
a need for clarity between private interests and collective continuity
sensitive decisions that require absolute discretion
When the stakes are this high, structure is never administrative. It is strategic.
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Four examples of typical situations where YOURS advises
Succession is approaching, but the family no longer lives in one country
Children have moved abroad. Tax residences differ and are spread across jurisdictions. Intentions are clear in principle, but fragile in execution. Yours helps redesign the patrimonial architecture so succession becomes workable, lawful and resilient across borders.
A liquidity event changes everything
The sale of a company, a major dividend, or a transfer of control creates new exposure, new options and new risks. What once worked no longer fits the scale or complexity of your patrimony. Yours helps you and yours rethink ownership, governance and long-term structuring before speed, improvisation or poor alignment create lasting damage.
Family realities have evolved faster than the structures
Blended families. Unequal involvement. Different levels of maturity. Different visions of responsibility, access, control or future roles. Yours helps create coherent frameworks that respect people as they are, while protecting the patrimony as a whole.
The family wants freedom without losing control
A family member relocates. Another launches a venture. One branch becomes more international. Another wants stability. The question is no longer only how to preserve wealth, but how to preserve room to live on one’s own terms without weakening the overall architecture. Yours helps design structures that absorb movement, safeguard clarity and support sovereignty at both personal and family level.
Do your situation and challenges differ completely from the above examples? Rest assured: they always do. Every family or patrimony requires deep understanding and tailor-made solutions. That is exactly where our experts make the difference.
Why families choose YOURS
Because patrimonial complexity needs architecture, not fragmented advice.
Families often surround themselves with capable specialists who each see one part of the picture. Yours can hold the whole.
We define what needs to be built and assist you in setting up a coherent architecture. All within the specificities of every jurisdiction in which you or your family operate. This is how families avoid scattered recommendations, hidden contradictions and structures that look right on paper but fail in real life.
Our principles of trust
We start with people, not paperwork.
Because no long-lasting architecture can ignore family dynamics, decision rights, mobility, succession intent or the realities of next generations.
We do not apply standard playbooks.
Every family ecosystem has its own logic. The answer must fit that reality, not force it into a template.
We design the highest scrutiny.
Because families operating across borders cannot afford fragility in governance or execution.
We live by discretion. Always.
Because clarity is necessary, but exposure is not. Sensitive matters require rigour, boundaries and trust.
How it works
How YOURS works
A mandate with Yours typically unfolds in three movements.
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Understand
We build a precise view of the family ecosystem, patrimonial structure, ambitions, sensitivities and friction points.
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Design
We define the governance logic, the structural options and the legal and tax architecture required to create coherence.
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Orchestrate
As the conductor of the various experts involved (lawyers, tax advisors, bankers, notaries, …), we guide the implementation so that the whole process remains aligned from intent to execution.
Led by experience. Built for families who cannot afford uncertainty.
Yours is founded and led by Jean-Louis Waucquez, whose team has earned the trust of sophisticated family ecosystems facing high-stakes, cross-border family and patrimony-related questions.
For families who seek clarity, structure, and coherence. Yours works hard to be the partner who is able to turn complexity into a robust and clear architecture families can build a future on.
Let us begin with what matters most: your reality.
Discreetly. Personally. Without obligation.