NEW YORK – Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, today announces that Edward V. Marshall has joined the Firm as global head of Family Office and High Net Worth (HNW) group.  The group includes 120 lawyers and professionals on six continents advocating for the interests of family offices and HNW individuals across the globe. 

In this new leadership role with Dentons, Marshall will direct the Firm’s strategy and implementation in further building an innovative program of insights, advice and access to better service the family office and HNW clients. Marshall joins Dentons as a principal and will be based in New York.  His new leadership role will report to Firm leadership, and Marshall will collaborate closely with Family Office and HNW group global co-chairs Brian Raftery and Rick Ross.

“Edward is a recognized and leading family office subject matter expert, advisor, and author. His deep background and proven track record in establishing and growing family office practices and in family office business development,” said Dentons Global CEO Elliott Portnoy. “The addition of this family office authority to our team demonstrates the importance of serving our family office and high net worth clients around the world.”  

“As Dentons continues to expand and in the New Dynamic, the significance of having the right experience in place to guide our client service cannot be understated,” said Joe Andrew, Global Chairman of Dentons. “We are extremely pleased to have someone with these credentials to lead this important area for the Firm globally and in 39 locations in the US. By having more offices in the United States than any other global law firm, we have better access to deal flow and better local information that family offices value.”

Prior to joining Dentons, Marshall was a managing director at Boston Private, helping lead its family office practice and was responsible for leading business development and account management of ultra high net worth and family office relationships. Prior to Boston Private, Marshall was a director in the Global Family Office group at Citi Private Bank where he led business development and program management for the North American team. Prior to joining Citi Private Bank, Marshall was a member of the UHNW and Family Office practice at Credit Suisse and managed client relationships as a relationship manager. He joined Credit Suisse from Booz Allen Hamilton where he was a member of their Organization and Strategy practice. Marshall began his career in the public sector working for the federal government in the United States and abroad.

“Edward’s innovative approach to the family office space will provide our clients with the connections, tools and insights to build and better run an effective family office,” said Ross. “Edward has incredible insights from his years of experience with this clientele, and he will help our Firm achieve the vision of creating a global hub where our HNW and family office clients across the world can receive curated thought leadership on how to thrive in the new dynamic, participate in an exclusive community of family office peers, and scenario plan for the months, years and decades ahead.”

Marshall earned his MBA from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business and a B.S. in human biology from Michigan State University. He is also a guest lecturer on family office and wealth management at New York University’s Stern School of Business. 

“Wealthy families struggle with many issues.  We know from speaking with our clients that these include managing complexity, obtaining quality deal flow for direct investing, and making meaningful connections to other family offices,” said Dentons US CEO Mike McNamara.  “Edward enhances our team of lawyers in tackling these are many other issues for our family office and HNW clients, which necessarily includes dealing with numerous exposures to risk, threats and privacy."

Marshall is member of the editorial board of the Family Wealth Report. He is also a core member and senior advisor to the UHNW Institute, a think tank organization set up to support family offices and UHNWIs by promoting best practices, professional development, and positive change in the wealth management industry.

Marshall is a member of the board of directors for Americas Warrior Partnership, a non-profit that acts as a force multiplier for veteran service organizations across the US, supports corporations to serve and retain veterans, and conducts groundbreaking research on the factors and potential causes behind veteran suicide. Previously Marshall was a board member and treasurer at Nonprofit Enterprise at Work, a non-profit capacity building center that improves the impact and performance of fellow nonprofits by working alongside leaders to create high-quality strategic solutions that advance their missions in their communities.

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