LNW
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Client AUMClient assets under management
$10,659,596,287
Clients
1,079
Advisors
61
across 4 offices
About
Laird Norton Wetherby Wealth Management (LNW) provides comprehensive wealth planning and investment management primarily to high‑net‑worth individuals and families and to related entities such as trusts, foundations, charitable organizations, and family partnerships. The firm offers integrated services that include investment management, financial and estate planning, and coordination with clients’ other advisors, and its affiliates provide trust services.
LNW develops customized investment policy statements and emphasizes strategic asset allocation, global diversification, and a core‑satellite approach that can include active managers, tax‑aware implementation, and alternative investments across three broad categories (diversifiers, private real assets, and private equity). Portfolios are implemented with discretionary authority in many cases, supported by manager due diligence, periodic rebalancing, and use of tools such as financial modeling and tax‑aware placement; the firm also describes operational use of artificial intelligence to create efficiencies.
Compared with many peers, LNW is notable for sponsoring and serving as general partner to private funds (including renewable power vehicles) that provided client access to private strategies and for participating on private‑fund advisory committees, which can create additional diligence access and potential conflicts the firm discloses and manages. The firm also describes a formalized institutional relationship with a primary custodian that provides Schwab‑level institutional services and advisory‑board engagement, and it documents bespoke processes for proxy voting, SLOAs, and annual surprise custody audits.
Client services
Expertise
Fee options
Retainer or other fixed fees to cover investment and financial advisory services or special accounts/projects
Hourly or project fees are set forth in the investment advisory agreement based on project complexity and staff skill
Account minimum: $3,000,000 Minimum fee: Fees may be subject to an annual fee minimum or adjustment
Main office
See office801 Second Avenue, Suite 1600
Seattle WA 98104
Advisors at this office
39
Offices (4)
Alaska · Arizona · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Florida · Idaho · Illinois · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · Ohio · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Texas · Utah · Virginia · Washington · Wisconsin
Also doing business as
Karetsky/Wetherby Asset Management · Laird Norton Wetherby Wealth Management, LLC · Lnw · Wetherby Asset Management · Wetherby Asset Management LLC
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