Ian Marsh

familydr

Ian Marsh specialises in family dynamics and communication. Drawing on 40 years' experience of working with families as adviser, litigator and trustee, on his craft as a mediator, and on the principles of interpersonal neurobiology, Ian now works as teacher, coach, facilitator and mediator to families around the world, helping them to have the conversations they need to have but have never quite got around to (too difficult!), or have tried their best to have but without success (nobody listened!). Those conversations are often (but by no means always) about succession and governance.

Ian is accredited as a mediator by both the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre. He is a member of the International Steering Committee of the STEP Business Families Special Interest Group, and is the author of the Conflict Management and Dispute Resolution chapter in Business Families and Family Businesses: The STEP Handbook for Advisers published by Globe Business Publishing Limited.

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Guarding against family business disputes

Practice notes

This Practice Note considers conflicts in the context of the family business. It provides an overview of predictable stress points in the family business, trigger points that elevate stress into situations of conflict, and the role of family governance in guarding against family business disputes.

Private Client

Resolving family business disputes

Practice notes

This Practice Note considers resolving disputes in the family business, including how to contain a dispute and how to get help if one occurs. It also considers the conflict resolution process in the context of a dispute in the family business.

Private Client