W. Aaron Hawthorne is the Principal of Hawthorne Global Tax LLC and a trusted advisor to sophisticated, globally active families. For nearly thirty years, he has guided ultra-wealthy U.S. and multi-national families through the resolution of complex financial and tax issues that protect and grow generational wealth. His practice centers on U.S. transfer and income tax matters, with an emphasis on strategic global tax planning designed to appropriately limit overall global tax exposure for U.S. and non-U.S. families across multiple generations — always with careful attention to the family’s goals for themselves and their portfolio companies. Aaron works alongside the full advisory team to help families identify their objectives and chart an efficient path to achieve them, while navigating both current and evolving tax and non-tax risks.