CHICAGO, IL – January 27, 2025 – Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (BBH) is pleased to announce the addition of Kristina White as a Senior Wealth Planner in our Chicago office. Kristina joins BBH as a Managing Director from McDermott Will & Emery where she was a Partner in their trust and estates practice. Kristina brings a deep knowledge of sophisticated wealth planning to BBH and will work directly with high net-worth individuals, families and private business owners on wealth transfer planning, trust and estate administration, and gift and generation-skipping transfer tax issues.
"Kristina's expertise will be invaluable to BBH and our Chicago clients, and we're looking forward to the unique perspective she'll bring to solving our client’s estate planning challenges," said Fernando Soto, Managing Director and Head of the Chicago office. "We look forward to continuing to work closely with private business owners and families across the region to ensure their wealth plans are rooted in their values and designed to achieve their goals.”
"As a Partner at McDermott, I worked closely with BBH Chicago serving our mutual clients across the Midwest," said Kristina White. "I'm thrilled to join the BBH team to holistically advise families and business owners on their estate and wealth plans in partnership with our relationship managers and investment professionals.”
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