de Visscher & Co.( www.devisscher.com ) is one of the world's most established financial advisors to family businesses and single family offices. Over its 20 year history, de Visscher has advised over 300 families around the globe on solving liquidity issues of shareholders or capital issues of their business. Through a unique combination of financial consulting , investment banking and patient capital sourcing services , the team at de Visscher addresses the often complex financial dilemma for a business owning family of reconciling the diverging economic interests of the shareholders , the growing capital needs of a business and the long-term stewardship of the family wealth.
To that effect , one of its affiliated companies Family Capital Partners, LLC (www.familycapitalpartners.net ) structures long-term patient capital solutions for family businesses sourcing capital from single family offices and HNW individuals , who have the understanding of family companies and a desire to partner with successful family business owners. ( " Families Investing in Families ") .
Francois M. de Visscher , founder and President of de Visscher & Co. , is a fourth generation shareholders and family board member of his own family business , Bekaert NV , headquartered in his native Belgium . (www.bekaert.com ) . Prior to starting his own firm , Mr. de Visscher was a Managing Director of Smith Barney where he founded and ran the Family Business Group.
Headquartered in Greenwich CT , just outside New York City, de Visscher & Co. services family clients in the US , Latin America , Europe and the Middle East.