Est. 1954 · Counsel of record

Measured advice for consequential moments

Whitmore & Associates advises founders, families, and fiduciaries. Three generations of partners, one standard: counsel we would give our own.

70 yrs At the same address
14 Attorneys of record
€2.1B Matters closed, last decade
The firm's offices
Practice areas

Four disciplines, practiced deeply

We decline more engagements than we accept. Depth over breadth — it's why opposing counsel returns our calls first.

All practices
I.

Corporate & transactions

Formation to exit — governance, financing rounds, and M&A for owner-led companies.

II.

Estates & succession

Wills, trusts, and family-business succession planned a generation ahead.

III.

Commercial litigation

Disputes worth fighting, settled from strength — tried when they aren't.

IV.

Real estate

Acquisition, development, and leasing counsel for institutional and private owners.

Partners in discussion in the conference room
The firm's law library Scales of justice on a partner's desk
The firm

Partners answer their own phones

No associates learning on your file, no billing surprises, no jargon without translation. You engage a partner; you work with that partner.

  • Fixed-fee options — most transactional work quoted before we begin.
  • 48-hour responses — in writing, in plain language.
  • Conflict-checked in a day — you'll know quickly if we can act.
Representative matters

Quiet work, loud results

€340MFamily manufacturing group — cross-border sale
3 weeksInjunction secured against a departing executive
4 gen.Vineyard estate transitioned without a dispute
Client meeting at the firm

"They told me not to do the deal. That advice cost them a fee and saved my company. We've never worked with anyone else since."

Client portrait
M. van Doren CEO, logistics group · client since 2011
Consultation

Tell us about the matter

Confidential, conflict-checked within one business day. No obligation on either side.

Counsel reviewing documents

Chambers

1 Cathedral Square, Fourth Floor
By appointment.

  • ReceptionMon–Fri, 8:30 – 18:00
  • Urgent mattersPartner on call
  • LanguagesEN · NL · FR · DE