On May 11, Jones Walker is sponsoring the Fifth Annual Family Business Wealth Planning Seminar presented by the Tulane University Family Business Center at the Hotel InterContinental, New Orleans. Peter Wall, chief investment officer of J.P. Morgan Private Client Services in New York, will present "Economic Insights and Market Opportunities." Jones Walker partner Timothy Brechtel, Ben Johnson of the Greater New Orleans Foundation, Holly Sharp of Laporte Sehrt Romig Hand and Vanessa Brown Claiborne of Chaffe and Associates will discuss strategies for perpetuating the family business, pursuing the best investments, partnering with private equity, dealing with compensation issues equitably and much more.

Founded in 1992, the Tulane University Family Business Center has served more than 50 family companies with programs and resources to plan, evaluate and manage the company as they transition from one generation to the next.