Grant Tani Barash & Altman

The firm leans on decades-old relationships with regional real estate operators, law firm partners, and entertainment industry intermediaries. Co-founder Kenneth Grant's legal practice at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp created a referral network that feeds the firm's direct credit and real estate pipelines. This relationship-driven model is typical of Los Angeles-based multi-family offices that serve concentrated wealth in entertainment and professional services.

It operates as a multi-family office serving a small, fixed number of client families. The structure is closer to a family office than a commercial RIA — with family-advisory services including tax, estate planning, and philanthropy coordination sitting alongside investment functions. The firm does not market to the public or seek to scale assets under management in the manner of a traditional fund manager.

The firm concentrates on multifamily and industrial properties in coastal and Sun Belt gateway markets, including California, Texas, and Florida. Office exposure is limited and typically involves assets with strong credit tenants or redevelopment optionality. Transactions are generally structured as joint ventures with specialized regional operators rather than as direct acquisitions.

Grant Tani Barash & Altman allocates across both fund commitments and direct co-investments. On the credit side, it commits to funds managed by firms such as Ares and Oaktree while also originating direct bridge loans. On the real estate side, it favors joint ventures. Hedge fund allocations are exclusively via commingled fund commitments.

Much of the client wealth originated in the legal profession and the entertainment industry, given the firm's Los Angeles roots and Kenneth Grant's background as a partner at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp. Several client families are associated with entertainment royalties, law firm partnership equity, or structured settlements — all situations generating lumpy, tax-sensitive liquidity events.

Philanthropy coordination is a component of the firm's family-advisory services, typically involving the establishment and governance of donor-advised funds or private foundations. The firm does not operate a single, centralized foundation but rather assists each client family in tailoring its own charitable architecture.

The firm uses its aggregated multi-family capital base to access institutional co-investment terms alongside established GPs, particularly in real estate and private credit. Its deliberate client concentration allows it to move quickly on co-investment opportunities without the administrative drag of a larger multi-family office platform, while its legal expertise supports efficient negotiation of side letters and co-investment documentation.