Private decision record
The Decision Memo
A written review for the live move before the family signs, wires, transfers, relocates, pledges, sells, or announces.
It does not replace counsel. It reads the advice together, tests the external record, identifies what becomes hard to unwind, and states the condition that should change the decision.
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Five-Dimension Audit
The memo is designed to expose the part nobody owns.
The dangerous point is rarely the visible rule. It is the interaction between the rule, the bank, the successor, the counterparty, the filing trail, and the clock.
Execution friction
Where ownership, jurisdiction, bankability, tax basis, liquidity, disclosure, and exit sequence may collide.
Control continuity
Whether the decision survives the next generation, dispute, incapacitation event, control transfer, or family-governance stress.
Stress behavior
How the structure behaves under frozen liquidity, reputation pressure, emergency sale, dispute, illness, inquiry, or sudden policy change.
Comparable record
What similar public situations did before, which assumptions failed, and what timing window was actually available.
Stop condition
The trigger that should pause, re-sequence, renegotiate, or abandon the move rather than force execution.
Decision Memo Output
A written record the room can hold itself to.
Built from case-specific facts and cross-referenced against the 2,222+ public Castle briefs. The output is not a dashboard, forecast, pitch deck, or substitute for counsel.
Questions
Before the private room opens.
What exactly is a Decision Memo?
A private written review for one live move. It defines the act, tests the advice stack against outside evidence, uses the 2,272 public-brief archive where relevant, and returns a clear proceed, re-sequence, hold, or walk-away record.
What do you need from me to begin?
A scenario description only: the move, jurisdictions, asset type, rough value band, and timing. Entity names, documents, and sensitive facts wait until NDA and private scoping.
How does this complement existing advisors?
Advisors remain essential. The Decision Memo does not replace tax, legal, fiduciary, immigration, banking, or investment advice. It runs the cross-mandate pressure-test those lanes are rarely commissioned to run together.
What does it cost?
Pricing is discussed only after fit is clear. The public site does not publish private case pricing because scope depends on the live act, jurisdictions, evidence file, and delivery channel.
Need to clarify fit? Use the confidential fit review.
What does your corridor cost?
Submit your scenario. NDA signed before any information is exchanged. We vet every applicant before engagement begins.
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