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LNW

Seattle, WASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 107341

Legal name Laird Norton Wetherby Wealth Management, LLC

LNW is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Seattle, WA, registered since 1990, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026.

36 years
registered since 1990
$12,183,776,067
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is LNW compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), LNW reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

What does LNW's brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 31, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: 0.3% to 0.9% a year (a range, as the brochure states it). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is LNW located?

LNW's principal office is in Seattle, WA, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 4 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is LNW registered with the SEC or a state?

LNW is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1990. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 107341.

How much does LNW manage?

LNW reports $12,183,776,067 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026 (96% discretionary).

How have LNW's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for LNW: Regulatory assets under management: $6,572,333,559 in the October 2021 data and $12,183,776,067 in the October 2026 data, up 85%. Total employees: 70 in October 2021 and 169 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does LNW serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (850); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (229); charitable organizations (28).

Which custodians does LNW use?

LNW's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does LNW report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/107341

What changed in LNW's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 93 to 96. Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

Asset-based fee: 0.3% to 0.9% a year (a range, as the brochure states it)

The brochure's wording
Whether charged based on assets under management or as an annual retainer, annual fees typically range between 0.90% and 0.30% of total assets managed by LNW and may be subject to an annual fee minimum or adjustment.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 31, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$12,183,776,067

$12,183,776,067 as of October 2026, filing dated March 31, 2026.

Discretionary: $11,683,938,927.Non-discretionary: $499,837,140.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 229 Assets $190,367,681 (2%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 850 Assets $10,469,228,606 (86%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 1 Assets $7,476,803 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 3 Assets $54,201,548 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 1 Assets $111,649,018 (1%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 28 Assets $709,328,042 (6%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 18 Assets $525,952,686 (4%)
Other
Clients 19 Assets $115,571,683 (1%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Financial planning services
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Publication of periodicals or newsletters
  • Educational seminars/workshops

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Laird Norton Wetherby Wealth Management, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1990 (36 years)
Employees
Total: 169. Performing investment advisory functions: 96.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
4 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
Los Angeles, CANew York, NYRadnor, PASan Francisco, CA
States registered or notice-filed
26 states or jurisdictions
AKAZCACOCTFLIDILMAMDMIMNNCNHNJNMNVNYOHORPATXUTVAWAWI

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$6.57B 2021 $7.27B 2022 $6.53B 2023 $7.28B 2024 $7.66B 2025 $12.2B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$12,183,776,067169March 31, 2026
October 2025$7,658,280,46691April 1, 2025
October 2024$7,277,109,02487June 28, 2024
October 2023$6,531,453,41589June 7, 2023
October 2022$7,272,831,28479March 30, 2022
October 2021$6,572,333,55970August 11, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $6,572,333,559 in the October 2021 data and $12,183,776,067 in the October 2026 data, up 85%.

Total employees: 70 in October 2021 and 169 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 93 to 96.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. January 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 58 to 93.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $7,658,280,466 to $12,230,221,045 (+60%).
    • Changed its office addresses in New York, NY.
    • Added an office in San Francisco, CA.
    • No longer lists an office in Seattle, WA.
    • Registered or notice-filed in AK, AZ, ID, MI, MN.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  3. November 2025
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
lnwadvisors.comvimeo.com/lnwadvisors

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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AdvisorCensus. LNW (CRD 107341): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/lnw-seattle-wa-107341