Joshua E. Husbands

Joshua E. Husbands leads Holland & Knight's Global Wealth and Family Office Practice Group and advises business owners, private companies and high-net-worth individuals on the legal, tax and succession issues that shape long-term wealth preservation and growth. He helps clients navigate complex business transitions, align ownership structures with family and business objectives, and implement strategies that support continuity across generations.

Joshua regularly serves as outside general counsel to privately held companies and their owners, guiding matters involving business succession planning, tax strategy, philanthropy, estate planning, business reorganizations, acquisitions and divestitures. His practice integrates business, tax and personal wealth considerations, allowing clients to evaluate significant decisions through both a commercial and family lens. He frequently writes and speaks on business, tax, life insurance and asset protection issues affecting business owners and affluent individuals.

Counseling Closely Held Businesses. Drawing on personal experience with a multigenerational family business, a private investment company and family trusts, Joshua brings a practical perspective to the challenges facing family-owned enterprises and their owners. He has served as a trustee and understands firsthand the governance, ownership and succession dynamics that often accompany closely held businesses. This experience informs his advice on business continuity, family wealth planning and long-term stewardship.

Guiding Business Succession and Generational Wealth Transfers. Clients rely on him to structure and implement sophisticated succession strategies designed to transfer wealth and ownership efficiently across generations. Joshua advises on recapitalizations, holding company structures, mergers and acquisitions, and business divestitures that create liquidity while advancing broader family and business objectives. His experience includes advising on Section 1202 qualified small business stock (QSBS) matters.

Advising Public Company Executives. Joshua also counsels executives of public companies whose planning opportunities are shaped by federal securities regulations. He helps clients address issues affecting company insiders, balancing sophisticated planning techniques with careful implementation and privacy considerations.

Clients and peers recognize Joshua for bringing a calm, practical approach to consequential decisions. A source quoted in the Chambers High Net Worth 2021 guide observed that he helps clients navigate key decisions with "zero drama," describing him as "a very calming presence" who remains effective and timely even amid changing circumstances and challenging situations. That steady, solutions-oriented approach is particularly valuable as clients manage business transitions, succession planning and multigenerational wealth strategies.

He has exceeded my expectations. He is very even in his approach, even during stressful times and with changes in direction. He does a great job at helping people through the key decisions that need to be made, and does so with zero drama. He is a very calming presence, but he accomplishes a significant amount of work and is timely.

– Chambers High Net Worth 2021 guide