About us

Black Pearl Private Clients is a boutique advisory firm that provides premium transaction advisory, business succession planning and estate planning services to successful private business owners.

John Collins, the founder of Black Pearl Private Clients, is passionate about making sure that private business owners have every opportunity to maximise the return on their investment and to reap the rewards for the hard work they have ploughed into their business.   For 18 years,  John has been advising business owners on acquisitions and divestments, succession planning, entity structuring, wealth management and estate planning.

The risks that go with establishing, running and growing a private business are significant.  The stress can be unrelenting and the impact on family life can be immense.   Positioning yourself to maximise the return for your effort and to protect your family wealth must be an essential activity for any prudent business owner.

Black Pearl Private Clients has the expertise and resources to ensure that the critical issues that arise in buying or selling a business, implementing a succession plan and/or documenting an estate plan are appropriately addressed.