The future of what you have built depends on the decisions you make today.
I’m Ria Mankee-Sookram — an attorney, family legacy advisor, and trust and estate practitioner. I help families, founders and closely held businesses navigate transitions, protect wealth, and build legacies that last.
Family Business Association of the Caribbean (Chair) · CIArb Trinidad & Tobago (Immediate Past Vice Chair) · STEP (TEP) · Licensed Insolvency Trustee
Families and founders rarely fail at building wealth. They fail at transferring it — to the next generation, the next leader, or the next chapter of the business itself. I work at that fault line: as a lawyer, mediator, and advisor trained to see both the legal architecture and the human relationships holding a legacy together.
How I Help
as an Attorney & Family Legacy Advisor
CariCounsel
Mediation, arbitration, dispute resolution, cross-border trust and estate matters (STEP members).
As a family legacy advisor, Ria draws on her proprietary LEGACY EcosystemTM: the LEGACY Matrix, LEGACY DNA and the Seven Domains framework to guide families and founders through succession, governance, and multigenerational transition. Learn more →
The Seven Domains of the Family Business
The Journey to a Multigenerational Legacy
What Clients Say
“Our father did not leave a Will and there were many issues both in the family and in the business that arose as a result. Through communication, governance and succession strategies, our family was able to come to an amicable mutual agreement.”
— Second generation family business
“As a founder, I had a vision of building a multigenerational legacy. Ria helped me understand what I needed to do for this to become a reality.”
— First generation business owner
The future of what you have built depends on the decisions you make today.