The tax firm WTAS has brought in Paul Laughlin as a managing director with its private client services office, based in Chicago.

Laughlin joined from Deloitte Tax, where he was a partner for a decade, following a 24-year stint at Arthur Anderson.

Laughlin’s primary focus during his career has been wealth planning for ultra high net worth families, covering estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer strategies; private foundations; investments; family office consultation, and closely-held company structuring and succession planning.

"We are responding to the needs of our market," said Joe Karczewski, managing director of the Chicago office. "Chicago is home to many significant, multi-generational wealthy families and family-owned businesses that require sophisticated wealth and tax planning."