Firm Description and Types of Advisory Services
Tallwoods Partners, LLC (the “Firm” or “Tallwoods”) was organized as a Delaware limited liability
company on August 1, 2013 and started business shortly thereafter.
Tallwoods is an investment advisory firm specializing in outsourced chief investment officer services
for high net worth individuals, family groups and institutional investors (including foundations and
endowments) on both a discretionary and non-discretionary basis. Tallwoods provides its clients with
a single point of contact for all aspects of the client’s investment activities offering portfolio
management services as part of each client’s overall financial plan. The Firm utilizes the expertise of
the principal to construct portfolios using traditional and alternative assets. Tallwoods may advise
both individual investors, as well as pooled investment vehicles created in order to aggregate client
accounts so as to achieve desired diversification or to exploit special situations.
Tallwoods primarily offers advice on the following types of both publicly traded and privately held
investments: fixed income; income producing investments, such as master limited partnerships,
REITS, high-yielding equities, and private real estate; equity securities; private equity; hedge fund
strategies; real assets; and commodities. Tallwoods can tailor investments and construct an allocation
that is unique to each of its client’s circumstances. After analyzing a client’s needs and risk parameters,
Tallwoods customizes investments and strategies that best match the particular client’s profile. Clients
are able to place reasonable restrictions on the management of its account, including restrictions that
prevent Tallwoods from investing in certain securities or types of securities.
Tallwoods may pursue certain strategies directly, or it may allocate to independent outside investment
managers. Tallwoods’s Investment Committee meets periodically to establish asset allocation
recommendations for client portfolios, subject to interim adjustment. Tallwoods will manage each
client’s portfolio with reference to this allocation framework, subject to customization
for specific
situations or investment constraints. Tallwoods incorporates prudent diversification principles in
formulating its investment strategies, and generally seeks to achieve appropriate diversification within
the constraints established for each client’s account.
Principal Owners
Tallwoods is entirely owned and managed by Michael Resnick. Mr. Resnick received a Bachelor of
Arts degree in the Humanities from Yale University, and a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law
School. Mr. Resnick has served as a Principal of Tallwoods since July 2013. Prior to co-founding
Tallwoods, from 1995-2013 Mr. Resnick served as the Executive Vice President of William Harris
Investors, Inc., an SEC registered investment adviser and family office for the Irving B. Harris family.
Among other responsibilities, Mr. Resnick headed the alternatives investment group, which included
hedge fund investments, real assets, private equity, and early stage venture allocations. Mr. Resnick
also oversaw allocations to outside third party managers and headed the firm’s direct private equity
initiative. As part of his direct private equity responsibilities, Mr. Resnick served on the boards of
several operating companies controlled by the firm. Prior to joining William Harris Investors, Mr.
Resnick was an associate with the law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, with broad transactional
experience including project finance, syndicated loan transactions, general securities work, venture
capital, and mergers and acquisitions. Before joining Cravath, Mr. Resnick worked as an intern for the
Regional Bureau for Europe and North America within the office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva, Switzerland. Mr. Resnick has never been the object of any
legal or disciplinary event, proceeding or action.
Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2023, Tallwoods manages $247,764,241 for clients, and advises on additional
advisory-only assets in excess of $250 million. Advisory-only assets are those for which Tallwoods
provides consultation and advice on individual investments and client portfolios. Of the total assets
under management, $225,575,000 are non-discretionary.