Five locations. One direction.

The unique way of working offered by Switzerland is based on decades of global outlook: conducting a broad assessment of a family or company’s position before carefully choosing the jurisdictions best-suited to their goals, all according to our internationally-informed perspective.

This perspective and its accompanying discipline sets the tone for our presence in every jurisdiction: our legal and banking traditions are proven over generations, our historically-stable political and monetary structures allow more secure asset protection, and our level of execution is illustrated by the universally-understood archetype of “Swiss precision”.

For those interested in expanding here, our Geneva office handles arrival, cantonal residence, entry taxation, and permits, and provides the necessary annual discipline moving forward.

As with all of our offices, in jurisdictions outside our network, we are empowered to instruct local counsel on your behalf.

Our Barbados office allows a family or company access to the Americas based on a long-standing framework of trust. Extensive treaties covering double taxation allow our Barbados office to conduct business throughout the western hemisphere, while the nation’s mature trust law adds structural value, proven over decades of secure asset protection.

All trusteeships, records and reporting are handled by our local office, which coordinates with our other jurisdictional offices to ensure the larger tax picture is consistent wherever you do business.

Our Hong Kong office is uniquely situated to serve business interests throughout Asia. Being within reach of the counterparties, banks, and operating companies any structure depends upon allows our team to facilitate business more effectively.

This geographic benefit is particularly helpful for holding arrangements with regional substance. Conducting business within the same time zone ensures a board’s decision-making, and the subsequent response of the underlying business, is both timely and informed.

Our Seychelles office serves as an intermediate seat supporting families and businesses with interests in Africa and the Indian subcontinent. This office enjoys the widest structural flexibility of the jurisdictions we serve, and is well-situated to shape trusts, foundations and companies to suit the unique circumstances of our clients. All formation, administration, and ongoing compliance are handled locally.

As with all our offices, Seychelles coordinates with our offices serving other jurisdictions to ensure seamless consistency across all our clients’ holdings.

New Zealand is an island of stability thanks to its mature common-law trust regime and steady politics. This rare combination has earned New Zealand an international reputation for strong asset protection, making it the jurisdiction of choice for many affluent families. The island’s unique geography is its own unique benefit: close enough to the rest of the region to make business practical while remaining insulated by distance from any regional turmoil.

New Zealand is particularly suited to long-horizon arrangements expected to outlive their creators.