Private Client Legal Services

Our Private Client legal team’s services extend to the establishment, restructuring and administration of offshore trusts, foundations and other asset holding vehicles (under BVI, Cayman, Guernsey and Jersey law). The multi-award winning Private Client team dovetails with the firms’ fiduciary and administration teams to service sophisticated UK and international families corporates and funds clients.

Our Private Client team (through the broader Private Wealth services) offers clients a valuable partnership / strategic advisory approach, working alongside existing advisors and onshore tax specialists We act for a majority of the global financial banks, all 25 of the leading global law firms (per Legal Week 2008) and have numerous valued multi-billionaire private client relationships.

With a global strength of over 800 employees, across nine jurisdictions, we offer trust companies, wealthy families, family businesses and family offices an advanced platform through which to both secure advice and establish and operate their structures, including:

• Trust and foundation structuring: whether through private trust companies or otherwise
• Asset holding structures: holding companies partnerships or PCCs, for specific transactions
• Fund structures: real estate / private equity / listed REITS or multi-family office vehicles
• Family limited partnerships (FLPs) in the UK or elsewhere
• Employee Benefit Trust structures: for the family business
• Offshore probate and estate administration services

As a single, global partnership we are focussed on introducing the best partners, directors and administration teams across our global business to suit specific client requirements.