Trust Companies
High Net Worth Guide 2024 : Guernsey
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About
Provided by Butterfield Trust Group
Firm Overview
Butterfield Trust has been in the business of establishing and administering fiduciary structures for our clients since the advent of international trust legislation more than 80 years ago, and delivers services to international clients through independent companies based in Bermuda, The Caribbean (The Bahamas and the Cayman Islands), Guernsey, Singapore and Switzerland, which together have responsibility for USD 131.1 billion in assets. Butterfield Trust operates as a genuinely independently minded fiduciary specialist but benefits from the financial strength, substance and disciplines of the Butterfield Group.
Main Areas of Practice
Private client services
Our services are carefully crafted to meet specific requirements and to take advantage of the unique solutions and legislation available in our key locations globally. They include:
- Trusts
- Discretionary
- Charitable
- Purpose
- Reserved/Directed Powers
- STAR (Cayman Islands)
- Shariah Compliant
- Company Formation and Administration
- Partnerships
- Private Trust Companies
- Foundations
Institutional client services
Our services for institutional clients are equally tailored to respond to specific requirements from our key locations. They include:
- Trusts / Purpose
- Partnerships
- Investment Companies
- Employee Benefit Trusts
- Unit Trusts
- Segregated Account Companies
- Private Funds
- Tailored Administration Arrangements
Chambers Review
Butterfield is a long-established and well-known bank-owned trust company that provides extensive services in connection with trust and private wealth structuring. It has offices in Guernsey and other key offshore jurisdictions in the Channel Islands and the Caribbean.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Butterfield in Guernsey has highly regarded and good, professional people."
"Butterfield in Guernsey has highly regarded and good, professional people."
Notable Practitioners
Lindsay Ozanne is SVP, trust operations in the Guernsey office, and is an experienced trust and private client practitioner.
"Lindsay is excellent."
Sarah-Jane Parker is an experienced trusts practitioner based in Guernsey.
"Sarah-Jane has lots of experience and is used to dealing with HNW clients and running their structures. She just gets on with it, and she knows how to address problems when they arise."
Ranked Individuals at
Butterfield Trust Group
Guernsey
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