A Guide To Family Office Services In Bermuda

Bermuda continues to be a preferred jurisdiction in which to establish and maintain family offices. Bermuda's regulatory regime carefully balances privacy with the objective of ensuring appropriate regulation is in place to maintain its stellar reputation as a premier international financial service centre.

The following qualities all contribute to Bermuda being an attractive jurisdiction from which to base a family office:

• a high quality, common law legal system based upon, but independent from, that of England and Wales, supplemented by Bermuda statutes and judicial decisions. Bermuda's final court of appeal is the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London;
• a pragmatic and respected regulatory environment;