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ARTICLE · 14 JUNE 2012

Carey Group Q&As on Offshore Trusts

What signature taxation, laws, trusts or investments do you think really work for UHNW clients and why?

GuernseyWealth Management

What signature taxation, laws, trusts or investments do you think really work for UHNW clients and why? Clients generally demand control over the assets that would benefit from structuring, especially those business assets that they've spent years building. One option is the use of an offshore limited partnership to hold the asset with the patriarch acting in a GP capacity and a trust owning the majority of the limited partnership interests. The Guernsey trust law is of interest with regard to the unlimited perpetuity period and the planned changes of Guernsey limited partnership laws to also allow unlimited perpetuity periods with this planning.

Are there any private clients in the world you would really like to work with? Our Client base is made up in the main by entrepreneurial business owners in Europe and the Middle East. We are working with more clients also from Asia and South America.

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