Guernsey Offers Fund, Corporate And Trust Structures For Indian Clients

Originally published in Corporate INTL, January 2011

The Legis Group is a best of breed independent providing multi-jurisdictional fund, corporate and trust structures alongside supporting administrative services to institutional and private clients. The group is headquartered in Guernsey and has 30 years of experience.

Stuart Platt-Ransom, group managing director, explained that offshore advisers play a key role in the structuring of offshore investment vehicles taking into account where and to who the fund is to be distributed and the tax considerations. He commented:

"It's key that advisers have a track record in this space and that they are innovative and take a pragmatic approach." Mr Platt-Ransom noted that, like everywhere else, flows of fund business into Guernsey during 2010 have substantially slowed and there has been a clear requirement to restructure some existing funds. He commented: "During the downturn we implemented a marketing strategy to