As many Swiss banks and lawyers might look to Liechtenstein when setting up trusts for their clients, it is a good opportunity to deal again shortly with the Liechtenstein trust concept and later on with the legal provisions in Switzerland for ratifying the Hague Trust Convention which is beneficial to the trust business.

On 26 June 2008 the Liechtenstein Parliament passed the new foundation law. The new Foundation Act (hereafter referred to as the StiG), together with the amendments to the Law on Persons and Companies (PGR), was published on 26 August 2008 in the Liechtenstein Law Gazette No. 220/2008.