We develop stable and accomplished teams across jurisdictions, enabling us to offer our clients the benefits of their experience and continuity of relationship and service. The average tenure of our senior executives exceeds 15 years. We offer one of the highest levels of professional qualification in the industry.
Region: All Regions
Trident Trust commenced the provision of corporate services in Anguilla in 2021 with the acquisition of Hauteville Trust (Anguilla) Limited, a local provider of corporate services since 1999.
Trident Trust Company (Anguilla) Limited is licensed to provide fiduciary and corporate services, and is regulated by the Anguilla Financial Services Commission. Our staff is supported by the Trident BVI office, a strong team with many years of experience in handling all aspects of corporate services requirements for local, regional and international clients.
Trident Trust has had a presence in Atlanta since 1984. Our 100-strong Atlanta team is divided between two operating businesses: one providing marketing and client liaison services to Latin American clients and the other providing fund administration services to U.S. based managers.
Trident Corporate Services Inc., is a marketing and client liaison office for the Group and is also home to the Group’s Latin American and Brazil client service teams. The teams assist Latin American focused intermediaries in both North and South America who use the Group’s services around the world. Trident Atlanta's international team speaks Afrikaans, English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish.
Trident Fund Services Inc., provides a full range of fund accounting and administration services, predominantly to Delaware funds and Cayman/Delaware master/feeder structures, but also to funds domiciled in other jurisdictions such as the Bahamas and the BVI.
Established in 1991, our Bahamas office is licensed to provide corporate services under the Financial & Corporate Service Providers Act 2000 and also holds an Unrestricted Investment Fund Administrator’s Licence and a Trust Licence. The office is regulated by the Central Bank of the Bahamas and the Securities Commission of the Bahamas.
The office is an active member of the financial services industry in the Bahamas and is one of the leading trust and corporate service providers in the jurisdiction. Our experienced team provides a wide range of services to clients:
Incorporated in 1994, our Barbados office is one of the longest-established providers of corporate administration services in the region, employing a team of 16 professionally qualified and experienced individuals. The office holds a corporate and trust service provider’s licence and is regulated by the Ministry of International Business in Barbados.
Barbados’ extensive international tax treaty network is a positive attraction for the many Latin American clients that make up a large part of our client base in Barbados. Our Barbados team focuses on the incorporation and administration of Barbados-registered entities, including accounting services and provision of director and shareholder services if required.
Having worked with the Brazilian asset management, private banking and legal community for many years, the Group officially opened its first office in Brazil in mid-2023, to enhance our service offering for private and professional clients, and fund managers. Our team in São Paulo works closely with clients to assist in the implementation of global investment, asset protection, tax and inheritance planning solutions for high net worth individuals and families, as well as the establishment and ongoing administration of international fund structures for Brazil-based asset managers.
Our BVI office is one of the oldest and largest trust companies in the BVI, with more than 90 staff, and has incorporated and acts as registered agent for a significant proportion of the overall number of active companies on the BVI Register. The office holds a Class I trust licence from the BVI Financial Services Commission, as well as being a licensed fund administrator. It has a 20-strong team providing trust and managed company services.
Established in 1989, our office in the Cayman Islands has a long history of providing the highest level of service to an international range of fund, trust and corporate clients. The office is licensed by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority, holding both a Mutual Fund Administrator's license and a Trust license.
The Cayman Islands continues to be a leading financial centre for the pooling of investment capital and the structuring of international assets.
Our specialist funds team supports investment managers both locally and globally, and has particular expertise in meeting the requirements of private equity and venture capital asset managers. In recent years, the team has evolved in response to the market, and now also sits at the forefront of the digital asset sector in the jurisdiction.
Our corporate, trust and regulatory teams apply detailed local knowledge to international scenarios, providing guidance and constructive solutions to our clients' challenges.
The office is an active participant in the local industry and community, contributing to numerous industry associations and community interests.
Trident Trust established its presence in Cyprus just over 25 years ago and is today one of the largest members of the local financial services industry, employing almost 100 staff. Our Cyprus team is regulated by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission, and provides a full range of services to Cyprus companies, funds and trusts, as well as companies and trusts in other jurisdictions. We are also able to assist with relocation and immigration services.
Established in 2006, Trident Dubai has a long track record of working with private clients, their advisors and other professional firms in the region to establish wealth planning and asset protection structures, including DIFC Foundations & Offshore Trusts.
Through our DIFC office and our global network of Trident offices, we assist families in protecting their assets and passing on their wealth from one generation to generation.
We are also Regulated by the DFSA and hold a Category 4 license in the DIFC to provide fund administration services to PE, VC and hedge fund clients, and have a long-standing track record of assisting clients with establishing domestic free zone companies.
Established in 2011, our highly experienced Geneva team provides a full range of trustee and trust administration services to financial institutions, family offices, professional advisors and their clients. We establish and administer structures across a global range of jurisdictions, with a particular specialty in serving clients from Latin America.
Both our offices in Switzerland, Geneva and Zurich, are licensed and regulated by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) to offer Swiss Trustee Services. As Swiss trustee, our offices can help with the establishment and administration of trusts governed by the law of various jurisdictions, such as the Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Jersey, New Zealand or Singapore. Trusts are administered in Switzerland for international families with wide-ranging needs, such as succession planning, generational transfer of assets, protection of vulnerable family members, relocation, philanthropy, corporate needs and asset protection.
Our Geneva office used to operate under the brand name 'Integritas', which was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Trident Trust. As of 1 January 2024, the office has fully transitioned to the Trident Trust name and now operates as Trident Trust (Switzerland) AG.
Established in 1997, our Guernsey office has grown from a two-person team to a thriving 40-strong operation, providing a full range of corporate and fiduciary services. It is licensed by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission and is a member of the Guernsey Association of Trustees.
The office is also home to our specialist marine services crew employment team, which works with a global range of private yacht and commercial shipping clients.
Established in 1992, our Hong Kong Office has a long track record of supporting professional advisors, business owners and high net worth families with a full range of trust, corporate and fund administration services. Our Hong Kong team has been recognised as a leading trust company in the Chambers High Net Worth Guide every year since 2018 and has also been named ‘Best Independent Trust or Fiduciary Company – Greater China Region’ at the WealthBriefingAsia awards.
Our experienced multi-lingual private client team focuses on the establishment and administration of Hong Kong and foreign law trusts and providing estate and succession planning solutions for PRC, Asian and international clients. These include reserved powers and discretionary family trusts, private trust companies, pre-IPO trusts, employee benefit trusts and occupational retirement schemes. We can assist with the structuring of financial assets, operating businesses, property and other real assets and in implementing complex cross-border family wealth structuring solutions.
The fund services team supports managers across all major asset classes, and is experienced in the formation and administration of international and Hong Kong fund entities, such as Hong Kong OFC structures, Limited Partnerships, Unit Trusts and Cayman SPCs. Our services include regulatory and statutory compliance, fund launches, transfer and re-domiciliation, investor services, and accounting and valuation.
Our corporate and listing services team specialises in the formation, management and administration of Hong Kong and international companies, offering one of the widest ranges of corporate jurisdictions in the industry. We provide a full suite of listing corporate secretarial services, including corporate restructuring, advice on compliance and statutory requirements, corporate governance, best practices and operational procedures for board meetings, and assisting clients in liaising with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Companies Registry.
Our Houston fund services client liaison office provides a local point of contact for both our existing clients and the wider funds community in Texas, enabling access to our full range of fund accounting and administration services for US-based alternative investment managers.
Trident Trust's Isle of Man office was established in 1988 and has around 35 specialists and professionals experienced in managing complex fiduciary structures for clients. The team has considerable experience of administering multi-jurisdictional trust and corporate arrangements and applies this broad professional knowledge in conjunction with a practical approach to administration. The team comprises many qualified members of various professional bodies across the fiduciary, accountancy, governance and compliance disciplines.
Established in 1983, our Jersey office is located in the centre of St. Helier, the capital of Jersey. The office is regulated by the Jersey Financial Services Commission and its 50 experienced professional staff provide the full range of corporate and fiduciary services.
Established in 2009 to meet expanding client needs, our 35-strong Luxembourg office is regulated by the CSSF. Our experienced professional multilingual team in Luxembourg is able to assist with all aspects of the establishment and administration of Luxembourg companies and alternative investment funds.
In particular, our team is well-versed in Luxembourg's full range of fund vehicles, including the SIF, SICAR, RAIF, SCSp, umbrella fund structures and securitisation vehicles. Our Luxembourg office is also authorised to act as a depositary to private equity, real estate, infrastructure and debt funds.
Situated in the heart of the city’s business district, our Madrid office assists private clients in relocating to or doing business with Spain, and corporate clients and funds in investing in real estate or private equity in Spain. Our team in Madrid provides the following services:
Trident Trust established its presence in Malta in 2011 and is today one of the largest members of the local financial services industry, employing almost 80 staff. Our Malta team is regulated by the Malta Financial Services Authority, and provides a full range of services to Malta companies, funds, trusts and foundations, as well as liquidation services for local structures. We are also able to assist with regulatory services such as directorships, compliance, MLRO and risk management on Maltese regulated structures.
Our 100-strong Mauritius team serves a global range of clients and is also the hub of our African corporate and fund administration operations, serving clients operating in 45 of the 55 countries in Africa. Our Mauritius office currently administers more than 40 Africa-focused funds and a growing portfolio of clients focused on Asia. Reflecting the nature of the African market, the majority of these funds are private equity structures.
The assets under management in the funds administered by the office are in excess of $6 billion. Our Mauritius team actively supports the development of the African private equity industry and acted for a number of years as the corporate secretary for the African Private Equity & Venture Capital Association.
Located in the heart of the Brickell financial district, our Miami office acts as gateway to Trident Trust’s wide range of global services and specialises in assisting clients and professional intermediaries in nearly 20 countries in LatAm and the Caribbean. Our multi-lingual Miami team assists clients in establishing and administering structures in all jurisdictions in which the Group operates, providing a local point of contact and practical assistance through its detailed working knowledge of various types of entity worldwide. The office works closely with our Atlanta-based Latin American client liaison team, which has been serving professional and financial intermediaries in South Florida for more than 25 years.
Our marine services liaison team in Monaco offers a dedicated access point for vessel owners, yacht management companies and professional advisers seeking specialist assistance with vessel registration, crew payroll & HR services, local representation and vessel administration.
Trident Trust has provided corporate and fiduciary services in Nevis since 1984, formerly through wholly-owned subsidiaries that included Morning Star Holdings Limited and Meridian Trust Company Limited, which now operate as Trident Trust Company (Nevis) Limited. Licensed and regulated by the Nevis Financial Services Department, we are the oldest and largest company formation agent in Nevis and also act as trustee of a significant number of Nevis trusts. Our staff of nearly 40 in Nevis has many years of experience in dealing with all aspects of formation, representation, trustee and fiduciary services, for a wide range of international clients.
Our New Zealand office was established in 2005 and offers administration and fiduciary services to both New Zealand and overseas corporate structures, as well New Zealand foreign trusts. The team is able to provide domicile and support to auxiliary entities offered by other Trident offices, for example, US Foreign Grantor Trusts.
Established in 2006, our Panama office is staffed by an experienced team of lawyers and accountants providing a wide range of corporate formation and administration services, as well as specialist legal services.
Our Panama team assists clients with:
Our office in Shanghai was established in 2021 to serve as Client Liaison Office for the Group and in particular for our Hong Kong office, providing a gateway to Trident Trust’s wide range of global services. We assist clients in establishing and administering structures in all jurisdictions in which the Group operates, providing a local point of contact and on the ground knowledge and experience.
Established in 2010, our Singapore office has been named Best Independent Trust or Fiduciary Company in South-East Asia by WealthBriefingAsia a total of nine times.
Our team provides a full range of trust, corporate and fund administration services, and our trust company is licensed and regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, holding a Trust Business Licence. Our front-office client servicing and business development teams are supported by experts in accounting, compliance, operations and FATCA/CRS reporting. All of our services are performed in-house by long-serving professional staff, many of whom are qualified Trust and Estate Practitioners, Chartered Secretaries or Chartered Accountants.
We establish and administer a variety of Singapore law and foreign trusts, and assist clients establish family trusts, private trust companies, family office structures and pre-IPO trusts. Our office can also help structure a wide range of assets, including operating businesses, financial assets, property and other real assets.
We specialise in the formation, management and ongoing administration of Singapore and international companies, while also acting as a Client Liaison Office for the Group, assisting clients in accessing the Group's global services.
Our fast-growing fund services team caters for the increased demand for independent fund administration from clients across the region, in both Greater China and South-East Asia. The team provides a full suite of fund accounting and transfer agency services to hedge funds, private equity funds and family offices. We also assist clients with the establishment and administration of Variable Capital Companies.
Ranked as one of the leading trust companies in South Dakota in the respected Chambers & Partners High Net Worth Guide, every year since 2016, our experienced, qualified team in Sioux Falls provides a wide range of fiduciary and corporate services to professional advisors and their high net worth clients, both international and U.S. based.
South Dakota is frequently ranked the number one trust jurisdiction in the United States. It is recognised for its modern trust laws, which include powerful privacy and asset protection provisions and the ability to establish dynastic trusts for multi-generational planning, as well as directed trusts where the trustee takes ‘directions’ from an advisor or committee in relation to trust fund investments and/or distributions.
Our services include the administration of both directed and delegated trusts, as well as discretionary trusts. The team also acts as the hub for our US corporate services, covering all US states. Three-quarters of the office’s staff have legal and/or accounting backgrounds, ensuring that complex client needs and structures are always in good hands.
Trident Trust has had a presence in London since the formation of the Group. Our 20-strong team in London provides UK corporate trustee services through Trident Trust Company (UK) Limited and corporate services through Trident Company Services (UK) Ltd.
Trident Trust Company (UK) Limited is a member of the Association of Corporate Trustees and provides corporate trustee services to clients from a range of jurisdictions.
Trident Company Services (UK) Ltd. provides UK corporate, domiciliary, administrative and accounting services to UK companies and Limited Liability Partnerships. In addition, it acts as Agent for Service of Process in the United Kingdom and provides a document retrieval and legalisation service. The team also acts as a liaison service for the incorporation and administration of companies worldwide.
Our client relationship team in Montevideo support clients across Spanish-speaking Latin America, with a focus on the Southern Cone region, assisting corporate and private clients, family offices and financial institutions on global investments, asset protection, tax and wealth planning solutions.
Our USVI office was established in 1984 to provide company formation, administration and statutory representation services for Foreign Sales Corporations (FSC). FSCs were part of a US Government supported export tax incentive regime which terminated in 2000.
Since its founding in 1984, the office has expanded its services to include exempt company and exempt limited liability company formation, representation and administration, and local corporate representation for foreign companies - both international and domestic (U.S) - which wish to qualify to do business in the USVI. Such companies are required to appoint a local registered agent, a service which our office provides to a large number of clients. We also offer an extensive range of document filing and retrieval services with various government departments.
Our Vancouver office provides formation and representation services for companies and limited partnerships in the province of British Columbia and also assists professional advisors and financial institutions in Canada and on the U.S. West Coast access the services the Group offers for the implementation of a client’s international succession, asset protection and business planning. The Vancouver office’s Mandarin language capabilities are particularly helpful for professional advisors and institutions with clients from various Asian countries.
Situated in the heart of the city’s business district, our Zurich office was established in 1989 to serve as a Client Liaison Office for the Group in Switzerland, providing a gateway to Trident Trust’s wide range of global services. Our Zurich team assists clients in establishing and administering structures in all jurisdictions in which the Group operates, providing a local point of contact and practical assistance through its detailed working knowledge of various types of entity worldwide.
Both our offices in Switzerland, Geneva and Zurich, are licensed and regulated by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) to offer Swiss Trustee Services. As Swiss trustee, our offices can help with the establishment and administration of trusts governed by the law of various jurisdictions, such as the Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Jersey, New Zealand or Singapore. Trusts are administered in Switzerland for international families with wide-ranging needs, such as succession planning, generational transfer of assets, protection of vulnerable family members, relocation, philanthropy, corporate needs and asset protection.