Our offices

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 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 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.

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.

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 eleven 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.