Vanuatu
Confidential Financial Advice
Personal Wealth Management
Tailored Financial Solutions
Strategic Corporate Services Ltd’
– Vanuatu & Worldwide –
Vanuatu has a rich history of offering secure and innovative corporate and trust structures, ideal for safeguarding and enhancing the wealth of individuals and their families.
About
Strategic Corporate Services Ltd’s private client team excels in offshore matters, having extensive experience in representing and advising individuals and their families in relation to their personal wealth and business affairs.
Our Private Client Services focuses on protecting and nurturing your private capital in real estate, financial and non-financial assets across countries and generations. Indeed, we support families and entrepreneurs worldwide in structuring their assets to meet personal, family, business, and philanthropic objectives.
Moreover, we possess the technical proficiency and expertise necessary to identify and devise optimal solutions tailored to our clients’ requirements, including as to asset protection, estate planning, and succession strategies.
Personal Advice
We offer guidance on every aspect of financial structuring and asset preservation, drawing upon a diverse array of corporate, trust and foundational structures that can be easily established in Vanuatu, and in unison with other jurisdictions.
Essentially, our services encompass trusts and underlying company structures for High & Ultra High Net Worth individuals and their families in order to protect, preserve and grow their wealth in secure structures including companies, limited partnerships, and foundations.
- We maintain affiliations with distinguished legal practitioners and highly skilled tax professionals across various jurisdictions to offer tailored advice. Our in-house legal counsel oversees all communications with these specialists, ensuring clients benefit from legal professional privilege and confidentiality in their interactions and arrangements.
Private Client Services
The following encapsulates the range of services we provide
Private Wealth Trusts
A Private Wealth Trust is a legally established fiduciary arrangement designed to protect and manage assets on behalf of individuals and their families, ensuring long-term financial security and succession planning.
- For those interested in establishing a Private or Commercial Trust in Vanuatu, please consult our Trust advisory division.
Charitable & Philanthropic
A Private Charitable & Philanthropic fund is a standalone charitable trust, which allows you to create your own personalised and strategic giving program that can operate during your lifetime and after passing. Family members can make tax deductible donations but cannot usually solicit funds from the public.
Private Wealth
We are committed to delivering practical solutions to high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, their families, and their businesses. Whether you are acquiring or registering a business, managing multiple and complex cross-border assets, purchasing a yacht, fine art, property, or a private island, our team can provides a full complement of corporate, wealth, and fiduciary services.
- We work alongside our highly respected lawyers and affiliate specialist firms to guide clients on the ideal structure to acquire, consolidate and protect their assets whilst helping to seamlessly navigate complex tax and regulatory issues to ensure that assets are passed to the next generation in accordance with your wishes.
Escrow Agent Services
Escrow Agent Services can provide a secure and impartial intermediary for managing and disbursing funds, ensuring the protection and confidentiality of wealth assets for individuals and families. This can include Safe Custody Services, i.e., holding legal documentation, ensuring the secure storage of valuable assets to mitigate risks of loss, theft, or damage offering peace of mind.
- Additionally, Confidential settlement services in escrow is a key feature of our practice. Every escrow transaction is unique, hence our distinctive approach to escrows has helped securely complete many mergers and acquisitions, subscription offerings, litigation settlements, international asset purchases, and other such transactions, without risk.
Offshore Family Office
Establishing an Offshore Family Office offers a comprehensive wealth management stratergy tailored to the unique needs of high-net-worth families, providing centralised oversight and strategic guidance for asset protection, growth, and legacy planning.
- For those interested in establishing a company in Vanuatu, please consult our Corporate advisory division. Learn more …
Wills & Inheritance
Establishing a Will in Vanuatu ensures confidentiality in inheritance distribution, safeguarding against interference and intrusion, thereby preserving the privacy and integrity of the process, as the Testator intended.
- Our services can include estate executorship to mitigate familial and beneficiary disputes, ensuring smoother administration and distribution processes.
Vanuatu Citizenship or Permanent Residency
Many individuals establishing corporate or trust structures in Vanuatu choose to obtain second Vanuatu Citizenship or Permanent Residency, providing added security and flexibility amidst uncertain times, allowing for residency in Vanuatu or visa-free travel to numerous countries.
- For those interested in obtaining second Ctizenship in Vanuatu or Permanent Residency, please consult our Citizenship division. Learn more …
Nominee shareholder
Having a Nominee shareholder facilitates confidentiality and privacy for beneficial owners, a highly desirable stratergy for high-net-worth individuals and families, while ensuring compliance with legal requirements and regulations.
- We also provide services to hold and manage real estate, and stock interests on behalf of nominated parties for their benefit.
Compliance Solutions
Strategic Corporate Services Ltd’ is an established leader in advising clients on all aspects of offshore compliance. We ease your regulatory burden by arranging to provide clients with clear legal advice and practical assistance in meeting their obligations. We advise on anti-money laundering and terrorist financing compliance, general and specific financial services regulations, sanctions, tax, tax information exchange, and other practical and legal aspects of pertinant financial services regulations.
Yacht Registration
As Vanuatu’s leading yacht registration firm, we provide tailored services for owners’ needs, whether for permanent registration, a single passage or extended voyage. Coupled with facilitating confidential company ownership, our expertise ensures a seamless process, letting you embark on maritime global adventures in complete confidence.
Our Corporate Services
Selecting the most suitable company structure demands careful and thorough professional analysis. We’re dedicated to collaborating closely with our clients and their representatives to craft tailored structures and strategies that precisely match their unique and particular needs. Instead of applying a generic approach, we prioritise customisation to ensure optimal outcomes for every client. Learn more about Vanuatu’s role as an Offshore Financial Centers in Global Private Credit …
Fees
Our fees are structured in alignment with the scope services rendered, as well as any necessary costs, including for application and establishement, and disbursements incurred. We believe in transparency and fairness, ensuring that our clients receive value for their investment. Additionally, we offer complimentary initial consultations, allowing prospective clients to explore our services without any financial obligation.
Initial Consultation
For convenience, we typically conduct electronic face-to-face meetings, often via Skype or a similar platform. These meetings allow us to assess the scope and complexity of your intentions, ensuring compliance with your objectives. Additionally, this serves as the first step in our Know Your Customer (KYC) obligations, which we strive to make as unintrusive as possible.
For our high (and ultra-high) net worth clients and families, we go the extra mile by arranging one of our legal representatives to meet you or your designated representative(s) at a mutually convenient location. This ensures that we can provide personalised and comprehensive services tailored to your specific needs and circumstances.
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Note: Our services are not offered to Australian or New Zealand interests
Confidentiality & Privilege
Confidentiality and discretion is paramount. Our team, overseen by in-house legal counsel, ensures all services meet stringent legal compliance standards, safeguarding our clients’ interests and unique structures. Thus, we prioritise the highest levels of confidentiality to protect our clients’ sensitive information.
With robust measures in place, we mitigate risks of unauthorised access or breaches, providing clients peace of mind and assurance that their affairs are securely handled with professionalism and care. Learn more …
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