How we work
Four stages, and one that most skip
I
Diagnosis
We read the whole file — contracts, accounts, correspondence, history — before proposing anything. Most problems are already in the documents.
II
Design
Options set out with their risks, costs and consequences, and a recommendation you can act on. Not a menu, a position.
III
Implementation
Incorporation, documentation, approvals, banking and onboarding, coordinated with the providers best suited to your case.
IV
Supervision
Governance, reporting, renewals and reviews, year after year — so a structure that was right at inception is still right five years on.
We do not disappear after implementation. The true test of any structure lies in its ongoing supervision, where its integrity, defensibility, and long-term effectiveness are either preserved or gradually eroded.
Governance & controls
Built to withstand operational due diligence
Institutional investors no longer read brochures; they run operational due diligence. Everything below exists because an allocator, an auditor or a regulator will eventually ask for evidence of it.
Documented decision-making: board minutes, committee records and a written trail behind every material decision
Conflicts of interest identified, disclosed and managed — including where a provider holds more than one role
Segregation of duties among decision, execution, valuation and record-keeping
Independent valuation and reconciliation of accounting, custody and cash positions
AML/KYC and source-of-wealth files kept current, not assembled when an account is opened
Provider oversight with periodic due diligence, service levels and replaceability without disruption
The test we apply