Fiduciary & Compliance
Independent directors, anti-money-laundering procedures, proof of real presence, and the day-to-day admin that keeps companies in good standing.
Compliance is the paperwork that has to hold up long after the structure is built. We provide independent directors, anti-money-laundering procedures, proof of real presence and ongoing compliance oversight for international companies, funds, trusts and family offices.
Our independent directors aren't stand-ins who sign whatever they're given. They're named professionals with regulator-recognised qualifications who attend meetings, review decisions and only sign once they're satisfied the decision meets the company's obligations. Their signature means something.
Our anti-money-laundering procedures go beyond a template manual: the risk assessment, who you accept as a client, the rules for flagging transactions, how often files are refreshed and how the reporting officer reports are all set to what the company actually does, and refreshed every year.
What we do for you
- Independent local directors in 8 countries
- Anti-money-laundering and identity-check procedures written for you
- Evidence that your companies really operate where registered
Who usually uses this
- Structures that need independent directors for good governance or to prove real presence
- Regulated companies writing or refreshing their anti-money-laundering procedures
- Family offices and funds that need ongoing compliance oversight
- Groups fixing presence gaps found by an audit or a bank review
One team, step by step, from the first call to handing it over.
Your existing governance, anti-money-laundering and presence paperwork reviewed against each country's rules.
Board calendar, anti-money-laundering manual, real-presence note and reporting cycle drafted.
Independent directors, money-laundering reporting officer and compliance officer appointed as needed.
Quarterly board packs, yearly filings, refresh cycles and dealings with regulators.
What you receive.
Every engagement closes with a specialist-reviewed handover pack — retained on file for thirty years.
- A written note on governance and real presence
- Anti-money-laundering risk assessment and manual
- Independent director and reporting officer appointments
- A yearly compliance calendar
- Support with regulator and bank reviews
The countries we most often use for this service.
Questions we hear on every intake call.
- What does an independent director actually do?
- Attends board meetings, reviews decisions, checks them against the company's obligations, and only signs when satisfied. They're the last line of defence against deals that would fail a bank, audit or regulator review.
- Do we still need our own compliance team?
- Usually yes, for the day-to-day work. We provide the framework, oversight and independent challenge — not the day-to-day compliance function.
- How do you prove real presence?
- We document real activity in the country: board meetings held there, decisions made there, the staff or local service providers used, and the office. The evidence file is refreshed and filed every year.
Start with a twenty-minute call. Come away with a written plan and price.
Every engagement begins with our advisory team and is assigned to the relevant specialists. Fees are quoted in writing before any work begins. No hourly billing.