SPVs & Other Structures

US-based startups received $286.6 billion from venture capital investors between January and October 2021, yet the numbers have shown decline since July

As we emerge from one of the strangest periods in living memory, Collas Crill partner Angela Calnan reflects on the key drivers behind the recent surge in her work in establishing succession planning structures for internationally mobile families

As an ESG investment revolution gathers pace, trustees are increasingly being asked by settlors and beneficiaries to take into account factors such as climate change or to exclude certain industries when investing trust assets. What challenges does this present for trustees of private family trusts?

Fiduciary services provider IQ-EQ has hired Alex Dean as the group’s first head of private wealth UK

The #FreeBritney campaign has reached a critical point over recent months following a series of court hearings during which US singer Britney Spears gave an impassioned testimony and petitioned the US court to have her father removed as her conservator

Cryptocurrencies, along with a variety of other digital assets, are already part of the estates of many of the world’s wealthiest families, and that trend is likely to increase

It is always incumbent on trustees and advisory boards to ensure that any trust structure is serving a useful purpose. At some point it may also be appropriate to consider whether a trust has come to the end of its useful life...

In the last twenty years or so of offshore financial services, conversations with clients about succession planning and wealth transfer haven’t changed very much but the toolbox of solutions has expanded exponentially in that time...

IQ-EQ has launched IQ-EQ Compass, a technological platform that looks to simplify environmental, social and governance (ESG) compliance and helps its clients build sustainable value and protect their reputation

In a move aimed at furthering its offering to family offices, Guernsey is set to revise the rules of its Private Investment Fund, expanding the fund regime with two supplemental models which remove the requirement for manager involvement