Asset protection begins with understanding how your wealth is currently owned, where it is held and the risks surrounding it. Depending on your circumstances, this may involve reviewing ownership structures, trusts, corporate entities and other arrangements designed to protect assets, preserve control and provide greater continuity over the long term. Our role is to consider these elements as part of your wider financial affairs and coordinate the appropriate structure and specialist expertise around you.

Asset protection is best considered before a particular need or risk arises. It may become especially relevant when building significant wealth, owning businesses or property, holding assets across several jurisdictions, relocating internationally or planning for future generations. We look at your present circumstances alongside where your wealth and family are heading, allowing any structure to be considered with a long term perspective rather than in response to a single event.

Yes. Where a trust is appropriate, Sutterson Reed can help determine how it should fit within your wider wealth structure and coordinate its establishment with suitable legal, tax and fiduciary professionals. We remain your central point of contact throughout the process, bringing together the relevant expertise while ensuring that the trust is considered alongside your assets, family circumstances, banking relationships and longer term objectives.

Yes. International wealth frequently involves assets, companies, banking relationships and family interests spread across more than one jurisdiction. We take these connections into account when considering how your financial affairs should be structured, coordinating the relevant legal, tax, fiduciary and banking expertise where required. The objective is to create a coherent international structure rather than treating each jurisdiction or asset in isolation.