As a Registered Agent, we form and administer foundations for succession planning, asset holding and family governance — drafted around your family, established and maintained by us.
A foundation makes sense when assets sit across companies, properties and accounts — and you want them held in one place, run by written rules, and passed on without a court process deciding the details.
| Foundation | Will | Trust | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who owns the assets | The foundation itself | You, until the estate is settled | The trustee |
| Control in your lifetime | Kept through reserved powers | Full — nothing has moved yet | Largely with the trustee |
| On your death | Continues; by-laws govern distributions | Goes through probate or a court process | Continues under the trust deed |
| Independent trustee needed | No | No | Usually yes |
| Can be a shareholder | Yes, in its own name | — | Through the trustee |
General comparison only. The right structure depends on your residence, nationality, where your assets sit and the inheritance rules that apply. We work alongside your legal and tax advisers.
“A foundation only protects you if it is run the way its documents say. That is the part we take care of.”