Asset Protection
Trusts
Protection depends on two things: the right structure for your situation, and putting it in place before you need it. The right one is built for your facts, and built in time.
Request a consultationThere is more than one way to do this.
Different tools, different strengths — the right mix is chosen for you.
Revocable living trust
Keeps you in control and passes your assets cleanly to your heirs, digital wealth included.
Domestic asset protection trust
Self-settled trusts in Nevada, Wyoming, South Dakota, or Alaska. Real creditor protection under U.S. courts and trustees.
Offshore trust
Cook Islands, Nevis, and similar. The strongest jurisdictional barrier, for clients whose situation calls for it.
Strong custody
Institutional cold storage or multi-sig for digital assets, paired with the structure above. Protection starts with who holds the keys.
A jurisdiction is not a shield by itself.
U.S. courts judge a trust by three things: who really controls it, why it was funded, and when. That is what determines whether it holds.
Structures fail when they are set up late, funded with everything at once, or still controlled by the person they are meant to protect. That is true onshore and offshore alike.
The timing is the protection.
Built before a claim, a structure can stand. Funded in response to one, it can be set aside as a fraudulent transfer.
The options are open.
- Assets can be moved on clean terms
- The structure can be matched to the real risk
- Time passes, and the funding reads as genuine
- Everything sits well outside any dispute
- Reporting is set up correctly from the start
Most of it has closed.
- Transfers invite challenge as fraudulent
- A court can look through recent funding
- The timeline works against you
- Planning gives way to defense
- What remains is damage control
The best structure is the one built for your situation.
Understand your facts and risks
What you hold, who might come for it, and how it should pass to the people you choose.
Recommend the structure that fits
Matched to your assets, your risks, and your goals — domestic, offshore, or a combination.
Build and fund it early
Set up well before any claim, on clean terms, so the structure reads as genuine.
Keep it genuine and reported
Custody, administration, and the U.S. filings that keep the plan sound over time.
Frequently asked.
Both are structures we build. Which fits depends on your assets, the risks you face, and your goals.
We walk through the options with you and recommend the one — or the combination — that suits your situation.
Early. A structure put in place before any claim is on the horizon stands on the firmest footing.
The sooner it is built and funded, the more cleanly it works when it is needed.
Yes. Offshore trusts carry U.S. reporting obligations, and we handle those filings as part of the engagement.
Set up and reported properly, an offshore structure is fully transparent to the authorities.
Not entirely, and how much you keep is one of the first things to decide.
The strongest protection usually means more distance, but many structures keep the client closely involved. The right balance depends on what you are protecting against.
For the strongest protection, largely yes — that is the reason to do it early.
There may still be lawful steps worth taking, but the options are narrower and the scrutiny is higher. It is worth an honest assessment rather than an assumption.
Find the structure that fits.
A confidential consultation on what you hold, the risks it faces, and how best to protect it.
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