Hawksford Jersey

Our approach ensures a strategic and global approach to the creation, implementation and administration of corporate structures

• Capital markets & corporate finance

  We provide support with the establishment and ongoing administration of debt securities and equities issuance programmes. We also provide services to issuers and counter-parties and assist with pre and post IPO support and guidance

• Incorporation, administration & transactional services

  Hawksford is able to assist with the incorporation of companies across Europe and Asia. We provide a wide range of administration, director and secretarial services for your operational and transactional needs

• Real estate

  Whether you are a first time investor or seasoned real estate expert, Hawksford brings substantial experience of working on investments in residential, commercial and retail property

• Corporate trusts

  Our team of trust professionals act as corporate trustees on a wide range of capital markets, structured finance, project finance, corporate transactions and restructurings. With our industry expertise and entrepreneurial spirit, we align our corporate administration service delivery around your specific needs to ensure we help you make the most of your commercial decisions and business objectives

• Executive, board & employee solutions

  Our experienced team specialises in establishing and managing a variety of employee benefit schemes such as Employee Benefit Trusts, Employee Share Ownership Plans and Long Term Incentive Plans. We can assist both large corporations and small owner managed companies to design and implement appropriate structures to meet your commercial needs

• Accounting solutions, payroll & reporting services

  We have capabilities in bookkeeping all your transactions and the administration of annual tax filing requirements. Our certified and experienced team of accountants can help you manage the complexity of regulatory requirements to ensure your company is compliant

• Tax compliance

  We work on tax compliance and planning for the benefit of our clients. We can help with any or all of your compliance needs and offer you a flexible structuring solution based on your objectives. Some of the many areas where we can assist are; international tax planning, retirement planning, VAT health checks and planning, as well as revenue and customer investigations

• Startups

  We have helped major brands and entrepreneurs to setup and manage their businesses. Our trusted team will guide you on market entry, help steer, evolve and realise your business aspirations and partner with you for growth. Working closely with startups across the globe, we provide strategic and tactical support throughout the entire lifecycle of your venture helping you think commercially and internationally about your business opportunity

Our highly respected private client team has a wealth of technical expertise in creating trusts, companies, foundations and other structures.

• Trust, company & foundation administration

  An established structure ensures the protection of assets and can provide continuity of benefits to family members across generations

• Family office

  Confidentiality and flexibility are core attributes of our family office offering. We understand that every family has unique needs and different affairs. Our respected team will apply the core principles of corporate governance to looking after your wealth, while developing a framework which evolves and flows as your family’s needs change and investments develop

• Succession planning

  Our team works with you to protect your wealth for the long term, and see that it is passed to future generations. Working with clients across the globe, we administer structures for extended families, managing often complex, cross-border asset portfolios, and working with clients and their advisers through tax or regulatory matters. With a proper plan for succession in place, we ensure that wealth is accumulated, preserved and protected for future generations

• Philanthropy

  We provide trusteeship to various charities, from small local foundations to multi-million-pound international charitable organisations. Our involvement ranges from managing the trust assets or researching appropriate charitable beneficiaries, to visiting worldwide projects in order to monitor progress

• Private trust companies

  There are significant benefits to establishing your own Private Trust Company (PTC), which can serve as trustee of all your family trusts. Confidentiality, cost efficiencies, succession planning and greater levels of control are the primary drivers for our clients who choose to establish a PTC. We can set up the PTC and provide all administration and reporting services, tailored to you and your family’s specific requirements

• Property related services

  Many of our clients have significant interest in property including both commercial and residential. Our property team provides guidance on the most appropriate type of structure to hold. We work with you and your advisers to ensure that you receive a specialised all-round service and that the structure is managed in a way that best suits your requirements

• Executor, wills & probate

  Our team of dedicated professionals, with many years’ experience in carrying out the role of executor and the administration of estates, is focused on providing a specialised service

• Tax & accountancy services

  Alongside accounting and bookkeeping services, we assist with the tax compliance process and engage with a network of advisers to look after filing and tax obligations. Our extensive network of tax professionals provide technical advice, whilst we ensure that in-house knowledge stays up-to-date, so we are aware of the current topics to facilitate discussions

Hawksford is a first-class administrator to the alternative investment market.

• Fund administration services

  We work with you to become your strategic partner; adding value to you by anticipating your needs and delivering when it matters most.

• On-boarding and establishment

  We build strong relationships with first-time and entrepreneurial fund managers as well as the established players.

• Fund accounting Services

  Our specialist fund accountants make sure that the fund’s reporting accurately reflects the underlying constitutional documents and the on-going activities.

• Financial reporting services

  Timely and accurate preparation of annual financial statements is a regulatory requirement and vital for ensuring fund decisions are made with appropriate and accurate information.

• Investor liaison services

  The investors’ impression of the fund and the reputation of the promoter are, in part, reliant on the quality of the service provided through its administrator.

• Banking solutions

  As your fund administrator, we shall set up a mandate with your preferred bank (which can be one of our e-banking service providers) and perform day-to-day cash management for your fund.

• Tax reporting

  Effective tax compliance reporting is critical to the successful functioning of any fund.