Trusts

SERVICES & EXPERTISE

Family Trusts are a useful tool to protect assets for you, your family, or on someone else’s behalf. Charitable Trusts can be established to provide benefit to the wider community through many different purposes. Trusts can be complicated legal structures, so it is important to get the right advice when thinking about setting up a trust.

Recent change to trust law in New Zealand means it is a good time to discuss your existing family or charitable trust with us. Our team can help you to:

• Understand the trust structure;
• Identify your role in the trust and how you are impacted by the trust;
• Know and understand what obligations you have or are owed in relation to the trust;
• Complete any compliance requirements of the trust;
• Understand and execute any changes that need to be made to your trust to keep it up to date and fit for purpose;
• Navigate trust disputes.