Professional trustee services
We act as professional trustee for discretionary trusts, fixed-interest trusts, and purpose trusts. All appointments carry full fiduciary duties and are subject to our standard due diligence before acceptance.
What We Do · Trusts
Gibraltar trustee services built on English trust law.
Gibraltar trusts are governed by the Trustee Act (based on English trust law) and offer internationally mobile families a flexible, discreet vehicle for wealth protection, succession planning, and inter-generational governance. Resilience Group acts as professional trustee and establishes private trust companies for clients who need a regulated, independent fiduciary in a common-law jurisdiction.
Scope
What this service covers
Four trustee services. Each may be provided independently or as part of a wider family-office engagement.
Private trust companies
For families with complex holdings or a desire for direct governance involvement, we establish and administer private trust companies that act as trustee — giving the family a governance role while preserving the legal benefits of the trust structure.
Trust administration
Maintaining trust records, preparing trust accounts, managing distributions, liaising with investment managers, and ensuring ongoing compliance with Gibraltar law and the terms of the trust instrument.
Protector and successor appointments
Where the trust deed provides for a protector, we can serve in that capacity or recommend independent appointees. We also accept appointment as successor trustee following due diligence on the existing structure.
For Whom
Who this service is for
Trustee services are relevant to several audiences — the engagement differs by client type.
Family offices and HNWI clients
Seeking an institutional trustee to hold and administer family wealth structures across generations. Often the primary engagement.
Read the Family Offices hub →Solicitors and private-client advisers
Requiring a Gibraltar trustee to complement UK or offshore legal structuring. We work alongside your team without competing for the client relationship.
Read the Intermediaries hub →Category 2 residents
Relocating to Gibraltar and needing to review or restructure existing UK or offshore trust arrangements as part of the move.
Read the Residency & Cat 2 page →What We Won't Do
Where we draw the line
Explicit scope-exclusion is more useful to a serious client than another positive claim. Here is what we will not take on.
We don't act as bare nominee trustee for assets we have not approved.
Trustee services are not appropriate where the settlor or beneficial owner expects to control trustee decisions directly. We do not accept appointment as nominee trustee for structures where real decision-making authority rests elsewhere. Every asset class is reviewed before acceptance, and a structure we cannot administer responsibly is one we will decline.
Process
How an engagement works
Four phases. Click a step to expand it.
Step 01 Understanding your objectives
We start with the substantive question — what is the trust for? Wealth protection across generations, succession, philanthropy, or a combination. The structural answer follows the objective, not the other way round.
Step 02 Legal structuring
Working with your legal advisers, we help determine the appropriate trust type, governing law, and governance framework. The trust deed is drafted by your lawyers — we provide practical structuring input and confirm what we can administer.
Step 03 Due diligence and appointment
Full CDD on the settlor, beneficiaries, and source of funds in line with GFSC requirements. For successor appointments, we conduct due diligence on the outgoing trustee and the asset schedule before accepting. Typically 2–3 weeks for straightforward structures.
Step 04 Ongoing administration
Annual trustee meeting, distribution review, investment oversight, accounts preparation, and CRS/FATCA reporting. A named trust officer is responsible for your structure throughout the relationship.
The Team
Who delivers this service
Named professionals responsible for this practice. Photographs and full bios on Our People.
Sharron Smith (placeholder)
Director, Private Client
TEPSTEP Fellow
Leads the trustee practice. 20+ years in Gibraltar and offshore private wealth administration.
James Alcantara (placeholder)
Senior Trust Officer
TEPSTEP Member
Day-to-day trust administration, letters of wishes, and beneficiary communications.
Dr Claire Reyes (placeholder)
Trust Counsel
BarristerTEP
Trust disputes, asset-protection structures, and trustee decision-making review.
Names shown above are placeholders pending the Sprint F About-page roster review. Final names will be confirmed before launch.
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Last reviewed: May 2026