Trusts

In this Part IV, we focus on a major offshore trust stack, the so-called VISTA trust in the British Virgin Islands. In our conclusion, we share some of the inside on why, even if you are not a US resident, a US trust may be a better option for you than an offshore trust.

In this third part, we discuss some common use cases for trusts with both US and non-US assets, with a focus on Web3 users. For each use case, we adapted the structure diagram we used in Part I and populated it with example assets.

Access a fully annotated, editable and downloadable 64-page trust agreement.

In this first part, we explain the basic concept of a trust and share a typical trust stack and the various parties and entities involved.