Building Enduring Legacies Through Expert Fiduciary Solutions

As a licensed and regulated trust company based in The Bahamas, we combine global expertise, strong governance, and discreet administration to deliver structures that support asset protection, tax efficiency, succession planning, and long-term financial stability.


We don't just manage assets. We safeguard legacies.

Building Enduring Legacies Through Expert Fiduciary Solutions
Personal Trust Solutions

Personal Trust Solutions

Discretionary & Fixed Trusts

Discretionary & Fixed Trusts

We design wealth structures that withstand the test of time. From discretionary trusts to private foundations, we ensure your assets are protected and your succession plans are honored.

Reserved Powers & Purpose Trusts

Reserved Powers & Purpose Trusts

Our solutions are tailored to the unique complexities of global families, ensuring that wealth is safeguarded, intentions are honored, and legacies endure across generations.

Family Wealth Preservation

Family Wealth Preservation

Our solutions are tailored to the unique complexities of global families, ensuring that wealth is safeguarded, intentions are honored, and legacies endure across generations.

Tailored to meet evolving family and individual needs

Tailored to meet evolving family and individual needs

Our trust solutions provide asset protection, succession certainty, and enduring stewardship for generations to come

Charitable Trusts & Philanthropic Structures

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Philanthropic Planning

We work with families to create comprehensive philanthropic strategies that align with their values, maximize impact, and provide meaningful involvement for future generations.

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Foundation Administration

Acting as administrators and fiduciaries, we ensure that foundations are managed in accordance with their charter, meet all reporting obligations, and fulfill their philanthropic or private purposes.

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Charitable Purpose Trusts

We help families and individuals establish lasting philanthropic structures that support causes they care about, ensuring their charitable vision endures while providing strategic tax and estate planning benefits.

Charitable trusts combine the benefits of philanthropy with effective estate planning, creating lasting impact while achieving your financial objectives.

Private Trust Companies (PTCs) (We provide the regulatory support, board oversight, and back-office administration to ensure legal compliance and operational effectiveness.)

For families seeking maximum control over their trust administration, a Private Trust Company offers the perfect balance of governance, flexibility, and regulatory compliance. We provide the regulatory support, board oversight, and back-office administration to ensure legal compliance and operational effectiveness.

Board & Governance Support

Board & Governance Support

We handle the entire process of establishing your PTC in The Bahamas, including regulatory applications, licensing with the Central Bank, and ongoing compliance with all fiduciary regulations.

PTC Formation & Licensing

PTC Formation & Licensing

For families seeking maximum control over their trust administration, a Private Trust Company offers the perfect balance of governance, flexibility, and regulatory compliance. We provide the regulatory support, board oversight, and back-office administration to ensure legal compliance and operational effectiveness.

Private Trust Companies (PTCs)

Private Trust Companies (PTCs)

(We provide the regulatory support, board oversight, and back-office administration to ensure legal compliance and operational effectiveness.)

Governance
Governance Support
Expert
Regulatory Compliance
Family Control
100%

Corporate Trust & Fiduciary Services

We provide independent trustee and agency services for capital markets and commercial finance transactions. Roles include Security Trustee, Facility Agent, Escrow Agent, and Bond Trustee, delivering impartiality and operational efficiency.

Security Trustee

Security Trustee

Acting as security trustee for lending transactions, bond issues, and structured finance arrangements.

Facility Agent

Facility Agent

Administrative agent services for syndicated loans and multi-party financing arrangements.

Bond Trustee

Bond Trustee

Trustee services for bond issuances, ensuring compliance with trust deeds and protecting bondholders' interests.

State-of-the-art Technology

State-of-the-art Technology

We leverage cutting-edge technology to provide efficient trading solutions and real-time market insights, empowering you to make informed decisions and stay ahead in the market.

Estate & Succession Planning

We help families design comprehensive succession strategies that ensure wealth transitions smoothly across generations while minimizing tax exposure, preserving family harmony, and honoring your legacy intentions.

Revocable Trusts

Revocable Trusts

Flexible estate planning tools that allow the settlor to retain full control of assets during their lifetime. These trusts can be modified or revoked at any time and become irrevocable upon the settlor’s death, allowing for smooth, probate-free asset distribution.

Irrevocable Trusts

Irrevocable Trusts

Designed for long-term estate planning, these trusts remove assets from the settlor’s taxable estate, offering significant benefits in terms of asset protection, creditor shielding, and tax mitigation. Once created, they cannot be amended or revoked.

Dynasty Trusts

Dynasty Trusts

Multi-generational trusts established to preserve wealth indefinitely. By utilizing the favorable legal framework of The Bahamas, which allows perpetual trusts, we help families build enduring legacies while minimizing estate taxes across generations.

Escrow Services

Escrow Services

As a neutral third party, we hold funds, documents, or assets in escrow until the terms of a transaction are fulfilled. This service is crucial in M&A, real estate, and commercial transactions.

Investment Fiduciary & Asset Management Services

Leno Trust acts as a prudent fiduciary, prioritizing the preservation and growth of assets. We do not sell proprietary investment products; instead, we ensure that investment strategies align with the trust's objectives and the needs of beneficiaries.

Risk Management

Ongoing risk audits to evaluate fiduciary, investment, operational, and legal risks to protect trust assets.

Risk Management

Fiduciary Oversight

We provide independent oversight to ensure that investment strategies align with the trust’s objectives, operating without conflict of interest.

Fiduciary Oversight

Investment Policy Design

Collaborating with families to define risk tolerance, liquidity needs, and long-term goals for a cohesive strategy.

Investment Policy Design

Manager Selection & Monitoring

Objective evaluation of external asset managers to ensure performance and compliance with mandates.

Manager Selection & Monitoring

Consolidated Reporting

Providing a unified view of global assets, performance analytics, and cost transparency for informed decision-making.

Consolidated Reporting

Asset Protection & Offshore Structures

In an increasingly litigious global environment, protecting wealth requires foresight and structural integrity. Bahamian trust law provides robust protection against future creditors while allowing settlors to retain appropriate powers.

Fraudulent Disposition Protection

Fraudulent Disposition Protection

The Fraudulent Dispositions Act provides clarity and limitation periods, offering strong defenses against frivolous claims when trusts are properly established.

Fraudulent Disposition Protection

Fraudulent Disposition Protection

The Fraudulent Dispositions Act provides clarity and limitation periods, offering strong defenses against frivolous claims when trusts are properly established.

Professional Indemnity

Professional Indemnity

Leno Trust maintains substantial insurance coverage, providing an additional layer of security and peace of mind for our clients.

Asset protection planning must be undertaken before claims arise. We work with your legal and tax advisors to ensure structures are both effective and compliant.

Asset Protection & Offshore Structures

Corporate Structuring & International Planning

We support clients in establishing tax-efficient, cross-border corporate structures to manage wealth and conduct business internationally.

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International Business Companies (IBCs)

We assist in forming and administering IBCs for asset protection, international trade, and tax planning, including full corporate governance and regulatory compliance support.

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Private Equity & Venture Capital Trusts

We provide trust-based investment vehicles tailored to the complex needs of private equity and venture capital firms, ensuring regulatory compliance and fiduciary oversight.

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Offshore Holding Structures

These structures help multinational clients manage subsidiaries and assets with reduced exposure to home jurisdiction risks.

Foundation & PTC Governance

We provide full governance, administrative, and compliance support for foundations and Private Trust Companies, ensuring legal compliance and operational effectiveness.

Foundation Administration

Foundation Administration

  • Acting as administrators and fiduciaries
  • Reporting obligation management
  • Fulfilling philanthropic or private purposes
  • Charter compliance and governance
PTC Governance

PTC Governance

  • Ensuring operational effectiveness
  • Back-office administration
  • Board oversight and minute-taking
  • Regulatory support and licensing
  • Compliance & Risk Management
Compliance & Risk Management

Compliance & Risk Management

  • Compliance & Risk Management
  • Fiduciary responsibility oversight
  • Ongoing risk audits
  • Rigorous internal controls
Regulatory Expertise

Regulatory Expertise

  • We ensure timely, accurate, and complete filings with regulatory authorities, maintaining the integrity of our fiduciary engagements and protecting our clients' interests.

Discover the Confidence of Working with a Trusted Partner

Whether you're planning for future generations, protecting your assets, or seeking a reliable fiduciary partner, our team is here to guide you with expertise and integrity.

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NASSAU | THE BAHAMAS
  • Leno Corporate Centre, 5th Floor
    Third Terrace Centreville
    Nassau, The Bahamas