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International Trusts

Protect your business or personal investments as well as your family and loved ones by registering an international trust under SIBA.

Our guarantees of secrecy, competitive rates, and other world class trust legislation features provide the ideal framework to ensure your financial security.

The trust regulatory framework is provided by the International Trusts Act of 1994. A Seychelles trust may own and trade in other shares, operate bank accounts or even deal in government securities in the country.

Please see List of International Trustee Service Providers.

Salient Features include:

• one-off registration fee
• the transfer or disposition by a person creating an international trust cannot be invalidated by any foreign rule of forced heirship
• no restrictions on the accumulation of income
• settlors or trustees themselves can be named as beneficiaries under the trust
• the law governing an international trust is the law chosen by the settlor to be the proper law
• no requirement to mention the names of the settlor and beneficiary, unless the latter is a Seychellois
• an international trust is valid and enforceable in Seychelles
• disclosure of information or documents relating to an international trust can only be effected in extenuating circumstances involving criminal activity

Associated Downloads

International Trusts Act, 1994 [219.70KB]
International Trusts (Fees) Regulations, 1995 [10.14KB]
International Trusts FAQ [54.81KB]

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