A British Jurisdiction in Cyprus. Wealth Planning You’ve Never Heard Of

Confidentiality and Asset Protection From British Sovereign Territory
in the Sovereign Base Areas of Cyprus

• The jurisdiction — the Sovereign Base Areas (SBA), British sovereign territory in Cyprus, with its own trust-law framework continued in force separately from the Republic of Cyprus, England and Wales, and mainstream offshore jurisdictions; recognised under UK law via Schedule 2 of the Recognition of Trusts Act 1987 (Overseas Territories) Order 1989, which applies the Hague Trusts Convention to SBA law.
• The court issue — a recognised, SBA-governed trust may still leave a claimant without an obvious conventional court or a straightforward enforcement route
• Portability — decanting lets a trustee anywhere retain the client rather than losing them to the original trustee, with Svalbard as the non-resident trustee jurisdiction at formation
• Confidentiality — even after decanting, retained throughout rather than traded away
• Technical compliance — how an SPV Custodial Institution can sit outside participating CRS architecture, examined against the mandatory disclosure rules
• Putting it together: the Five Gate Strategy — most asset protection relies on one strong statute, like the Cook Islands’; this instead builds friction across five separate points a claimant must clear in turn — bank, company, director, trust jurisdiction and trustee

The Connaught, London 15 September 2026

Registration and welcome refreshments 5.00 pm
Briefing 5.30 pm to 7.00pm
Post briefing supper reception
Meet with Mark Morris for one-to-one technical guidance on the broad range of wealth planning
strategies with Lionheart trusts.

In person £390 – Online Zoom £190

This briefing is designed for private-client lawyers, tax advisers, trustees, family-office professionals and wealth managers. Familiarity with trusts and cross-border planning is assumed.