01 · Fiduciary Escrow
Conditional sequestration.
Segregated account opened with a first-tier Swiss bank. Funds are retained under defined conditions, then released or redistributed according to the contractual calendar.
Paymaster · By institutional engagement
In every cross-border transaction involving several jurisdictions, buyers, introducers and advisors, there comes a moment when trust must have a name and a seat. That seat, for three centuries, has been Geneva. Here we practise the most discreet office of our profession: the custody, sequestration and distribution of the flows that seal an act.
I · A trusted third party
A Paymaster is neither buyer, seller, nor principal mandatary. He receives, sequesters and redistributes the financial flows of transactions that bring together several parties, several jurisdictions and several intermediaries.
His compensation is set as a percentage of the sums that transit through his office, independently of the economic value of the underlying transaction. His utility is not commercial: it is structural.
Access is by introduction. A private bank, a family office, a notarial firm, a Senior Advisor signatory to our charter: someone who vouches for your file before we examine it.
II · Six contractual architectures
Segregated account opened with a first-tier Swiss bank. Funds are retained under defined conditions, then released or redistributed according to the contractual calendar.
IMFPA for irrevocable introducer chains. MFPA for revisable structures. Each instrument is drafted according to ICC standards, adapted to Swiss law.
Non-Circumvention Non-Disclosure Agreement. Parties commit not to bypass identified intermediaries nor to disclose the confidential information of the transaction.
Documented identification of beneficial owners, screening of international sanctions, PEP verification, AML risk assessment by matrix. Files preserved for ten years.
At the principal closing, each beneficiary receives their share, dated, documented, traceable. No introducer is forgotten. No payment is delayed.
Complete audit file available to regulators, tax authorities, auditors and institutional compliance committees of our counterparties.
III · The markets we serve
A Gulf family acquires in Cologny, a Singaporean family in Lavaux, a Canadian family in Saint-Sulpice. The chain of compensation for their intermediaries is settled with us.
World marketplace for commodities. Secured intermediary fees on oil and gas, metals, agricultural products and precious stones, all routed through Geneva.
Joux Valley watchmaking, Orbe Plain manufacturing. Mergers and acquisitions involving industrial real estate. Earn-outs and warranty escrows held over multiple years.
Infrastructure, luxury hospitality, public-private partnerships, international development. Coordination of fees among developers, financiers, operators and authorities.
International successions involving multiple jurisdictions. Swiss and international trusts. Family foundations. Property dismemberments staged over several years.
Private equity fundraising, hedge funds, institutional real estate funds, private bond placements. Secured placement agent fees and structured distributions.
IV · Why Geneva
Since the eighteenth century, the Geneva financial centre has practised the craft of trusted third party for European patrimonies. This cultural continuity sustains a deep competence and a professional secrecy that cannot be improvised.
More than eighty private banks operate in the canton. This density shortens our execution times and structures the quality of our controls. We work with those who share our standard of discretion.
Our operational office is conducted by a Swiss company affiliated with SO-FIT (Supervisory Body for Financial Intermediaries and Trustees) under reference no. 1490, an organisation authorised by FINMA since 2020. This affiliation subjects our activity to a strict framework of ongoing supervision, training and prudential reporting, in application of the Swiss Anti-Money Laundering Act.
V · Financial silence
We never publish the identity of our clients. We never name our institutional partners. No precise figure of transaction volume is disclosed outside a restricted circle bound by an extended confidentiality agreement.
Operations conducted in our office are not commented upon, not mentioned, and archived only with their beneficial owners and the competent regulatory authorities.
What transits through us is never disclosed.
VI · Entering into relation
If your operation merits the office of a Geneva-based trusted third party, or if one of our institutional partners has already directed you to our house, we would be glad to examine your file. The first interview is held in Geneva, or by secured videoconference, after the signature of a preliminary confidentiality agreement.