This Is SOUTHPAC

Established in 1982, Southpac Group is a leading provider of asset protection and estate planning solutions, dedicated to safeguarding and growing client wealth. Beginning with our first office in the Cook Islands, followed by expansion into Nevis and New Zealand, we have spent over 40 years at the forefront of the offshore trust industry.

We deliver tailored wealth planning strategies for high-net-worth individuals, entrepreneurs, and family offices, specialising in purpose-built asset protection structures and fiduciary services designed for a variety of purposes.

Our service offerings are supported by more than 200 years of combined offshore trust expertise and a client-first approach ensuring every structure is carefully aligned with each client’s long-term objectives.

This is SOUTHPAC.

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So, Southpac started with a vision.
That vision was to provide a safe, and stable, durable environment for individuals and families to protect their assets.

And when we talk about protecting their assets, it’s the sacrifices people have made to get there. It’s the hope they have in those assets for the future. We protect those assets from future litigation, future lawsuits, and creditors coming after them. We also help our clients so they can put structures in place

so they can plan for the transfer of wealth to future generations. That’s why Southpac exists.

Southpac’s been around since 1982. We opened our first office in the Cook Islands back then, and we were actually the first licensed trustee company to be set up in the Cook Islands. That was then followed in 2000 by an office in Nevis.

Nevis and the Cook Islands have very similar asset protection, trust, and company laws, so they were a natural fit for each other. Those are the jurisdictions where we primarily operate.

However, we set up our hub office in New Zealand in 2013, and this is really our professional support center. From our office in New Zealand, which has 25 staff right now, we provide services to the clients and attorneys that we work with, and we act as a go-between for them and our trustee company offices in the Cook Islands and Nevis.

So the problem that Southpac was originally trying to solve was all around asset protection. The founders of Southpac actually worked with the legislators in the Cook Islands to create a new industry, and that collaboration between the legislators and Southpac created the gold standard for asset protection globally.

Being an offshore jurisdiction was really important because that meant clients of ours could place their assets in a jurisdiction away from creditors and courts in their home jurisdictions.

What really sets Southpac apart is our dedicated and clearly defined teams. We have a business development team, we have our trust services team, and then we have other services such as the banking and investment team, which provide other products and services to our clients for the duration of their trust.

It is important that our clients know that we understand their needs and how their structures work without unnecessary complications. At our clients’ convenience, we arrange a complimentary video call to introduce ourselves and talk through the next steps for funding the structure.

We focus on understanding each client’s personal, family, and business objectives, and then designing structures that are practical, robust, and aligned with those goals.

We see ourselves as long-term partners, supporting our clients and their families through multiple generations.

I think that if a client is working with us, what I hope would stick in their mind the most is the fact that once they’re working with us, they feel that weight off their shoulders. They have that peace of mind. Their assets are protected. You’ve got this lock-in, day-one protection from any future creditor that you can access with Southpac.

So that would be the number one thing I’d like clients to remember.

If there’s a number two thing, I really think it would be the level of service that they get from us, and the fact that they’re not just a client reference or a transaction. They’re real people that our staff deal with and support in the best possible way.

Our legacy is trust. Our difference is people. And our future is shaped by the belief that we can help clients protect their assets now and into the future.