Protect your assets, safeguard your future.

We all want to protect the things that matter to us. By creating a legal structure for you or your business that effectively protects your assets, you can shield yourself from the worst effects of bankruptcy, divorce, legal challenges or other potential future jeopardies.

What is asset protection?

Whichever form your assets take on – real estate, shares, intellectual property – you need a structure that protects them from unseen future events.

But asset protection is about so much more than guarding your wealth from creditors. By securing your assets, you’re also safeguarding your future. No matter what tomorrow brings, you can rest easy in the knowledge that you’re protected.

How does it work?

Asset protection can come in many forms.

Normally, we would establish a legal structure that places your assets under the protection of trusts, holding companies, legal partnerships or other types of structures.

Which type of structure we use depends on the types of assets you hold and the types of creditors who may pursue claims against you.

How Berkeley can help

We provide asset protection either as a standalone service or as part of the sale of a business.

As a standalone service

Because of the time it takes to establish a structure that protects your assets, it is usually too late to begin proceedings after the start of any legal action. That’s why you need to proactively create a legal structure that not only protects your assets from creditors, but gives you greater control over them.

As part of a business sale

We can also separate your assets from your SME when preparing for a business sale. Not only does this protect your assets from any potential legal action, it could also increase the value of your business and make it more attractive to buyers. This is particularly important if things like trademarks and copyrights are protected.