Estate planning provider
Hawksford
International private client, fiduciary and corporate services provider
Private-client fiduciary services covering estate planning, trusts, foundations and family wealth continuity.
At a glance
- Provider type
- International private client, fiduciary and corporate services provider
- Global reach
- High
- Primary audience
- HNW individuals, families, family businesses and professional intermediaries
- Wills / executorship
- Varies by jurisdiction
- Trusts / foundations
- Core
- Cross-border estates
- Strong
- Tax / legal coordination
- Coordinates advisers
- Family governance
- Strong
- Probate / estate administration
- Jurisdiction dependent
- Philanthropy
- Available
What type of estate-planning provider is this?
Hawksford is an international private-client, fiduciary and corporate services provider, including trust and foundation services. It works with clients and advisers. Separate legal or tax advice may still be required.
Confirm which entity is providing legal, tax or fiduciary services. These may be delivered by separate regulated firms.
Who it may suit
Hawksford may be relevant to HNW individuals, families, family businesses and professional intermediaries.
Which jurisdictions does the provider support?
Published global reach: High.
Published reach is high. Multi-jurisdiction capability — confirm the relevant estate, trust and legal jurisdictions directly.
Wills, will trusts and executorship
Estate-planning support is available. Exact legal and probate services vary by jurisdiction.
Will validity and recognition depend on local law. A provider may coordinate legal drafting rather than draft the will itself.
Trusts and foundations
Core trust and foundation capability.
Trust and foundation treatment varies materially between jurisdictions.
Cross-border estates
Strong cross-border estate support.
Questions can include property in more than one country, beneficiaries living abroad, business interests, different inheritance laws, recognition of wills, where assets are situated, and where the family lives. Confirm which of these the provider actually coordinates.
How tax and legal advice is coordinated
Works with clients and advisers. Tax and accountancy support is available.
Published coordination is not a statement that the provider itself gives every form of legal or tax advice.
Family governance and succession
Strong family governance and succession support.
Family constitutions, councils, ownership transitions and family-business succession should be confirmed against the entity that would actually do the work.
Probate and estate administration
Probate and estate administration are jurisdiction and service dependent.
Probate is not a single process that works the same way in every country. Collecting assets, paying liabilities and making distributions can each depend on the local court and the local law.
Philanthropy and legacy planning
Charitable trusts and structures are available.
Service model
Private-client fiduciary provider with an intermediary-focused service model.
How estate-planning fees are structured
Fees are engagement-specific. A written scope may cover advisory work, legal drafting, trustee setup, an annual trustee fee, estate administration, probate, foundation administration or family-governance work. Only the items the provider actually offers should be on that schedule.
Request a written scope and fee schedule.
Questions to ask
These are questions for the provider. This page does not answer them.
Which jurisdiction will govern the estate plan?
Ask Hawksford directly. The published material reviewed for this page does not answer this for your situation.
Do you provide legal advice directly?
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Who drafts the will?
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Can you coordinate wills in more than one country?
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Can you act as professional trustee?
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Can you act as executor?
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Do you administer estates?
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Do you support foundations?
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Can you coordinate forced-heirship issues?
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Can you coordinate tax advisers in different jurisdictions?
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Can you work with my existing lawyer or accountant?
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Do you support family governance?
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Can you help with family-business succession?
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Do you support philanthropy?
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Which legal entity provides the service?
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Is there a minimum wealth level?
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How are ongoing trustee/administration fees calculated?
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What happens if my country of residence changes?
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Sources and review
Reviewed 7 October 2026.
- Service page
https://www.hawksford.com/private-client-services/trust-company-and-foundation-services
The provider’s published service description used for this page.
- Provider page
https://www.hawksford.com/
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- Evidence page
https://www.hawksford.com/our-people/linzi-maindonald
Further public material reviewed alongside the service page.
Information is based on publicly available provider information reviewed by WiT Access. Estate-planning, trust, probate and inheritance rules vary by jurisdiction and can change.
WiT Access provides general information and comparison resources. Estate planning, wills, trusts, inheritance, probate and succession rules vary by jurisdiction and personal circumstances. Nothing on this page constitutes legal, tax, financial or investment advice.
WiT Access does not determine whether a particular will, trust, foundation or succession structure is legally effective or tax appropriate.
Where several jurisdictions are involved, coordinated advice from appropriately qualified legal, tax and fiduciary professionals may be required.