Liechtenstein: Corporate Governance

Liechtenstein has long occupied a distinctive position in European and international private wealth structuring, because its trust, unlike many civil law instruments that merely approximate fiduciary ownership or contractual asset administration, is embedded in the Persons and Companies Act (PGR) as a flexible, statutory, internationally recognisable legal form which, while historically inspired by the Anglo-Saxon trust tradition, has developed into a characteristically Liechtenstein solution for asset protection, succession planning, family governance, philanthropy and cross-border wealth continuity.

The result is that social security is no longer a back-office calculation. It is part of legal structuring, human resources governance, cross-border tax design, board composition, due diligence and transactional risk management

The rise of crypto assets has created a new category of private and entrepreneurial wealth that often differs fundamentally from traditional financial holdings.