Will Van Neste

Area of expertise

• Family office services
• Fiduciary services
• Private client structuring and restructuring
• Private trust companies
• Corporate governance and company secretarial services
• Charitable foundations and ESG impact initiatives

Responsibilities

Will has a degree in Financial Services and holds a Chartered Governance diploma. Will has over 10 years' experience in the financial services industry and started his career in the capital markets and corporate services sectors.

Will oversees a team of administrators, servicing a variety of complex family office, private client, and corporate structures, as well as Jersey charitable, ESG and impact initiatives. Will’s client base spans the UK, Jersey, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, North and South America. Will services a broad base of asset classes, including high value residential and investment real estate, professionally managed investment portfolios, operating and trading companies, charitable ventures, special purpose funding and JV vehicles, as well as substantial, privately-owned, corporate operating structures.

Qualifications and memberships

• BA (hons) in Financial Services
• Chartered Governance Institute certificate
• Chartered Governance Institute diploma
• Chartered Management Institute – award in Principles of Management and Leadership

Notable achievements

• Led on the establishment and implementation of an extensive cross-border, multi-asset NextGen structuring solution for the grandchildren of an UHNW client, requiring the navigation of various US and UK tax considerations, with global assets in excess of US$1.5bn, spanning venture capital and private equity interests, as well as financial and luxury lifestyle assets
• Led on the migration and expansion of a complex US tax sensitive inter-generational and cross-border multi-asset structure for an UHNW family with global assets in excess of US$4bn, including expansive private and listed equity interests, as well as commercial, agricultural and residential real estate asset bases.
• 2023 eprivateclient NextGen Leader (Channel Islands)    
• 2024 eprivateclient NextGen Leader (UK)
• A keen runner in his spare time, Will has taken part in a number of events including marathons, half marathons and relay events along with members of the wider Family Office team.