Grow, sell or list. Take your people with you.
You're growing a group, closing a deal or getting ready to sell. We look after the companies behind it, and the employee incentives that keep your people invested. Trust, corporate and fund services from Jersey since 1982, with offices in London and Dubai.
Keep the deal on track and the team on board.
Growth brings more companies, more countries and more filings. A sale or listing brings hard deadlines and anxious key people. Both go better when the groundwork is done early.
Jersey company formation, registered office, company secretarial and directors. Accounting and reporting under FRS 102, IFRS or US GAAP. Jersey vehicles for acquisitions, restructurings and schemes of arrangement. Employee benefit trusts and share plan administration. Escrow on completion. Company support in the Middle East from our Dubai office.
A group that stays compliant as it grows, without adding headcount. Transactions that aren't held up by paperwork. Share awards that land when your people expect them. Fees and timelines agreed at the start.
Jersey companies formed properly first time, on your timetable.
CorporateJersey vehicles for acquisitions, restructurings and cross-border deals.
CorporateIssuer and holding vehicles for when you raise debt or ring-fence assets.
Capital MarketsCompany support in the region, from a team on the ground in Dubai.
Shariah-compliant holding and property structures for Gulf owners and investors.
CorporateBoard meetings, filings and directors handled, so nothing lapses.
CorporateManagement and statutory accounts your auditors and board can rely on.
CorporateHold your offices and sites separately from the trading business.
CorporateDeal money held safely until every condition is met.
Capital MarketsReward and keep key people through growth, a sale or a listing.
CorporateParticipant records, vesting and tax reporting, with an online portal.
CorporateCo-investment vehicles that bring investors in alongside you.
FundsProtect founders' and shareholders' wealth before and after a sale.
Private Wealth120+
Companies we help work with
Named people, not a department
Your group gets a small team led by a director who knows it. These are the people who lead our work with corporates and business owners.
Patrick spent more than 10 years in aircraft leasing at Stellwagen and Orix Aviation, across finance, project, investment and financial asset management roles. He then spent seven years as a corporate service provider on both the fiduciary and capital markets side, setting up structures, facilitating closings and managing client portfolios. At VG, he brings that experience to repeat structures, new platforms and complex, regulation-sensitive transactions, and to informal deal guidance where the right introduction makes the difference.
The proof? Patrick was VG Ireland’s first employee. He built it from the ground up, securing its TCSP licence from the Department of Justice, setting up its office and putting tax and regulatory compliance in place. He has executed escrow transactions under the compliance requirements of the Central Bank of Ireland, OFSI and OFAC, set up multi-jurisdictional aviation platforms for major airlines and asset managers, and sat on more than 250 boards as Director or Alternate Director.
Originators, institutions, structured finance arrangers, lawyers, private credit and asset managers, airlines, lessors, and aviation and maritime businesses looking to establish in Ireland all work with Patrick. He is an ACCA qualified accountant and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business and Law and a Diploma in Aviation Leasing and Finance from the Law Society of Ireland.
Gabriela has spent more than a decade in Jersey corporate services, with roles at Gen II, CCS and Aztec Group before joining VG in 2022. As Head of Corporate Services, she works on target asset acquisitions, corporate restructurings, schemes of arrangement, cross-border M&A and financing transactions. She also handles sukuk and conventional bonds, together with listing agent services for TISE Category 1 and 2 listings.
The proof? When a client fell out with an investment adviser VG worked with, Gabriela resolved the situation for the client without throwing the adviser under the bus. At the time, that adviser was working with VG on one deal. It now has three structures with VG, the most recent set up in 2025, with two transactions closed in 2026.
Private equity houses, listed and private companies and governments work with Gabriela on financing transactions to acquire almost any kind of asset, from technology and AI to financial institutions, across jurisdictions. She is an Associate of the Chartered Governance Institute, and holds an Institute of Directors Diploma and master’s degree in International Relations from the University of Wroclaw.
Joel has worked in employee incentives for almost 14 years. He joined VG in 2018, leads its Employee Incentives offering and is a Director of several of its operating companies. He sets up and runs Employee Benefit Trusts, Corporate Nominee Arrangements and other employee incentive structures, and shows you how they work in practice. When a share-related transaction or a time-sensitive action lands, he coordinates every party involved and keeps your structure running efficiently, in line with governance and compliance requirements.
The proof? A new client needed the employee ownership side of a major M&A transaction delivered on a tight timeframe. Joel set up both an Employee Benefit Trust and a separate Nominee Arrangement, worked through a large volume of transactional documentation with the client and their advisers, and had both structures in place for completion. The share allocations to management went ahead as planned.
Joel works with companies from the FTSE-100 to high-growth businesses, alongside brokers, registrars, legal and tax advisers and in-house company secretarial, HR and reward teams. He is a Chartered Member of the CISI, holds the CGI Diploma in International Finance and Administration, and Is currently undertaking his studies with the Institute of Directors. Joel won the inaugural Trust and Corporate Services category at the Jersey Finance Rising Star awards in 2020.
Mehar joined VG as Head of Mergers & Acquisitions in June 2026. He finds the acquisition and partnership opportunities that support VG’s growth, and builds relationships with the founders, shareholders and management teams behind them. He assesses, structures and negotiates each transaction on VG’s behalf, and manages it from first conversation and diligence through documentation, completion and integration.
The proof? Mehar spent more than five years at Ocorian, where he contributed directly to an M&A programme that supported EBITDA growth of more than 33%. In the past five years, he has completed transactions across private wealth, corporate services, fund administration, regulatory compliance and capital markets, expanding geographic reach and strengthening service lines, leadership and capabilities. Before that, he worked in M&A at a London investment bank, advising UK and international listed companies across a range of sectors.
If you’re a founder or shareholder thinking about your firm’s next chapter, Mehar is the person to talk to. His experience spans the UK and mainland Europe, the US, the Middle East and Asia.
Katherine has more than 20 years’ experience in corporate services and capital markets, with senior roles at Vistra, Capita, Link Group and D.F. King. At VG, she sets up UK, Irish and Jersey structures that work as well in practice as they do on paper. That might be an employee benefit trust to reward and keep your key people, an entity or holding structure ahead of a sale, refinancing or investment round, or a property vehicle from acquisition to exit. If you already have an entity in one of these jurisdictions and just need help keeping it compliant, she can take of that too. Alongside VG’s local experts, she handles the compliance, regulatory and banking requirements, so you don’t have to.
The proof? A significant client needed four tender offers run at once, across its equity and debt registers, on a tight timetable. Katherine led the project from appointment, bringing together operations, technology and legal specialists to build a market-first online platform. It was delivered within three weeks, and all four transactions completed on schedule.
Owners, management teams and investors, and their advisers in the UK, Ireland, Jersey and the Middle East, deal directly with Katherine, someone who knows how structures, investor services and regulation fit together.
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An EBT is a discretionary trust set up by a company to hold shares or cash for its employees. Companies use one to deliver awards under LTIPs, deferred bonus plans and management incentive plans. The company recommends awards, and the trustee makes the decisions.
In as little as two weeks, once we have what we need from you and your advisers. You get a timeline at the start, covering the trust deed, the bank account and the first share transfers.
Yes. Many UK companies use a Jersey trustee for their EBT. We act as trustee and administrator for listed, PE-backed and private businesses. Your lawyers and tax advisers set the plan rules, and we run the trust.
Typically within two working days once we have your KYC. We need three things: who owns and controls the company, what it will do and when it needs to be live. The bank application runs alongside.
Yes. Your Jersey companies get experienced directors and a company secretarial team who keep the board, filings and records up to date. They know your group, so approvals don't stall.
Yes. Our Dubai office, in the DIFC, works with businesses in the region alongside our Jersey and London teams. That covers company administration, Jersey holding and real estate structures, and employee share plans.
Jersey, UK and Ireland and Middle East
Fifth Floor
37 Esplanade
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Jersey
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London
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