Client Affairs
ZEDRA Launches "Global Expansion Service" After Acquisition

The new service is designed to help companies expand around the world. It sits alongside the range of offerings from the ZEDRA stable. The firm acquired Fitzgerald & Law earlier in the autumn.
ZEDRA, the international
corporate, fund and wealth services business, has launched a
“global expansion service” for businesses wanting to develop
abroad. The move comes after ZEDRA acquired
Fitzgerald & Law in September.
The business helps companies to structure their businesses in a
number of jurisdictions. It sits alongside ZEDRA’s work in
providing company formation, regulatory compliance, accounting,
banking, tax, value-added tax, human resources, employee benefits
and global payroll alongside escrow arrangements in the UK and
the rest of Europe.
“ZEDRA is already recognised as a top tier independent trust
company providing the full range of Active Wealth solutions. With
F&L similarly recognised as a premier provider of global
expansion services, we are keen to utilise their great reputation
as the launch-pad from which to position ZEDRA as the go-to firm
for accounting, tax, HR, payroll and international expansion
advice,” Ivo Hemelraad, ZEDRA chief executive officer, said.
“With the continuing growth of ZEDRA’s corporate service offering
globally and now also in the UK, we expect to become a trusted
partner to more companies wanting to expand overseas. The recent
acquisition of F&L includes an international network of local
service providers in over 70 countries providing global expansion
related services, so we are quickly becoming well established,”
he added.
The firm has made a number of business acquisitions in Asia and
Europe. It bought the corporate trust services provider Interben
in Guernsey, acquired BNP Trust in Singapore and snapped up
accounting and outsourced services specialist Awans in Poland to
enter the Central European market.