BVI companies, Cayman funds, Jersey trusts, Nevis LLCs — offshore structures are designed to place distance between an owner and their wealth. We trace assets through those layers lawfully, unwinding nominee arrangements to beneficial ownership and documenting the chain of control so recovery can proceed.
The classic offshore structure places a nominee director and a bearer-share company between an asset and its true owner. In practice, multiple layers are stacked — a BVI holdco, a Cayman fund, a Jersey trust — each adding apparent opacity. Umbragarde provides confidential asset tracing that follows the chain across these jurisdictions using every lawful avenue available, and delivers a sourced map of beneficial ownership that courts and counsel can rely on.
Offshore privacy regimes have eroded significantly since the Panama Papers and subsequent public-register reforms. A substantial body of offshore corporate data is now lawfully in the public domain, and we know how to use it alongside registry records, court disclosures, beneficial-ownership registers where mandated, and open-source signals. What cannot be resolved through public sources is noted clearly — we do not fill gaps with inference.
We work from open sources and lawful records across multiple jurisdictions, corroborate every material finding independently, and deliver a clear, sourced report through a private channel. We do not use unlawful access to private data, and we never approach individuals under false pretences. Enforcement steps — offshore injunctions, mutual legal assistance requests, disclosure orders — run through your counsel; our role is to ensure the intelligence they receive is accurate and defensible. We work alongside offshore counsel where local enforcement is required. We never disclose a client or a matter.
Yes. We trace assets connected to offshore jurisdictions — BVI, Cayman Islands, Jersey, Nevis and similar — using open sources, lawful records and cross-jurisdictional research. Nominee layers and complex structures are mapped to beneficial ownership and documented to support recovery, typically alongside offshore counsel for any enforcement steps.
We combine available registry records, leaked-data sets that are now lawfully in the public domain, corporate filings across multiple jurisdictions, and open-source signals to map the chain of ownership. Every material finding is corroborated before it enters the final report. We do not use unlawful access to private data.
One confidential message is enough. Tell us the matter — we scope it with you.
Discuss a matter