Boston Multi Family Office

Boston Multi Family Office looks after the affairs of wealthy families and entrepreneurs: the trusts and companies that hold their assets, the yachts, aircraft and art they own, the property they invest in and the paperwork that keeps it all compliant. It operates from the Isle of Man, Jersey and Malta, and the Maltese office stands on Bisazza Street in Sliema, one of the island's main business districts.

On VisitMalta.co.uk the firm appears in our directories of corporate services providers in Malta, accountants in Malta and financial advisors in Malta. It is best suited to international families, business owners and investors with complex or cross-border affairs, rather than to someone who needs a simple tax return.

Who Boston is and where it came from

The firm's roots lie in a single-family office established more than two decades ago to look after three generations of one family, handling everything from asset allocation and the education of the next generation to estates and venture capital interests. Demand from intermediaries and other wealthy families led it to grow into a commercial multi-family office offering boutique administration. It is no longer owned by the founding family, but it remains privately owned, which keeps its advice independent and impartial.

Its working philosophy is summed up as embracing change and thriving in chaos, a nod to the unpredictable life of the entrepreneur, and its tagline invites clients to know different. The group has been named one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2025 in the medium organisation category, with a culture built around long-term relationships with clients and staff. A recent announcement records an agreement to acquire Valla Limited, a Jersey private client and fiduciary services provider.

In Malta, the team is listed under Fiduciary and includes Paul Lawrence as Managing Director, with Kristianne Fenech, Jennie Ekedahl, Sarah Mullins and Alex Ward as directors. Boston Trust Limited holds the Maltese licence, granted by the Malta Financial Services Authority to provide trust and fiduciary services under the Trusts and Trustees Act. For wider background on how the island supports this kind of work, see our overview of financial services in Malta.

Family office services

The family office offer is built around a single point of coordination. Each client has a dedicated Client Relationship Manager and direct contact with the chief executive and senior managers, and a multi-family office helps families keep affairs confidential, guard against succession and control disputes, navigate complex international tax rules, and cut costs and conflicts of interest among advisers.

Within that framework the services include family governance and liaison, consolidated reporting, financial and insurance planning, estate planning, personal cash flow management and risk management. Boston can set up family constitutions and policies, which set out the aims of a family business, who is responsible for what, how non-family staff are employed, how dividends and voting control work, how succession is handled and how disputes are resolved. Estate planning can extend to acting as executor and administrator where needed.

Fiduciary work covers the administration and management of trusts, foundations and companies, including the entities that hold yachts, aircraft, cars and art. Boston sources tax and legal advice for clients rather than giving it itself, and works with their existing advisers to avoid duplicated effort. Personal cash flow support can be as practical as opening bank accounts, managing standing orders and regular transfers, and providing monthly budget and expense information, so a family has one team to call. Property and land management can also sit inside the family office, covering sourcing and acquisition, the best ownership structure, maintenance contractors and the eventual sale.

Private clients and corporate structures

For private clients, typically high net worth individuals, entrepreneurs and family offices, the firm forms and manages asset holding and asset protection structures: trusts, companies, foundations and limited partnerships in a range of jurisdictions, with experienced trustees, directors and council members provided where needed. Administration, accounting and VAT work, registered office services and company secretarial support complete the package.

Corporate clients receive international company incorporation for all company types, advice on choosing the most suitable jurisdiction, and help deciding whether an existing structure should be re-domiciled or wound up and re-formed. The portfolio includes trading and investment companies, property structures, ecommerce businesses and asset holding entities. Governance services provide qualified directors and officers, statutory reporting and nominee shareholder arrangements, while the group's Isle of Man listing arm acts as a sponsor and listing agent for companies on The International Stock Exchange and works with companies on the London Stock Exchange AIM and Main Market.

Readers comparing locations for a company can start with our guide to Malta's corporate tax structure, and those thinking of personal tax can use our guide to Malta tax for UK nationals. Another firm in the directory, Apex Group in Malta, offers related fund and corporate administration.

Yachts, aircraft, art and collectibles

Luxury assets are one of Boston's signature areas. The firm sets up and administers ownership structures for superyachts, private aircraft, art, car and wine collections, designed around how the owner intends to use them: leisure, chartering or leasing, preservation and succession, or philanthropy. Structures are built to be VAT efficient where the rules allow, and the firm offers yacht and aircraft registration in more than one jurisdiction, support with yacht and aircraft financing, ongoing administration and financial reporting, and coordination with technical or artistic specialists.

On yachts, private and commercially operated vessels are treated differently, and where a boat is physically located can affect the VAT rate applied on purchase or import. It can arrange VAT deferment in some jurisdictions, introduce technical and crewing managers, and work with brokers from the start of a sale so VAT planning does not hold things up. Aircraft services range from a single private plane to commercial fleets. Brokers and managers can also arrange a white-label administration partnership.

Collectors can have trusts or private trust companies built so that collections are protected in life, managed after death and, where wanted, opened to museums or the public.

Property and accounting

The property team structures residential and commercial holdings in the UK and elsewhere, from luxury homes to managed developments such as student accommodation, shopping centres, hotels and resorts. It helps identify property managers, introduces lenders, reviews documentation with the client's legal and tax advisers and takes care of property tax compliance, including capital gains tax, VAT, stamp duties and the UK's annual tax on enveloped dwellings. It can also reassess and restructure portfolios that were not set up properly.

Accounting and tax administration services keep structures compliant with reporting and filing duties, working with the client's own advisers where there are any. Anyone relocating to the island with these structures in mind may want our UK guide to relocating to Malta, and company formation and residence support is also offered by our featured partner CLA Malta.

Visiting the Sliema office and getting started

The Malta office is on the fifth floor of Regent House at 52 Bisazza Street, Sliema. If you are flying in from the UK for a meeting, consider one of the hotels in Sliema, and when the meeting is over our Valletta guide makes a good half-day outing.

The firm does not publish fees or opening hours. A short note explaining your situation, the kinds of assets involved and the jurisdictions concerned is the best way to begin. Use the VisitMalta.co.uk enquiry form on this page and we will pass your message to the Boston team, who will reply to you directly.