Appleby, one of the world’s largest providers of offshore legal, fiduciary and administration services is pleased to announce that, for the third consecutive year, it has been named one of Private Client Practitioner’s Top 25 Trust Companies.

The Top 25 Trust Companies initiative aims to identify, recognise, introduce and promote the leading players in the market. The Top 25 are selected based on data received from over 100 companies on areas such as number of client facing directors, number of client facing trust officers/managers, total number of staff and fee income.

Commenting on the listing, Farah Ballands, Partner and Group Head of Appleby’s Fiduciary & Administration Services said: “We are committed to providing our clients with high quality advice and expertise across our multiple jurisdictions. Our recent accolades, including scooping “Caribbean Trust Company of the Year” at the prestigious Citywealth International Financial Centre Awards 2013, reinforce Appleby’s market-leading position in the field of Trusts. Our recent acquisition of Caledonian in the Isle of Man will further bolster our Fiduciary & Administration capability, offering clients access to unrivalled expertise across the offshore market.”

Appleby is one of the world’s largest provider of offshore legal, fiduciary and administration services. With an unparalleled presence in the key offshore jurisdictions of Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, Mauritius, and Seychelles, the group offers advice on offshore law and also has offices in four international financial centres: London, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Zurich.

The Appleby Group has been ranked as one of the world’s largest providers of offshore legal services by partner numbers in The Lawyer’s 2013 Offshore Survey. In 2010 Appleby was named “Offshore Law Firm of the Year” in both the Legal Week and The Lawyer Awards; no other firm has ever received both accolades in the same year. With over 770 lawyers and professional specialists across the Group, Appleby delivers sophisticated, specialised services, primarily in the areas of Corporate and Commercial, Litigation and Insolvency, Private Client and Trusts and Property, and a broad range of fiduciary services.  The Group advises public and private companies, financial institutions, and high net worth individuals, working with them and their advisers to achieve practical solutions, whether in a single location or across multiple jurisdictions.