Under the Money Laundering Regulations a trust or company service provider is any company or sole practitioner whose business includes:
• forming firms or other legal persons
• arranging for another person to act as:
• director or secretary of a company
• partner (or in a similar position) for other legal persons
• trustee of an express trust or similar legal arrangement
• nominee shareholder for a person other than a company whose securities are listed on a regulated market which is subject to acceptable disclosure requirements
• providing a registered office, business address, correspondence or administrative address or other relates services for a company, partnership or any other legal person or arrangement
• acting, or arranging for another person to act, as:
• a trustee of an express trust or similar legal arrangement, or
• a nominee shareholder for a person other than a company whose securities are listed on a regulated market.