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An Introduction to Finders International
Finders International is a professional probate genealogy company, established in 1997 by Managing Director Danny Curran and is now one of the world’s largest firms in our field. We are best known for tracing missing heirs and identifying lawful and entitled next of kin, having worked extensively with lawyers, probate practitioners, banks, deputyship teams, trust companies and state trustees.
Finders have offices in London, Edinburgh, Dublin and Sydney and over 150 personnel, enabling us to complete searches quickly across multiple jurisdictions. When complex estates need to be dealt with, we have a proven track record of tracing beneficiaries globally.
We support the legal profession and know our research forms part of a serious legal process that reflects on your firm. Therefore, we will work efficiently and in the best interests of your company, the personal representatives, and beneficiaries at all times.
We Do More Than Trace Heirs
We are aware of the need to support the services of sole practitioners when dealing with Estate administration matters. In addition to tracing missing heirs or Executors, we can assist with a range of legal support services; searching for missing Estate assets, obtaining missing documents, carrying out overseas bankruptcy searches, and conducting thorough insurance-backed Missing Will Searches, as well as a range of probate property solutions, and offering insurances to enable safe distribution of funds.
Estates With An International Element
We are here to provide consultative and practical support to practitioners and estate administrators with the liquidation, disposal and return of a variety of assets located overseas.
We have a range of International Asset Services to assist with complex multijurisdictional estate matters, offering Medallion Signature Guarantees, the sale and transfer of overseas stock, closure of overseas bank accounts and obtaining overseas Grants of Probate. These specialist services are designed to assist sole practitioners with overseas estate elements they may not encounter on a regular basis.
UK Estates are much more likely to contain at least one overseas asset these days. From a bank account opened in Australia for work, to a holiday home purchased while on holiday in Spain, to tax planning investment accounts opened in the USA and offshore in places like the Isle of Man and Jersey, to accounts in Ireland or beyond, to shares that, due to corporate action, have ended up listed in all sorts of places worldwide – it’s quite possible that an estate may feature one or more of these scenarios. What unites them is that they’re often surprisingly timeconsuming and challenging to deal with – whether that involves closing an account, liquidating a portfolio or selling an individual shareholding. Numerous legal and bureaucratic obstacles spring up which must be navigated before the value can be restored to the estate in the UK. The sheer variety of scenarios is something that an estate practitioner may not have encountered often, or at all. Another scenario is that you may be pressed for time and anxious to progress multiple aspects of the estate administration at once. That is where Finders’ International Asset Service comes in.
We apply a practical, problem-solving approach to a range of asset services, helping to sell, transfer or recover a range of overseas assets including shares, bank accounts, and investment portfolios, assisting estates with the necessary administrative and legal paperwork. With a combination of specialist knowledge, contacts, and experience, Finders will get the job done.
OUR CREDENTIALS – A TRIED AND TRUSTED FIRM
Reputation is critical in the probate world, and we will safeguard yours as closely as our own.
We are founder members of the International Association of Professional Probate Researchers www.iappr.org, which provides regulation, a Code of Conduct and a complaints procedure for a network of elite international companies. The IAPPR is one of many respected and recognised organisations we have chosen to belong to, or qualified as members of, to complete an impressive list of accreditations. In an unregulated industry, Finders International is a name to trust.
For 4 years running, we have been awarded ‘Best UK Probate Research Firm’ at the UK Probate Research Awards and won the same award at the 2020 British Wills and Probate Awards.
Our Managing Director, Danny Curran, is known as the industry spokesman with over 100 media contributions. From Forbes Magazine, The Times, and all the UK nationals, to appearances on ITV’s This Morning and numerous Radio interviews, positively promoting the probate research profession.
We also complete hundreds of pro-bono cases every year, helping with stories of reunions of family separated by war or forced adoption and reuniting people with family heirlooms such as their ancestors lost war medals or long-lost books
For free advice or a no obligation quote, contact us today:
phone: +44 (0)20 7490 4935
email: quotes@findersinternational.co.uk
www.findersinternational.co.uk
