Escrow Services
We act as an independent third party holding funds, property, documents or other valuable items until the agreed conditions are met. Neither side has to move first.
Nobody wants to release first.
Escrow removes the standoff. Both sides deliver to us, we confirm what was promised has arrived, and we release only when the conditions are satisfied.
We act on the escrow agreement, which both parties signed before anything was deposited.
Five transaction types.
Real estate
Purchase funds and deeds held until title can pass cleanly.
Funds · Deeds
Business transactions
Acquisitions and mergers, including holdbacks and earn-outs.
Funds · Shares
Intellectual property
Software, patents, trademarks and source code escrow.
Code · Licences
Online and e-commerce
Funds released on verified delivery rather than on assurance.
Funds · Delivery
Legal settlements
Settlement sums disbursed once the legal obligations are met.
Settlement funds
Six steps, and the conditions are written before anything moves.
Terms agreed
What is being exchanged and what must be true before release.
Agreement drafted
Conditions, evidence required and timetable.
Due diligence
Both parties and the source of funds verified.
Deposit
Each party notified in writing of what has been received.
Verification
Conditions checked against evidence, not assurance.
Release and report
A closing statement records what moved, when, and why.
We do not release because one party pushes harder.
One party refuses to complete
We hold the asset and follow the escrow agreement. We do not release to one party on that party’s instruction alone where the agreement requires more.
The parties disagree on whether a condition is met
We notify both parties in writing, hold the position, and act on joint written instruction or on the dispute mechanism the agreement specifies.
A party asks us to release informally
We decline. Instructions outside the agreement, however senior the person giving them, are not acted on.
Clients on this service often also use
Company Secretarial
Where a share transfer needs the register updated at completion.
Nominee Services
Where an acquired asset is to be held under a nominee arrangement.
Probate & Estate Planning
Where estate proceeds need a neutral holder pending distribution.
Set up an escrow.
Tell us what is being exchanged and what has to be true before it is released. We will draft the agreement around that.