About Us

KENDRIS is your Swiss partner for family office, trust and fiduciary services, Swiss and international tax and legal advice, accounting, outsourcing, aviation advisory and art management.

Our clients comprise companies, individuals and families as well as family offices, financial institutions, law firms and tax consultancies. We offer our clients tailored solutions to help them achieve their objectives.

KENDRIS is fully owned and operated by its management and employees. We employ around 180 specialists at our headquarters in Zurich, our offices in Aarau, Geneva, Zug and our subsidiaries in Larnaca (Cyprus), DIFC / Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Luxembourg, the UK and the US.

While our roots are in Switzerland, we are active in more than 40 countries around the world. Our strong Swiss presence – in central/northeast Switzerland and in French-speaking Switzerland – and our specific know-how in various sectors and markets make us an expert and reliable partner for corporate clients, private clients and institutional clients.

Certifications, memberships and partnerships

The history of KENDRIS

Our roots go back more than 100 years.

1910

Establishment of Fides Treuhand Vereinigung

1992

Management buy-out and merger with KPMG Switzerland, creating KPMG Fides

1999

Establishment of KPMG private, a subsidiary of KPMG Switzerland

2005

Management buy-out of KENDRIS private Ltd from KPMG

2009

Establishment of KENDRIS GmbH, Vienna, Austria (until 2021)

2009

Integration of KPMG Business & Outsourcing Services, Aarau

2016

Takeover of the Asset and Investment Reporting Division of FinOps AG

2016

Establishment of KENDRIS TRUSTEES (USA) LLC, Sioux Falls (South Dakota), USA

2017

Establishment of KENDRIS (Cyprus) Ltd, Larnaca, Cyprus

2020

Establishment of KENDRIS Corporate Services (DIFC) Ltd, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2020

Establishment of KENDRIS (UK) Ltd, Ashford, UK

2021

Establishment of Kendris Capital Ltd, Larnaca, Cyprus

2021

Establishment of Kendris Luxembourg S.a.r.l., Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Our Vision

We want to be the unrivalled partner of our national and international, private, corporate and institutional clients in our field of competence. Our solutions will be client-centric, innovative and flexible to quickly adapt to new regulatory and technology trends.

Mission

We want our ambitious clients to feel safe and happy.

We provide personal and independent advice.
We are smart in our structuring, advisory and outsourcing solutions.
We want our highly skilled people to grow and deploy their full potential.
We monitor national and international developments and fully comply with regulatory changes.

Values

Independence

We consider clients as business partners and interact with them at eye level. We have no ties to any bank or other organization and are free to pursue our clients' best interests. As an owner-managed company KENDRIS is solely and only obligated to the interest of our clients.

Continuity

Continuity within KENDRIS and in all our external relationships is important to us. Our commitment to our clients is for the long term.

Entrepreneurial spirit

We create value for our clients by empowering our employees to act in an entrepreneurial and innovative spirit.

Confidentiality

We consider client, employee and company information as highly confidential and protect it according to our Swiss national values.

Integrity

We interact and communicate in an open courteous and trustful way applying the appropriate respect, honest and open minded approach towards our clients, employees and business partners. We act upon clear ethical principles and account for all our business activities.

Excellence

Whatever we do, we strive to do it best. As a service provider, employer and business partner.

Our team

At KENDRIS, we believe our clients deserve the best and we therefore hire the best. By creating a culture of close collaboration and constant exchange between employees, the KENDRIS team becomes more than the sum of its parts. We have the right people doing the right job for you.

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