Fifteen years in residence & citizenship.
Kestrel Private is a discreet private-client advisory, led personally by Andrew J. Taylor — fifteen years in residence and citizenship by investment, formerly Vice Chairman of Henley & Partners — working through established local partners and admitted counsel in each jurisdiction. One adviser, one personal relationship, end to end.
See clearly. Act deliberately.
The kestrel hovers with patience and precision, reading the ground below before it commits. We bring the same discipline to our client services: a long view, careful judgment, and decisive action only once the path is clear.
Kestrel Private was founded on the belief that greater freedom comes from greater optionality. Our role is to help clients identify and secure opportunities that align with their personal, family and investment objectives.
Senior attention from the start.
Every Kestrel engagement is led personally by the firm’s Founding Partner, giving each family direct access to senior judgment, careful execution and clear accountability.
Andrew J. Taylor
Founding Partner
Andrew founded Kestrel Private and leads its private-client residence and property practice. He was Vice Chairman of Henley & Partners and co-edited the International Real Estate Handbook. For over fifteen years he has worked at the centre of government-facing residence- and citizenship-by-investment programmes connected to Caribbean, Cypriot and Maltese authorities, where sovereign trust, due diligence and discretion decide everything. A Canadian-born dual Canadian–British national resident in South Africa, he has advised private clients from more than thirty countries.
One partner you’ll know.
Every engagement is led personally by the Founding Partner — one relationship, from the first call to the residence card in hand. On the ground in each jurisdiction, the regulated work is executed by established local partner firms and admitted counsel who do this every day, and the firm’s own systems keep the whole file on track. You deal with one person you trust; the execution is handled by professionals who live in the detail.
Private Clients
Your single point of trust
You deal with one person throughout — the Founding Partner — from the first conversation to the residence card in hand, coordinating the qualifying investment, the local professionals and every immigration step, so a family experiences one relationship, not five.
Compliance & Due Diligence
Prepared against government filing requirements
Source-of-funds review, KYC and file assembly — run hand in hand with the admitted local counsel who make the regulated filings in each jurisdiction. Every file is built to the standard a government expects.
Qualifying Investments
The asset behind the residence
The qualifying property that secures your status — title, planning, developer standing, yield and exit — sourced and vetted through established local developers and agents, so the investment behind the residence also holds its value.
Technology & Systems
Your file, always on track
The firm’s own platform carries the load: share your details once, the government forms pre-populate, and a date engine watches every expiry — so the focus stays on judgement while the paperwork takes care of itself.
Kestrel Private coordinates a network of admitted local legal, tax and immigration counsel, due-diligence specialists and property professionals in each jurisdiction. It is an advisory firm, not a law firm, and does not itself provide regulated legal services; the regulated work is performed by licensed professionals. The firm’s own technology supports — and never replaces — their judgement.
A published authority on global mobility.
Our Founding Partner co-edited the International Real Estate Handbook — a standard reference on cross-border property and investment migration — and his commentary has been cited in the industry press.
Institutional rigour, personally delivered.
The depth of a global group, the discretion of a family office. Every recommendation is traceable to the governing law and the administering authority.
Each route traced to its statute, regulation or decree.
Sourced from the administering authorities directly.
Reviewed against primary legislation and official sources.
References, sources and real figures at every step.
A government-grade standard
Fifteen years inside Caribbean, Cypriot and Maltese programmes taught us that sovereign trust is earned through due diligence and discretion — the same standard we hold to every private file.
Whole-of-market, strategy-first
We are not tied to a single developer or jurisdiction. We identify the right strategy first, then source the asset and coordinate counsel around it.
One relationship, worldwide
A coordinated network of admitted local counsel, licensed agents and developers across our priority jurisdictions — managed for you as a single engagement.
The firm, in plain terms.
What is Kestrel Private?
Kestrel Private is a discreet private-client advisory specialising in residence and citizenship by investment for high-net-worth families — focused on Cyprus, Greece and Mauritius. It provides verified, source-of-truth guidance and coordinates the whole engagement end to end through admitted local counsel. It is an advisory firm, not a law firm.
Who founded Kestrel Private?
Andrew J. Taylor, the Founding Partner — a former Henley & Partners Vice Chairman and co-editor of the International Real Estate Handbook. Kestrel Private is part of the 8T20 Capital group.
Which programmes does Kestrel Private advise on?
Primarily residence by investment in Cyprus (permanent residence), Greece (Golden Visa) and Mauritius (residence by property). It also advises on citizenship-by-investment and golden-visa programmes worldwide, each backed by a verified dossier traceable to the governing law.
Why is the firm called Kestrel Private?
The kestrel is a small falcon known for its exceptional vision, patience and precision — able to hover in place, carefully assess its surroundings, and act decisively only when the moment is right. Those qualities reflect how we approach residence and citizenship planning: careful analysis, clear guidance and a long-term view on decisions that shape where a family lives, invests, works and raises its children. Kestrel Private was founded on the belief that greater freedom comes from greater optionality.
How much does Kestrel Private charge?
A single, transparent fixed fee of €10,000 for the full engagement — the advice is free; the fee covers managing and coordinating your application end to end. Government fees, due-diligence costs and the qualifying investment are separate and confirmed in writing before you commit.
Is Kestrel Private a law firm?
No. Kestrel Private is an advisory firm that coordinates the engagement; the regulated legal, tax and immigration work is performed by admitted local counsel in each jurisdiction. Every figure is indicative and confirmed in writing by licensed professionals before you rely on it.
Where does Kestrel Private operate?
It serves private clients worldwide, working through established local partner firms and admitted counsel on the ground in each jurisdiction it opens — primarily, by client demand, Cyprus, Greece and Mauritius.
Work directly with the Founding Partner.
A short, confidential assessment identifies the right residence and property strategy for your family — then the firm takes it from there.