Regulatory scope & safeguards

This page sets out plainly what Kestrel Private does and does not do, how we are paid, and the safeguards around an engagement — so that private clients, their advisers and partner professionals understand our role before any relationship begins.

The legal entity

Kestrel Private is a trading name of 8T20 Capital (Pty) Ltd, a private company registered in South Africa (registration number 2019/482395/07) on 30 September 2019. Engagements are contracted, and fees invoiced, by 8T20 Capital (Pty) Ltd trading as Kestrel Private. The firm’s name is new; the company and its principal’s practice are not.

What Kestrel Private does

Kestrel Private is a private-client advisory. We assess a family’s objectives, capacity and nationality against the residence and citizenship-by-investment programmes we advise on (primarily, by client demand, Cyprus, Greece and Mauritius), recommend a strategy with the reasoning shown rather than hidden, and coordinate the whole engagement end to end — the qualifying investment, the licensed professionals and every step — so a family experiences one relationship rather than five. Every figure we publish is traceable to an official primary source and dated.

What Kestrel Private does not do

We are an advisory firm, not a law firm. We do not ourselves provide regulated legal, tax, immigration or financial advice, and we do not perform regulated legal acts. The regulated work — legal opinions, tax structuring, and the filing and conduct of applications — is carried out by admitted local counsel and licensed professionals in the relevant jurisdiction, whom we coordinate on your behalf. Nothing on this website is legal, tax, immigration or financial advice, and using it does not create a lawyer–client relationship.

Kestrel Private provides advisory and coordination services in relation to residence- and citizenship-by-investment programmes. It does not provide financial products or financial advice as contemplated by the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act, 2002, and is accordingly not an authorised financial services provider.

How we are paid

Kestrel Private is engaged for a single, transparent fixed fee, agreed and stated before we begin. The qualifying property, government fees, taxes and the regulated legal work are separate from that fee and are confirmed to you in writing. We identify the right strategy first, then source real estate we have vetted and are comfortable with, chosen to fit your objectives and the programme’s rules.

Due diligence, anti-money-laundering and sanctions

Investment-migration programmes exist within a strict integrity framework. Applicants are subject to government due diligence, source-of-funds and source-of-wealth review, and sanctions and politically-exposed-person screening conducted by the relevant authorities and licensed professionals. We will not act where a matter cannot satisfy that scrutiny. Identity, source-of-funds and supporting documents are only ever exchanged later, securely, within a formal engagement — never entered on this website.

Concerns & complaints

If any aspect of our service falls short, write to service@kestrelprivate.com. Every concern is acknowledged promptly, reviewed personally by the Founding Partner, and answered plainly — what we found, and what we will do.

When you need independent legal and tax advice

Tax-residency, structuring and estate-planning decisions, and the binding legal eligibility for any programme, require personalised advice from appropriately qualified professionals in the relevant jurisdiction. We will tell you when a question moves from advisory guidance into regulated advice, and coordinate the right professional to give it.

Source of truth, and no guaranteed outcomes

Programme rules, thresholds and timelines change. All figures shown are indicative and verified to official primary sources as at the date stated, with the issuing authority’s current published text always authoritative. No residence permit or citizenship is guaranteed: every application is subject to due diligence, government discretion and applicable law.

Your data

We handle personal information in line with the EU GDPR and South Africa’s POPIA. See our Privacy Policy for what we collect, why, and your rights.