Asset Protection

Asset Protection Lawyers – Safeguarding Your Wealth in Life and Death

At Robbins Watson Solicitors, we specialise in asset protection strategies that safeguard your financial legacy — whether you’re managing business risks, going through a relationship breakdown, or planning for the next generation.

With over 60 years serving the Gold Coast community, we help individuals, professionals and business owners structure their affairs to reduce risk and preserve wealth.

What Is Asset Protection?

Asset protection involves structuring your personal, business, and investment affairs to shield your assets from potential threats such as:

• Business and professional liability
• Bankruptcy or insolvency
• Family law claims (e.g., divorce settlements)
• Estate litigation and claims against your estate
• Disputes over superannuation and life insurance

Our goal is to help you maintain control of your assets and ensure they are preserved for your intended beneficiaries — both now and in the future.

Why Asset Protection Is Essential

Whether you’re building wealth, running a business, or considering your estate plan, asset protection is key. Without proper legal structures, your assets may be exposed to:

• Business liabilities and trading risks
• Bankruptcy or insolvency
• Family law property settlements (e.g., separation or divorce)
• Legal disputes or claims
• Challenges to your estate after death

Proactive asset protection ensures your hard-earned assets are preserved and passed on according to your wishes.

Who Needs Asset Protection?

Asset protection isn’t just for the ultra-wealthy. You may benefit from tailored legal strategies if you are:

• A business owner or director
• A professional in a high-risk occupation (e.g. medical and legal professionals)
• An investor with rental properties or share portfolios
• Facing or anticipating divorce or financial distress
• Involved in complex family or blended family arrangements
• Concerned about a beneficiary’s financial maturity, relationship stability, or creditor exposure
• Generally concerned about the risk of claims or disputes

Our Asset Protection Services

Our experienced team offers tailored legal solutions to help you:

During Your Lifetime:

• Structure Business & Investment Holdings
  Use companies, trusts and partnerships to separate personal and business assets, limiting exposure to commercial risks.

• Family Law & Financial Agreements
  Protect wealth from relationship breakdowns with binding financial agreements (including prenups and postnups).

• Bankruptcy Protection
  Restructure assets to mitigate potential insolvency exposure — lawfully and ethically.

• Superannuation Strategies
  Leverage the protected status of superannuation to shield wealth from creditors in some circumstances.

• Trust Establishment
  Set up trusts that provide flexibility and asset protection benefits for your beneficiaries and future generations.

For Estate Planning:

• Integrated Asset Protection Planning
  Coordinate your wills, trusts, superannuation nominations and life insurance to ensure assets are secure after death.

• Testamentary Trust Wills
  Create powerful estate planning tools that protect assets left to children, vulnerable beneficiaries or high-risk professions.

• Enduring Powers of Attorney
  Ensuring decision-making powers are delegated safely and with asset protection in mind.

Why Choose Robbins Watson?

• Gold Coast-Based with 60+ Years of Experience
  We’ve advised individuals, families, and businesses on how to protect and pass on wealth since 1958.

• Specialist Succession & Asset Structuring Advice
  Our team includes an accredited specialist in succession law and solicitors with in-depth knowledge of asset structuring and trust law.

• Award-Winning Team
  Regularly recognised in Doyle’s Guide as one of Queensland’s leading firms in both Succession Planning and Estate Litigation. 

• Tailored, Long-Term Focus
  We don’t sell cookie-cutter solutions. We provide reliable, legally robust advice based on your risk profile and long-term goals.

Secure Your Future – Get Expert Asset Protection Advice

If you want to protect your wealth against business risks, relationship breakdowns or uncertainty in the future, speak with our experienced legal team today.

Contact us today to get started:

• Call us on 07 5576 9999
• Book an appointment online by clicking here

Fill out our online enquiry form by clicking here