Get your file regulator-ready before you submit.
Pre-licensing review, documentation drafting and regulator liaison, coordinated by a licensed operator. External counsel instructed where formal opinions are required.
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We handle the whole file.
Pick what you need. We plan it, draft it, and deal with the regulator, so you stay in control without the administrative burden.
- Business plan, policies and declarations prepared for you
- We liaise with Labuan FSA from submission to approval
- One accountable team from licence to operation
Legal work for Labuan applicants, held in one channel.
As applicants and licensees move through Labuan FSA, they navigate constitutional documents, substance and capital evidence, and queries that compound when drafting, filing and counsel are split across separate hands.
We coordinate the legal work as a licensed operator. Pre-licensing review, document drafting and direct regulator liaison run together. We instruct external counsel where a formal opinion is required, so the file stays consistent from review to grant.
Explore the three servicesA licensed Labuan trust company inside the filing channel.
QX Trust Co. Ltd is a Labuan Managed Trust Company headquartered in Labuan IBFC. We run the legal workstreams as a licensed operator, with external counsel coordinated where needed. We serve you in English, Chinese and Malay.
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Why route your legal work through QX Trust?
One operator holds the drafting, the regulator liaison and the counsel instruction together.
Licensed channel
Documentation prepared and filed under our Labuan FSA licence, as the recognised party.
Documents that match the file
Business plans, constitutional documents and policy manuals aligned to Labuan FSA filing.
One accountable owner
Review, drafting and regulator correspondence run through one channel, from scope to grant.
Counsel coordinated
External legal counsel instructed where formal opinions on Malaysian or foreign law are required.
Three legal services. One coordinated file.
Pick the service closest to where you are. Each runs through a Labuan FSA licensed operator.
Pre-licensing audit
Structured review of business model, ownership, capital and substance against Labuan FSA criteria before filing.
Read moreBusiness plan and legal documentation
Business plans, constitutional documents, board resolutions, shareholder agreements and policy manuals aligned to FSA filing.
Read moreRegulatory liaison and advisory
Direct communication with Labuan FSA during applications, post-licence matters and supervisory queries, managed end to end.
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Speak to our teamFrequently asked.
Direct answers on legal opinions, documents, resident directors and the licensed-channel file path.
Does QX Trust issue legal opinions?
We provide legal advisory and documentation. Formal legal opinions on Malaysian or foreign law are issued through external counsel that we coordinate. We brief counsel, manage the instruction and fold the opinion back into your file, so the work stays under one channel.
Do I need a lawyer to apply for a Labuan licence?
You do not need to instruct a law firm to apply for a Labuan licence. The application is built on a business plan and supporting documents filed with Labuan FSA, and a licensed Labuan trust company can prepare and submit that file. We draft the documentation and liaise with the regulator. Where a matter calls for a formal legal opinion on Malaysian or foreign law, we coordinate external counsel, so legal work is instructed only where it is genuinely needed.
What is a pre-licensing review for a Labuan entity?
It is a structured check of your business model, ownership, capital and substance against Labuan FSA criteria before you file. Labuan FSA approves a licence on the strength of the business plan and supporting documents, so the review finds gaps early, before the regulator does.
What documents does a Labuan licence application require?
A typical file includes a business plan with financial projections, constitutional documents, director and shareholder profiles, board resolutions and policy manuals covering KYC, AML/CFT, governance and risk. We draft and align these to the relevant Labuan FSA filing.
Does a Labuan entity need a resident director?
Yes. A Labuan company must have at least one resident director. For licensed financial services, the directors and controllers must also meet Labuan FSA fit-and-proper criteria, including relevant experience for the sector. We map these requirements into the application before filing.
How does QX Trust handle regulator queries during an application?
We manage Labuan FSA correspondence end to end. We field queries, prepare responses and keep the file moving, during the application and for post-licence and supervisory matters. You deal with one channel, not a chain of intermediaries.
Why coordinate legal work through a licensed operator?
As a Labuan FSA licensed trust company, we sit inside the filing channel. We draft documentation, liaise with the regulator and instruct external counsel where a formal opinion is required. One owner holds the work together, which shortens review cycles and reduces query routes.
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