The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) is the leading global professional association for practitioners who specialise in family wealth planning, trusts, estates, and fiduciary services. STEP’s worldwide membership includes lawyers, accountants, trustees, tax advisers, bankers, insurance professionals, and other specialists who assist families in planning for their future and protecting their wealth across generations.
STEP promotes the highest professional standards in the field of private wealth through education, training, and the promotion of best practice. Full STEP members, known as TEPs (Trust and Estate Practitioners), are internationally recognised experts who have demonstrated significant qualifications, experience, and adherence to STEP’s rigorous professional standards.
Members benefit from access to the largest global network of trust and estate practitioners, including the annually published STEP Directory, as well as subscriptions to STEP’s professional publications such as STEP Journal and STEP Avanti. The organisation also provides extensive professional development opportunities through international conferences, technical reports, and its renowned STEP Diploma and certification programmes.
The STEP Cyprus Branch is one of the most active and dynamic branches within the global STEP community and, relative to the size of the jurisdiction, is among the largest STEP branches worldwide. Cyprus continues to play a particularly strong role within STEP’s international leadership: the Branch Chair and a member of the Cyprus Branch Board currently serve as Deputy Chairs of STEP Europe, and the newly elected worldwide Chair of STEP is also a STEP Cyprus member, a distinction of which the Branch is especially proud.
This strong representation reflects Cyprus’ growing prominence as an international private wealth and fiduciary centre and underscores the Cyprus Branch’s commitment to professional excellence, education, and thought leadership in the global private client sector.