About The Workshop
Thirteen years of quiet, deliberate work.
An independent capital protection practice based in Trnava, built on fee-only advisory and written accountability.
What The Workshop does — in plain language.
The Workshop is an independent capital protection advisory practice operating from Trnava, Slovakia. We work with high-net-worth individuals, entrepreneurs who have completed a business sale, and family offices managing inherited or accumulated wealth across Central Europe. Our work falls into four areas: risk management (identifying and controlling exposures across a client's full asset picture), insurance wrappers (structuring regulated policies for tax efficiency and estate planning), legal and ownership structures (holding companies, private foundations, and cross-border frameworks), and independent advisory (written analysis, scenario modelling, and documented recommendations). We do not manage investment portfolios, hold client assets, or distribute financial products. Every engagement is advisory in nature and fee-based, with terms agreed in writing before work begins. This is not a model suited to every client — it is the right model for clients who want clarity, documentation, and an adviser with no product-sale incentive.
How we work, and what we do not do.
The Workshop was founded in 2011 by a small team of advisers with backgrounds in private banking, corporate law, and actuarial analysis. Over thirteen years, we have completed more than 140 structured advisory engagements — restructurings, succession plans, insurance wrapper installations, and risk audits — for clients based primarily in Slovakia, Austria, and the Czech Republic. Our team currently numbers eight professionals, including two advisers with CFA designations and one with a background in Luxembourg insurance regulation. We work in English and Slovak. Every client is assigned a lead adviser who is directly accountable for the work product; we do not operate a call-centre model where your file is handled by whoever is available. Engagements are accepted only when we have the capacity to give them genuine attention — which occasionally means a waiting period of four to six weeks. We consider that a reasonable trade for quality of work. What we do not do: we do not promise specific financial outcomes, we do not advise on speculative or illiquid alternative investments, and we do not accept clients whose primary goal is tax avoidance rather than tax efficiency within the law.
“The thing that distinguishes The Workshop from every other adviser we have used is documentation. Every recommendation comes with a written rationale. When something changes — a regulation, a market event, a personal circumstance — you can look back at the original reasoning and evaluate the new situation against it. That level of discipline is rare.”
Ondrej S., Trnava — family office principal
Speak with us directly.
The Workshop operates Monday to Friday, 09:00–17:30 (Friday until 16:00). Initial consultations are held in person at our Trnava office or via secure video call for clients outside the region.
Send an enquiryHlavná 22, 917 01 Trnava, Slovensko
enquiries@mintvvivid.space
+421 903 112 445