This is incorrect - I suppose we should make this clearer on our site.

For the record: Kraken is owned and operated by Payward. Payward's parent company is a US company. The Payward entity in the UK is one of many overseas entities that we have across half a dozen jurisdictions already, and that number is growing... particularly here in Asia.

Among the coin traders I know, no one is at all clear on where you're based. You definitely need to be a lot more obvious about it. :-)

The coin traders you know need to get better info. They are based in SF and Jesse can be usually found at the SF Bitcoin Meetup.

Ah well their site contact office is US so I just assumed. Good correction - parent companies are important in the world of bitcoin.