7:00 PM - 10:00 PM | Global Elite Dinner Discussion

The Global Elite will be hosting a discussion dinner on February 4 at the Banyan Tree. Please let the team know if you would like to attend if you are a member. This is for members only.

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM | Day 1: Planning

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | Welcome lunch

1:30 PM - 1:40 PM | Another Op’nin: Opening remarks from the chairs

1:40 PM - 2:20 PM | I’m Different: Navigating cross cultural complexities- Blending family enterprise cultures

2:20 PM - 3:00 PM | I’ve Got a Little List: EU tax blacklist: What advisers need to know

• What jurisdictions and business activities are in scope?
• ‘Economic substance’: what is required, and how much is enough?
• Establishing ‘tax residence’
• Holding companies, trusts and funds
• What’s next? Why is it of interest to the Americas?

3:00 PM - 3:40 PM | Sunny Afternoon: Inheritance tax: Should more countries implement it?

• Planning for the management and ownership of a family operating business after the death of the founder or family head, especially if the heirs reside in different jurisdictions (including the US)
• How effective is the inheritance/estate tax from a policy and collection perspective? There are countries thinking to repeal it and others to impose it. What is the balance so far?
• Comparing inheritance tax, estate tax, death tax, wealth tax and forced heirship

3:40 PM - 4:00 PM | Coffee and networking break

4:00 PM - 4:40 PM | Little Boxes: The intergovernmental scramble to control globalisation- and why it matters to you

• Why governments are racing to set global standards for tax and regulation
• Is OECD style intergovernmental consultation and cooperation on global tax and regulation breaking down?
• Is the US ‘me first’ approach contagious?
• Tensions in the contest for controlling the global agenda- how this affects the international private client
• Are we headed for global tax coordination, with minimum corporate tax rates?

4:40 PM - 5:40 PM | Around the World (In 80 Days): Interactive boardroom discussions

7:30 PM - | Welcome drinks reception

8:00 PM - | Welcome dinner

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM | Day 2: Administration

9:00 AM - 9:05 AM | Halfway There: Opening remarks from the chairs

9:05 AM - 9:50 AM | Massive Attack- Protection: Asset protection structures in turbulent times

• How have structures worked in the past to protect assets in turbulent times?
• Bilateral investment treaties may help to protect foreigners, but what about domestic residents?
• Who is the biggest threat (the tax man or their family?) and how to protect your client

9:50 AM - 10:30 AM | On The Twentieth Century: 21st century trusteeship

• ​​​As the regulatory burden on institutional trustees increases, there is a danger that some may be better equipped than others to respond to the ever shifting regulatory landscape.
• If you were to build the 21st century trustee, what would it look like?
• How can trustees also handle asset management in the future?

10:30 AM - 10:50 AM | Coffee and networking break

10:50 AM - 11:50 AM | Changes: Interactive boardroom discussions

11:50 AM - 12:20 PM | Take a Letter Maria: Attacks on estate planning when marriages end and before the horse has bolted

12:20 PM - 1:00 PM | Strange Things: Civil law structures in common law jurisdictions

• In the last ten years many IFCs have introduced their own forms of foundation with a view to appealing to civil law clients perhaps unfamiliar with wealth structuring using trusts.  Our panel will compare the structures available and their strengths and weaknesses, including a discussion of the recently introduced foundation company in the Cayman Islands.

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Lunch and networking

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Leisure networking activities

7:00 PM - | Gala dinner drinks

8:00 PM - | Gala dinner

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Day 3: Litigation

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM | The End: Opening remarks from the chairs

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM | My Analyst Told Me: Capacity

• Power of attorney which endures beyond capacity
• Capacity of settlor
• Testamentary capacity and capacity to marry
• Diminishing capacity and questions of undue influence

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | End of the Innocence: Behind bars: The criminalisation of the profession and erosion of the attorney- client privilege

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Fighter: My case is bigger than yours! The latest updates in private client litigation

Join this high octane session as our speakers analyse and provide a snapshot summary of recent onshore and offshore trust cases, including Hong Kong DBS.

• Is there a trend for litigation cases at the moment?
• What are the drivers for this trend
• How will this affect future case law?

12:30 PM - | Close of conference and lunch