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Trusts Congress10 Back 5th November 2010 and Register by 9th Annual “The conference provides an SAVE UP TO £200! unrivalled opportunity to hear expert views from a International variety of different professionals from various countries." (Steven Kempster, TAYLOR WESSING) … The number 1 Trusts conference in the UK! EVEN MORE SPEAKERS 2010 FOR 2010 Developing Profitable Wealth Through Effective Trust Management I Giles Clarke, Author Includes Key Contributions from: OFFSHORE TAX PLANNING I Elizabeth Jones QC, Barrister SERLE COURT I Filippo Noseda, Partner WITHERS I Ashley Crossley, Partner BAKER & MCKENZIE Robert Ham QC Alan Steinfield QC Mark Bridges Rupert Ticehurst Paul Stibbard Frank Hinks QC Barrister Barrister Partner Partner Partner Barrister I Patrick O’Hagan, Director WILBERFORCE XXIV OLD BUILDINGS FARRER & CO HERBERT SMITH BAKER & MCKENZIE SERLE COURT CHAMBERS UBS I Valimiki Kempadoo, Managing Director KITTITIAN HILL I John O’Sullivan, Partner WEIRFOULDS I Richard Wilson, Barrister Sanjvee Shah, Robert Pearce QC Josh Rubenstein John Riches John Rhodes Stella Mitchell Voisin 3 STONE BUILDINGS Partner Barrister Managing Partner Partner Consultant Client Director SPEECHLY BIRCHAM RADCLIFFE CHAMBERS KATTEN MUCHIN WITHERS STONEHAGE LAW LIMITED CLOSE SUMMIT I Robin Vos, ROSENMAN TRUST COMPANY Partner MACFARLANES Why You Should Attend? Pre-conference Workshop: I Mimi Hutton, Partner Understanding WITHERS Onshore & Offshore Trusts 30 Leading Speakers I Christian H Kalin, Partner Tuesday 30th November 2010 HENLEY & PARTNERS Interactive Discussion Sessions Led by: BERKELEY LAW 3 I John Riches, Partner PLUS the hottest topics including: Featuring Practical Analysis on Both WITHERS Onshore & Offshore Issues Including: ■ I Jonathan Conder, Partner PANEL- Trusts Congress Crystal Ball for 2011 & Beyond – ■ The Impact of the 50% Income Tax Featuring 4 QCs! MACFARLANES Rate ■ Planning Strategies for UK Inbound Remittance ■ I Caroline Garnham, Partner ■ Perpetuities & Accumulations Act Residence & Citizenship – Structuring Strategies for LAWRENCE GRAHAM Migrating HNWIs 2009 ■ ■ Reviews of Alternative Structures such as: A Second Chance? The Rule in I Guy Paterson, - Family Limited Partnerships Hastings-Bass Partner, Client Advisory - Foundations ■ Trust & Tax Considerations moving STANHOPE CAPITAL - Offshore Life Products into and away from the UK I Edward Buckland, Partner ■ Building Transparent Offshore Financial Centres: The ■ Practical Points when Taking Over an BEDELL GROUP Changing face of Regulation Existing Trust ■ PANEL - Risk Mitigation in Trusts ■ Asset Protection I Kerry Lawrence, Partner, ■ Jurisdictional Anaysis of Trusts in: Head of Commercial Litigation - Continental Europe & Switzerland OGIER - US & Latin America - The Middle East Gold Sponsor: - India, China & Hong Kong WHEN: 1st & 2nd December 2010 Elemental Paper sourced Chlorine Free from sustainable (ECF) forests WHERE: Le Meridien Piccadilly Hotel, London REGISTER TODAY! Call +44 (0) 20 7017 7790 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7017 7824 email: [email protected] For Latest Programme & To Register Please Visit: www.ibc-events.com/trustscongress International Trusts Congress 2010 1st & 2nd December 2010, Le Meridien Piccadilly, London DAY ONE: 12.20 Trust Planning for Chinese Wednesday 1st December 2010 HNWIs With the most billionaires outside of the US Good Morning, according to Forbes magazine this year - 09.00 Conference Registration & Coffee China is currently considered the most I am once again delighted to invite you to our 9th annual ‘International Trust Congress’ – the leading trusts conference in the UK. This year we have many leading trusts experts attractive wealth management market in 09.30 Chair’s Opening Remarks providing us with the latest information and planning. Asia for international banks and private client advisors alike. Learn the tax and trust 5 Key Reasons to Attend: issues in this practical session. • Learn and share knowledge on current issues affecting the private client sector Morning Theme • World-class conference programme delivered by leading practitioners Mimi Hutton, Partner, • Participate in an interactive workshop and three panel debates Overview of the Trust World WITHERS • Network with leading private client lawyers from around the world • Gain 13 CPD points 13.00 Lunch Chair: Plus Great Networking Opportunities With over 200 companies who have attended on mass to the International Trusts Stella Mitchell Voisin, Afternoon Theme Congress, the Congress has cemented its place in the diaries of trusts and private client Client Services Director & Founder, The Best Structures to Use professionals across Europe and is one of the best places to network with your peers and CLOSE SUMMIT TRUST COMPANY LTD make business contacts and offers the best range of speakers and topics for the industry. Chair: The speakers and I look forward to meeting you in December. 09.40 Trust Congress Crystal Ball Jonathan Conder, Partner, Kind regards, for 2011 & Beyond MACFARLANES This panel session will be made up of 4 UK silks that will debate the key issues in the 14.00 trust world and look at the following points: Residence & Citizenship – Stella Mitchell-Voisin • The new & the old jurisdictions for Structuring Strategies for Client Services Director clients – what is best Migrating HNWIs CLOSE SUMMIT TRUST COMPANY LTD • Understanding the EU Savings • Background and legal basis Directive • Benefits for global clients • Future of the Trust structure • The process of acquiring PRE CONFERENCE WORKSHOP: compared with FLPs and Citizenship-by investment via the Foundations purchase of Real-estate Understanding Onshore & • Kittitian Hill, a sustainable Offshore Trusts Moderated by: investment for the acquisition of John Rhodes, Director, St. Kitts and Nevis citizenship Tuesday 30th November 2010 STONEHAGE LAW LIMITED Led By: BERKELEY LAW Christian H Kalin, Partner, Panel Members: HENLEY & PARTNERS Robert Ham QC, Barrister, 09.00 Conference Registration & Coffee SESSION PANEL WILBERFORCE CHAMBERS Valimiki Kempadoo, Robert Pearce QC, Barrister, Managing Director, Onshore - "Hot Topics" RADCLIFFE CHAMBERS 09.00 – 13.00 KITTITIAN HILL Simon Taube QC, Barrister, Use of pilot (discretionary) trusts TEN OLD SQUARE* 14.40 Family Limited Partnerships • Multiple nil-rate bands? Frank Hinks QC, Barrister, • The growth in FLP structuring Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 2009 SERLE COURT • The new rules • An international perspective • Drafting new trusts • Tax treatment • Varying existing trusts • Pension lump sum death benefit trusts 10.40 Report on Recent Trust Cases • The UK context A second chance? The rule in Hastings-Bass Around the World • Shari'a • The rule • Future development • Recent cases (Pitt v Holt, Jiggins & Anor v Low & Anor) Trust law doesn't stand still. Old issues remain, new ones arise, this 50% income tax rate Ashley Crossley, Partner, • Effect on trusts session will indicate the most important • Mitigation international cases and the precedents BAKER & MCKENZIE Resulting/constructive trusts connecting them. • Recent cases (Tecof International v Town Castle Limited, Jones v Kernott, Knowles 15.20 Coffee v Knowles, Levi v Levi) Mark Bridges, Partner, Entrepreneurs’ relief FARRER & CO 15.40 The Flexible Company • Considering recent changes and how they affect trustees Piercing the trust’s veil on divorce • Family investment companies – 11.20 Coffee • Use of trusts for asset protection with a UK dimension • Recent cases - Mubarak v Mubarak revisited • Guarantee companies Mental capacity 11.40 Understanding Planning • Hybrid companies • The applicable test for lifetime gifts Strategies for UK Inbound Trust and tax considerations when beneficiaries and settlors of non-UK trusts move • Protected cell companies to the UK Remittance • Treaty companies • General practical overview • Funding UK spending • Ownerless companies • Pre-immigration planning for existing trusts • Offshore loans and structuring the • Are new trusts required? Robin Vos, Partner, • Creating new trusts – UK tax and drafting considerations purchase of real estate or other • Trustee and company residence major assets MACFARLANES • Gifts, trusts and companies - 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch avoiding third party remittances 16.20 Offshore Life Products and Offshore Trusts - Moving On & Taking Over • Pre 2008 income Succession for HNWIs 14.00 – 16.30 • Life assurance policies and their Giles Clarke, Author, Trust and tax considerations following a move to the UK functions • Taxation of trustees, settlor and beneficiaries OFFSHORE TAX PLANNING • Life assurance in estate planning • Practical measures to minimise UK taxation, including choice of investments • Mitigation of IHT life products • Disclosure of information to HMRC • Business insurance protection - • Points to note in the treatment of particular nationalities, e.g. Indian and US Sorting out UK tax and related problems when taking over existing trusts overview of business needs and • Initial points checklist “Very informative with available protection • Dealing with incomplete financial records very up-to-date • Partnership assurance - protection • Dealing with mixed income and capital on partner's death/retirement Asset protection and succession planning for offshore estates information” • Checklist of topics for discussion with the client Speaker to be confirmed • Overview of tools, including private trust companies, foundations and family (Doreen Durante, constitutions Senior Trust Administrator, • Practical examples MARRACHE & CO) 17.00 End of Day One 16.30
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