Session details
22nd Annual International Wealth Transfer Practice Conference
6 Mar - 7 Mar 2017
Claridge’s Hotel
Session information
Hands-off those assets: cross-border strategies and vulnerabilities to protecting family wealth from civil creditors
Monday 6 March (1100 - 1230)
Committee(s)
Family Law Committee
(Lead)
Legal Practice Division
(Lead)
Private Client Tax Committee
(Lead)
Taxation Section
(Lead)
European Regional Forum
Description
This panel will explore different legal techniques and structures designed to provide protection of wealth from future lawsuits. The enforceability of trusts and various entities under civil and common law will be examined from both the client and creditor perspective.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Mark Osborne | Osborne Helman Knebel & Scott, Austin, Texas, USA; Treasurer, Private Client Tax Committee |
| Corina Weigl | Fasken Martineau, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Speakers
| Michele Caratsch LL.M. | Baldi & Caratsch, Zürich, Switzerland |
| Johannes Gasser LL.M. | Gasser und Partner, Vaduz, Liechtenstein |
| Paolo Giacometti | Chiomenti Studio Legale, Milan, Italy |
| Matthew James Guthrie | Ogier, St Peter Port, Guernsey |