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)

Claridge’s Hotel

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, Scott, Knisely & Stanton, LLP, 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	Gasser Partner Rechtsanwälte, Ruggell, Liechtenstein
Paolo Giacometti	Chiomenti Studio Legale, Milan, Italy
Matthew Guthrie	Ogier, St Peter Port, Guernsey