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 | Baldi & Caratsch, Zürich, Switzerland |
| Johannes Gasser | Gasser Partner Rechtsanwälte, Schaan, Liechtenstein |
| Paolo Giacometti | Chiomenti Studio Legale, Milan, Italy |
| Matthew Guthrie | Ogier, St Peter Port, Guernsey |