Private Client Advisory and Litigation Forum: Paris

The first international event paving the way for sustainability in Private Client

In-Person, 11-13 June 2025

Waldorf Astoria, Versailles, Paris

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Agenda

Train from London St Pancreas
7:00am

If you are travelling from St Pancras on Wednesday 11th June, we advise for you to get the 7am train to arrive in Gare du Nord for 10:30am.

Green Sustainable Coach Transfer
10:45am

There will be a complimentary green sustainable coach transfer from Gare du Nord station at approx. 10:45 am to transport you the venue.

Welcome Lunch
12:30pm

Registration
1:30 pm

Co-Chairs’ Welcoming Remarks
2:00 pm

Why you don’t need to hide in the toilets during this conference
2:10 pm

How are tax planners responding to the first Labour budget in 14 years?
2:40 pm

Refreshment Break
3:30 pm

What you need to know other than the law
4:00 pm

Running – Introducing the Versailles 5k run/walk club and why exercise helps mental health
4:40 pm

Co-Chairs’ Summation & Close of Day 1
5:00 pm

Guided Walking Tour of the Royal Gardens
5:30 pm

Welcome Drinks Reception
7:15pm

Versailles 5k Walk / Run Club
8:00 am

Refreshments
9:00 am

Co-Chairs’ Opening Remarks
9:00 am

The important role played by our conference room in world history
9:40 am

Keynote: Breakdown Coping Strategies for high powered jobs
10:10 am

The World as we know it and the Return of the Far Right
10:50 am

Refreshment Break
11:30 am

Case law update
11:50 am

A dispute out of control – Media is at the door, what now?
12:30 pm

Lunch
1:10 pm

How to make sure a trust is a force for good: When you should and shouldn’t distribute to beneficiaries
2:30 pm

How to make good trustee decisions well
3:10 pm

Refreshment Break
3:50pm

Letter of Wishes: Should we be Approaching these Radically Differently?
4:10 pm

Co-Chairs’ Summation
4:50 pm

Drinks Reception
7:00 pm

Black Tie Gala Dinner
8:00 pm

After-Dinner Speech 
9:30 pm

Versailles 5k Walk / Run Club
8:00 am

Refreshments
9:30 am

Co-Chairs’ Opening
10:00 am

Can we talk about stepmoms? How to protect them and provide for children from more than one marriage fairly
10:10 am

10 things to think about before you marry
10:30 am

How to divorce well
11:10 am

Refreshment Break
11:50 am

Preparing For Death – The 10 Key Things to Get Sorted
12:20 pm

While we prepare for practically everything else in life, we tend to ignore the one certainty, maybe on the basis that ‘it won’t happen to me – yet’.   But it might …  Matthew will highlight his Top Ten Things which each of us needs to have ticked off our To Do list – now:  

1. Lasting Powers of Attorney.     

2. Dependents.  

3. Relationships: notifications.  

4. Death certificate requirements.  

5.  Wills.  

6.  Funeral arrangements.  

7.  Digital assets.  

8.  Access to cash.  

9.  Responsibilities.  

10.  List of Possessions.

Is Mediation Worth the Cost
12:50 pm

Co-Chairs’ Summary & Farewell Lunch
1:30pm

7:00am
Train from London St Pancreas

If you are travelling from St Pancras on Wednesday 11th June, we advise for you to get the 7am train to arrive in Gare du Nord for 10:30am.

10:45am
Green Sustainable Coach Transfer

There will be a complimentary green sustainable coach transfer from Gare du Nord station at approx. 10:45 am to transport you the venue.

12:30pm
Welcome Lunch
1:30 pm
Registration
2:00 pm
Co-Chairs’ Welcoming Remarks
2:10 pm
Why you don’t need to hide in the toilets during this conference
2:40 pm
How are tax planners responding to the first Labour budget in 14 years?
3:30 pm
Refreshment Break
4:00 pm
What you need to know other than the law
4:40 pm
Running – Introducing the Versailles 5k run/walk club and why exercise helps mental health
5:00 pm
Co-Chairs’ Summation & Close of Day 1
5:30 pm
Guided Walking Tour of the Royal Gardens
7:15pm
Welcome Drinks Reception
8:00 am
Versailles 5k Walk / Run Club
9:00 am
Refreshments
9:00 am
Co-Chairs’ Opening Remarks
9:40 am
The important role played by our conference room in world history
10:10 am
Keynote: Breakdown Coping Strategies for high powered jobs
10:50 am
The World as we know it and the Return of the Far Right
11:30 am
Refreshment Break
11:50 am
Case law update
12:30 pm
A dispute out of control – Media is at the door, what now?
1:10 pm
Lunch
2:30 pm
How to make sure a trust is a force for good: When you should and shouldn’t distribute to beneficiaries
3:10 pm
How to make good trustee decisions well
3:50pm
Refreshment Break
4:10 pm
Letter of Wishes: Should we be Approaching these Radically Differently?
4:50 pm
Co-Chairs’ Summation
7:00 pm
Drinks Reception
8:00 pm
Black Tie Gala Dinner
9:30 pm
After-Dinner Speech 
8:00 am
Versailles 5k Walk / Run Club
9:30 am
Refreshments
10:00 am
Co-Chairs’ Opening
10:10 am
Can we talk about stepmoms? How to protect them and provide for children from more than one marriage fairly
10:30 am
10 things to think about before you marry
11:10 am
How to divorce well
11:50 am
Refreshment Break
12:20 pm
Preparing For Death – The 10 Key Things to Get Sorted

While we prepare for practically everything else in life, we tend to ignore the one certainty, maybe on the basis that ‘it won’t happen to me – yet’.   But it might …  Matthew will highlight his Top Ten Things which each of us needs to have ticked off our To Do list – now:  

1. Lasting Powers of Attorney.     

2. Dependents.  

3. Relationships: notifications.  

4. Death certificate requirements.  

5.  Wills.  

6.  Funeral arrangements.  

7.  Digital assets.  

8.  Access to cash.  

9.  Responsibilities.  

10.  List of Possessions.

12:50 pm
Is Mediation Worth the Cost
1:30pm
Co-Chairs’ Summary & Farewell Lunch

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