Private Client: Guernsey - 5th Annual Edition

Bringing together local offshore practitioners and onshore specialists to discuss key contentious and non-contentious developments.

30th September 2025 | In-Person | The Duke of Richmond Hotel Guernsey

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Agenda

Networking & Registration
9.00am

Chairs Opening Remarks
9.30am

Jennifer Ridgway, Partner
Farrer & Co

Revisiting Non-Doms and Tax Planning
9.40am

  • Further changes to the non-dom regime and updates over the last 12 months
  • How TRF impacts non-doms
  • The HNW exodus and wealth outflow from the UK – where is it headed?

Beatrice Puoti, Partner
Stephenson Harwood

Laurence Morgan, Partner
Boodle Hatfield

Discussing Transatlantic Clients and Structures
10.25am

  • Benefits and pitfalls of Transatlantic tax treaties
  • Estate planning considerations
  • Wealth planning overlaps between the Channel Islands and USA
  • How the current political climate is impacting clients

Maya Buckland, Partner
Withers

Sarah Farrow, Partner, Private Client Services
EY

Kristin Konschnik, Partner
McLemore Konschnik

Networking & Refreshment Break
11.10am

Insights into HMRC Investigations
11.30am

  • Spring budget fallout and how it's shaping tax investigations
  • HMRC insights into investigations
  • What issues should practitioners look out and prepare for when dealing with HMRC investigations

Morag Ofili , Partner (Barrister) Tax
Edwin Coe

Waqar Shah, Partner
Kingsley Napley

Analysing Trusts and Alternative Private Wealth Structures
12.15pm

  • APR and BPR and how they’re being impacted
  • Asset protection and other benefits to structures
  • Alternative private wealth structures to consider
  • The role of protectors

Kerrie Le Tissier, Director
Highvern

Alison Ozanne, Partner
Walkers

Yousafa Hazara , Legal Director
Irwin Mitchell

Networking & Lunch Break
1.00pm

Roundtable Discussions
1.45pm

During this session you'll have the opportunity to select your choice of topics to build an agenda that best suits your practice, from three roundtable discussion sessions on key Private Client matters. Choose two out of the three that you’d like to take part in with your peers.

Your first 50-minute discussion will start at 1.40pm and your second 50-minute discussion will start at 2.40pm after a 10-minute break between the two sessions.


Session 1 Charities & Philanthropies Session 2 - Divorce and Matrimonial Finance Session 3 - Next Gen Wealth Matters
  • Donor advice funds and how they can be used effectively
  • Local community foundations and benefits to their involvement in gifting
  • How the wealthy next gen are focusing on charities and philanthropy
  • Angles of attack used in divorce proceedings
  • How pre and post-nups can factor into proceedings
  • Cross-border divorce risks
  • Interests and priorities of next gen wealth investment
  • Managing young clients who made their money vs inherited their money
  • Intergenerational wealth transferal
  • Trustee powers on investment
Lacie Riseborough - Senior Business Development Manager - CAF

Simon Blain - Partner Forsters

Guy Mawson - Partner Forsters

 

 

Networking & Refreshment Break
3.35pm

Best Practices for Future-Proofing Trusts
3.55pm

  • Types of litigation to be aware of
  • Best Practices for stress-testing
  • What the local jurisdiction can offer

Catherine Moore, Partner
Ogier

Jemma Goddard, Senior Associate
Stewarts

Charlotte Howard, Senior Counsel
Macfarlanes

Exploring the Impacts of Diminished Capacity
4.40pm

  • Preparing for circumstances of diminished capacity
  • Trustee duties when a beneficiary is losing capacity
  • How capacity is assessed across jurisdictions
  • Claims of fraudulent calumny

Ben Havard, Partner
Collas Crill (Guernsey)

Bryony Cove, Partner
Farrer & Co

Kelly Greig, Partner
Blick Rothenberg

Monika Byrska, Partner
Howard Kennedy

Chairs Closing Remarks
5.25pm

End of Conference
5.30pm

9.00am
Networking & Registration
9.30am
Chairs Opening Remarks
Jennifer Ridgway - Partner - Farrer & Co
9.40am
Revisiting Non-Doms and Tax Planning
  • Further changes to the non-dom regime and updates over the last 12 months
  • How TRF impacts non-doms
  • The HNW exodus and wealth outflow from the UK – where is it headed?
Beatrice Puoti - Partner - Stephenson Harwood
Laurence Morgan - Partner - Boodle Hatfield
10.25am
Discussing Transatlantic Clients and Structures
  • Benefits and pitfalls of Transatlantic tax treaties
  • Estate planning considerations
  • Wealth planning overlaps between the Channel Islands and USA
  • How the current political climate is impacting clients
Maya Buckland - Partner - Withers
Sarah Farrow - Partner, Private Client Services - EY
Kristin Konschnik - Partner - McLemore Konschnik
11.10am
Networking & Refreshment Break
11.30am
Insights into HMRC Investigations
  • Spring budget fallout and how it's shaping tax investigations
  • HMRC insights into investigations
  • What issues should practitioners look out and prepare for when dealing with HMRC investigations
Morag Ofili - Partner (Barrister) Tax - Edwin Coe
Waqar Shah - Partner - Kingsley Napley
12.15pm
Analysing Trusts and Alternative Private Wealth Structures
  • APR and BPR and how they’re being impacted
  • Asset protection and other benefits to structures
  • Alternative private wealth structures to consider
  • The role of protectors
Kerrie Le Tissier - Director - Highvern
Alison Ozanne - Partner - Walkers
Yousafa Hazara - Legal Director - Irwin Mitchell
1.00pm
Networking & Lunch Break
1.45pm
Roundtable Discussions

During this session you'll have the opportunity to select your choice of topics to build an agenda that best suits your practice, from three roundtable discussion sessions on key Private Client matters. Choose two out of the three that you’d like to take part in with your peers.

Your first 50-minute discussion will start at 1.40pm and your second 50-minute discussion will start at 2.40pm after a 10-minute break between the two sessions.


Session 1 Charities & Philanthropies Session 2 - Divorce and Matrimonial Finance Session 3 - Next Gen Wealth Matters
  • Donor advice funds and how they can be used effectively
  • Local community foundations and benefits to their involvement in gifting
  • How the wealthy next gen are focusing on charities and philanthropy
  • Angles of attack used in divorce proceedings
  • How pre and post-nups can factor into proceedings
  • Cross-border divorce risks
  • Interests and priorities of next gen wealth investment
  • Managing young clients who made their money vs inherited their money
  • Intergenerational wealth transferal
  • Trustee powers on investment
Lacie Riseborough - Senior Business Development Manager - CAF

Simon Blain - Partner Forsters

Guy Mawson - Partner Forsters

 

 

3.35pm
Networking & Refreshment Break
3.55pm
Best Practices for Future-Proofing Trusts
  • Types of litigation to be aware of
  • Best Practices for stress-testing
  • What the local jurisdiction can offer
Catherine Moore - Partner - Ogier
Jemma Goddard - Senior Associate - Stewarts
Charlotte Howard - Senior Counsel - Macfarlanes
4.40pm
Exploring the Impacts of Diminished Capacity
  • Preparing for circumstances of diminished capacity
  • Trustee duties when a beneficiary is losing capacity
  • How capacity is assessed across jurisdictions
  • Claims of fraudulent calumny
Ben Havard - Partner - Collas Crill (Guernsey)
Bryony Cove - Partner - Farrer & Co
Kelly Greig - Partner - Blick Rothenberg
Monika Byrska - Partner - Howard Kennedy
5.25pm
Chairs Closing Remarks
5.30pm
End of Conference

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