Charities Aid Foundation (CAF)
Agenda
Registration
9.00am
Chair's Opening Remarks
9.30am
Sangna Chauhan , Partner
Charles Russell Speechlys
Examining the Non-Dom Changes and Further Political Developments
9.40am
- What the changes to the rules mean for your jurisdictions in practice
- How the rule changes impact clients with different tax profiles
- How the changes impact where clients choose to reside and establish their trusts
- Further policy implications
Beatrice Puoti, Partner
Stephenson Harwood
Alasdair Wilson, Managing Associate
Harbottle & Lewis
Richard Joynt, Director & Head of Family Office
Highvern
Alberto Brazzalotto, Partner
Maisto e Associati (Italy)
Claire Randall, Partner
Farrer & Co
Navigating Key Tax Matters and Avoiding Pitfalls
10.25am
- What should intermediaries consider when discussing tax investigations with clients?
- How HMRC and the IRS are using their resources – is it fit for purpose?
- What issues should practitioners look out and prepare for when dealing with HMRC investigations
Waqar Shah, Partner
Kingsley Napley
Sarah Farrow, Partner, Private Client Services
EY
Morag Ofili , Partner (Barrister) Tax
Edwin Coe
Networking & Refreshment Break
11.10am
Understanding the Importance of Stress-Testing Trust Structures
11.30am
- Internal and external angles of attack and how to proof trusts against them
- Firewall provisions and their protective powers
- Trusts variations and how they can leave trusts vulnerable
Monika Byrska, Partner
Howard Kennedy
Kyra Motley, Partner
Boodle Hatfield
Clementine Dowley, Legal Director
Payne Hicks Beach
Trusts in Divorce: Ensuring You are Prepared for the Breakdown of a Marriage
12.15pm
Key areas in which trustees get it right - and get it wrong - in divorce and trust cases. Including:
- 10 years on: has Otto Poon ‘rattled the trust industry’ in Hong Kong, as originally reported by the Financial Times in 2014?
- The perils of answering - and not answering - the Charman/Otto Poon likelihood test: is the test a lose-lose scenario?
- The dangers of the Liechtenstein ‘criminal offence defence’ as shown in Barclay v Barclay [2022] EWHC 2026.
- Reputational and other risks for trustees in divorce and trust cases.
The need for trustees to promote the use of pre- and postnuptial agreements - and be involved in the negotiations.
Marcus Dearle, Senior Partner
Miles Preston
James Sheedy, Partner
Collas Crill
Networking & Lunch Break
1.00pm
Discussing Next Gen Issues, Inheritance and ESG
2.00pm
- Wealth transferal and preparing clients for inheritance
- Next gen priorities – will they prioritise principles over profits
- How has the concept of ESG evolved
- Is ESG a false dawn?
Catherine Grum , Founder
Catherine Grum Consultancy
Matthew Braithwaite, Partner
Wedlake Bell
Paul Hardwick, Partner
Macfarlanes
Harveer Mata, Senior Investment Manager
Sarasin & Partners
Analysing The Role of Trustees and Trust Administration
2.45pm
- A trustee’s duties and obligations
- Blessing applications and the Denaxe case
- What should a trustee do during contentious situations
Roberta Harvey, Partner
Forsters
Katie Hooper, Partner
Mourant
Charlotte Matthews, Senior Associate
Taylor Wessing
Networking & Refreshment Break
3.30pm
Navigating Artificial Intelligence and its Impact on the Private Client Sector
3.50pm
- AI – What practitioners need to know
- Overview of AI and LLMs
- First steps with ChatGPT
- Limitations of LLMs
Niklas Schmidt, Partner
Wolf Theiss, Austria
Addressing Insolvent Trusts and Circumstances of Insolvency
4.35pm
- Problems with administering insolvent trusts
- Financial irregularities that can result in insolvency
- Takeaways from the Adams Judgment
- Sham and illusory trusts
Kelly Watson, Client Services Director
Accuro
Sam Hoare, Managing Associate
Ogier
Chair's Closing Remarks
5.20pm
Networking and Drinks Reception
5.30pm
- What the changes to the rules mean for your jurisdictions in practice
- How the rule changes impact clients with different tax profiles
- How the changes impact where clients choose to reside and establish their trusts
- Further policy implications
Alasdair Wilson - Managing Associate - Harbottle & Lewis
Richard Joynt - Director & Head of Family Office - Highvern
Alberto Brazzalotto - Partner - Maisto e Associati (Italy)
Claire Randall - Partner - Farrer & Co
- What should intermediaries consider when discussing tax investigations with clients?
- How HMRC and the IRS are using their resources – is it fit for purpose?
- What issues should practitioners look out and prepare for when dealing with HMRC investigations
Sarah Farrow - Partner, Private Client Services - EY
Morag Ofili - Partner (Barrister) Tax - Edwin Coe
- Internal and external angles of attack and how to proof trusts against them
- Firewall provisions and their protective powers
- Trusts variations and how they can leave trusts vulnerable
Kyra Motley - Partner - Boodle Hatfield
Clementine Dowley - Legal Director - Payne Hicks Beach
Key areas in which trustees get it right - and get it wrong - in divorce and trust cases. Including:
- 10 years on: has Otto Poon ‘rattled the trust industry’ in Hong Kong, as originally reported by the Financial Times in 2014?
- The perils of answering - and not answering - the Charman/Otto Poon likelihood test: is the test a lose-lose scenario?
- The dangers of the Liechtenstein ‘criminal offence defence’ as shown in Barclay v Barclay [2022] EWHC 2026.
- Reputational and other risks for trustees in divorce and trust cases.
The need for trustees to promote the use of pre- and postnuptial agreements - and be involved in the negotiations.
Marcus Dearle - Senior Partner - Miles PrestonJames Sheedy - Partner - Collas Crill
- Wealth transferal and preparing clients for inheritance
- Next gen priorities – will they prioritise principles over profits
- How has the concept of ESG evolved
- Is ESG a false dawn?
Matthew Braithwaite - Partner - Wedlake Bell
Paul Hardwick - Partner - Macfarlanes
Harveer Mata - Senior Investment Manager - Sarasin & Partners
- A trustee’s duties and obligations
- Blessing applications and the Denaxe case
- What should a trustee do during contentious situations
Katie Hooper - Partner - Mourant
Charlotte Matthews - Senior Associate - Taylor Wessing
- AI – What practitioners need to know
- Overview of AI and LLMs
- First steps with ChatGPT
- Limitations of LLMs
- Problems with administering insolvent trusts
- Financial irregularities that can result in insolvency
- Takeaways from the Adams Judgment
- Sham and illusory trusts
Sam Hoare - Managing Associate - Ogier
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