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Topic: Important new trust and estate legislation in the British Virgin Islands.

Speaker: Christopher McKenzie – the partner who heads up O’Neal Webster’s BVI trusts and estates team from its London office and was the founding chair of STEP in the BVI.

Topic: The Economic Substance Rules – Where Are We Now?
Speaker: Ian Perrett – Owner of the Law Office of Ian Perrett.

Topic: UK PRE-ARRIVAL PLANNING FOR SWISS PRIVATE CLIENTS
Speakers: Jeremy Robertson- Partner and Alfred Liu – a Senior Associate in the Private Client team at Forsters LLP

Topic: Insolvent Trusts
The speakers:
1. Jeremy Wessels is a Partner at Mourant Ozannes (Guernsey) ,
2. Justin Harvey-Hills is a Partner in the Jersey litigation and dispute resolution practice of Mourant Ozannes (Jersey) LLP

The Programme

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Topic: “Beneficial ownership registers: An update as to the status of beneficial ownership registers in each of the BVI, Cayman Islands, Jersey and Guernsey. Who’s in and who’s out? What is available already, to whom and how? When will these registers be publicly available?”

The Speakers:
1. Dave Sherwin – Partner at Ogier (Cayman Islands),
2. Simon Schilder – Partner at Ogier (BVI),
3. Katherine Neal -Counsel at Ogier (Jersey),
4. Chris Hards – Managing Associate at Ogier(Guernsey).

Topic: “UBO REGISTERS UNDER THE EU 5TH AML DIRECTIVE – General principles and their application in some selected Member States.

The Speaker: Mr.Paolo Panico, Law Chambers, Private Trustees SA.

Topic: “Public Registers of Beneficial Ownership – Here to Stay?”
This conference forms part of a series. The next conferences in the series will be “UBO Registers – EU Jurisdictions”, which will take place on May 20th, 2021, and “UBO Registers – Jersey, Guernsey, Cayman Islands and BVI”, which will take place on June 10th, 2021.

The Speaker: Filippo Noseda is a Partner at Mishcon de Reya in London

Topic: Providing Private Wealth/Trust Services to Chinese Families: Issues, Opportunities and Challenges

Speakers:

1. Ms Yumei Zhang (Executive Director, Head of Private Clients at Vistra (Hong Kong)
2. Mr Michael Olesnicky (Baker & McKenzie (Hong Kong office)

Sujet: Comment aligner philanthropie et gouvernance familiale?”
Conférenciere: Delphine Bottge (Avocate au Barreau de Genève Academic Fellow – Center for Philanthropy – Université de Genève)

Topic: Cross-border estate settlement with UK interests
Speaker: Edward Reed – Partner at Macfarlanes LLP.

Topic: Cross-Border Estate Settlement with US Interests
Speaker: Paula Jones – Paula M. Jones Law Offices, Inc.

Topic: Trustee Investment Complaints and Litigation – A selection of Case Studies.
The speaker: James Day, Peritus Investment Consultancy

Topic: Automatic Exchange of Information in Switzerland: Recent Developments and Frequently Asked Questions by Swiss Trustees.
Speakers: Ksenia Iliyash – Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd and Nicholas Pell – Partner at Rhone Trust.

Topic: UAE Foundations in practice
Speaker: Yann Mrazek – Managing Partner at M/HQ

Topic: Echange automatique de renseignements en Suisse: nouveautés et protection individuelle.
Speaker: Ksenia Iliyash – Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Topic: Recent Developments in Offshore Trust Law

Speakers: Edward Devenport (Partner) and Fred Milner (Counsel) from Mourant Ozannes

Topic: U.S. beneficiaries of Foreign Trusts
Speaker: Maria-Soledad Otero – Partner of Karlin & Peebles LLP

Welcome to all our current STEP students and those considering enhancing your professional qualifications with STEP in Geneva. We may be pursuing different careers, sitting at different levels and embarking on different routes, but we are united in our end goal of achieving career development with STEP. As we become increasingly familiar with the ‘new-normal’ world, it can easy to forget that there are a network of others pursing the same pathway. We are therefore hosting an informal Q&A and Connection Session for all our students to touch base with one another, say hello and discuss the impact our qualification routes can have on career progression. Whether you are on your first exam or your tenth, or considering a different route, drop by on Tuesday 15 September for our ‘meet and greet’ session (online, on Zoom) to introduce yourself to the network and to our Committee Members, and ask any questions you may have on career development with STEP

Topic: Recoveries in markets and economies.
Speaker: Philip Shaw – Chief Economist of Investec Bank plc

Topic: Substance requirements – Guernsey, Jersey, Cayman and the BVI.

Speaker: Chris Hards (Guernsey) , Emily Haithwaite (Jersey), Fraser Allister (Cayman) and Simon Schilder (the BVI) of Ogier LLP

Topic: Dealing with the issues that cause sleepless nights
Speaker: Lisa Cornwell – Director in PWC-Zurich

Topic: French blacklist development
Speaker: Alain Moreau – Partner (FBT Avocats SA.
This event was ONLINE, all participants have received the link to join the conference.

NB:
Topic “Substance requirements – BVI, Luxembourg and Jersey” is pushed back to later date due to (i) breaking news – entry in force of new FR regime on 1st April and
(ii) substance legislation not yet finalized in all jurisdictions.

Topic: Le holding d’héritiers avec les nouvelles règles fiscales applicables dès le 1.1.20
Speaker: Mr. Nicolas Merlino (Associé, Avocat- Poncet Turrettini)

Topic: Swiss developments on trusts and stepping down.
Speaker: David W. Wilson-Partner in Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

For booking please go to website:
www.step.swiss

Topic: : Changes to the taxation of UK real property
Speaker: Mr. Jeremy Robertson (Senior Associate) and
Mrs. Kelly Noel-Smith (Partner)-Forsters LLP

An Introduction to Trust
Hotel Metropole (the course for 2 days)

Topic: L’appréhension des trusts en droit fiscal français : éclairage sur les obligations déclaratives des trustees.

Speakers: Me Benoît Philippart (Avocat Associé) et Me Nicolas Cys (Avocat Associé ) – La Tour International Sàrl

Venue: Hotel Mandarin
Speaker: Mr. Gregory Perdon
Topic: A day in the life of a CIO

Topic: Swiss Data Protection – new developments
Speaker: Roland Mathys ( Partner / Attorney at Law – Schellenberg Wittmer)

Topic: Financial Services Act and Financial Institutions Act (LSFin & LEFin)
Speaker: Leonard Vijverberg – Lenz & Staehelin

Topic: Trustees and AML: Current practice and regulatory developments.

Speaker: Me Taulant Avdija (BDO SA – department Regulatory & Compliance

Topic: Transmission d’une trust company: valorisation, vente, succession.
Speaker: Edgard Brandt

Topic: Modification de La Loi fédérale sur le droit international privé en vue de l’harmonisation du droit suisse avec le Règlement européen en matière de succession
Speaker: Florence Guillaume (Professeure)

Speaker: Amdrew McCallum

Topic: New Zealand trust case law: how to use it.
Speaker: Geoffrey Cone

Topic: EU substance requirements on companies based in the British Overseas Territories (including the Cayman and British Virgin Islands) and Crown Dependencies (including Jersey and Guernsey)

Speaker: Mr. Ian Perrett (Partner / Withers LLP)

Topic: Reconciling trustee obligations and GDPR
Speakers: Deborah Pennington and Alan Baker

Alpine Conference – Interlaken

Topic: UK trust registers
Speaker: Fillipo Noseda

An Introduction to Trusts

Event: Trust Accounting and Auditing
Speaker: Andrew McCallum

Toipic: Data hacking- Risks specific to professional services companies. Lessons learned from the Panama and Paradise papers.

Topic: The regulation of trustees: a comparison with Guernsey and the BVI
Speakers: Rashid Bahar and Marcus Leese

Speaker: Nicholas Hochstadter
Topic: Transparency, what do client expect ?

Venue: Parc des Eaux-Vives

25th anniversary of the founding of STEP in Switzerland – Photo Gallery

Topic: Art in trust . pratical and legal issues
Speakers: Richard Bagnall-Smith
Willem-Joost de Gier

Topic: Jurisprudence genevoise en matière de trusts.
Speaker: Sophie Thorens-Aladjem

Topic: Successions et régimes matrimoniaux suite aux nouveaux règlements européens

Speaker: Me Nathalie Thevenet-Grospiron (Notary)

Speaker: Frédéric Baldini
Topic: New Trends in Philanthropy

Speaker: Fabianne De Vos Burchart
Topic: Regulation of Trustees in Switzwerland

Speaker: Luigi Belluzzo
Topic: Italian non-dom regime. One year of experience

Alpine conference – Interlaken

Speaker: Fred Milner
Topic: Jersey and Guernsey structures: technical issues and practical guidance

Speaker: Rasmus Ankersen
Topic: Hunger in Paradise
Venue: Hotel Mandarin

Speaker: Thierry Boitelle
Topic: Projet fiscal; the new Swiss corporate tax reform

Speaker: Professeur Audrey Leuba
TopiC. The new Swiss equivalent to living wills

Speaker: Bruno Santiago
Topic: Golden Visa Program associated with a special tax regime for foreigners in Portugal

Speaker: Jay Rubinstein
Topic: Planning for an American-Swiss succession: tax and legal aspects

Speaker: Daniel Paserman
Topic: Aliyah, Pre-Immigration Planning, Tax, Trusts and Succession under Israeli Law

Speaker: Nicholas Bennett
Topic: Anglo-Swiss pre-nuptial agreements

Speaker: Alexandre Brodard
Topic: Avant-projet de révision du droit des successions

Event: Trust accounting and auditing
Speaker: Andrew McCallum

Venue: Hotel Métropole

Speaker: Pablo Pecina.
Topic: Consequences of CRS when structuring wealth for Latin American clients.

Speaker: Yann Mrazek
Topic: Estate planning for expatriates in Dubai

An Introduction to Trusts

Topic: CRS
Speakers: Nicholas Pell, Stefano Lembo and David Wilson

Speaker: Nigel Farage
Topic: Brexit

Venue: Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Geneva

Speaker: Richard Manyon
Topic: Removing troublesome trustees and protectors

Sponsored by ThatcherMackenzie Executive Recruitement

Speaker: Nicolas Capt
Topic: Digital legacy and planning

Speaker: Sonia Velasco
Topic: Spanish CRS, tax and legislative novelties.