STEP - Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners

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.