Legal Practice Offshore: Opportunity and Controversy
Bahamas, Bahamas
28 April 2017 - 30 April 2017
Friday 28 April 2017 | |
| 18:00 » 19:00 | Registration at the Atlantis Hotel |
| 19:30 » 21:30 | Welcome cocktail at the Atlantis Hotel Sponsored by Lennox Paton |
Saturday 29 April 2017 | |
| 07:00 » 08:00 | Harney's AIJA 5K Fun Run (Optional) |
| 08:00 » 09:00 | Registration at Atlantis Hotel |
| 09:00 » 09:30 | AIJA Welcome Address |
| 09:30 » 11:00 | Fraud Investigations Offshore: A practical guide to prosecuting and defending in offshore jurisdictions This panel will explore the particular issues in identifying, locating and repatriating defendants and their assets in offshore jurisdictions. Recent high profile cases will be examined and considered to establish helpful practical tips and best practice. The role and effectiveness of overseas prosecutors, particularly from the US and UK will be evaluated. Governance and the regulatory framework of the financial services sector will be considered. Finally defence lawyers will explain developments in defending individuals in complex international fraud investigations.
Moderator:
Mark Beardsworth - Brown Rudnick LLP - United Kingdom
Speakers:
Simon Ray - 6 Kings Bench Walk - United Kingdom
Kharin Sears - Lennox Paton - Bahamas
Saverio Lembo - Bar & Karrer - SwitzerlandClara Poglia - Schellenberg Wittmer - Switzerland Jonathan Addo - Harneys - BVI |
| 11:00 » 11:30 | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 » 13:00 | Trusts under Attack: the battle between transparency v privacy
This panel will be looking at dealing with requests for information from trustees, the impact of the Panama papers on trusts and balancing the trend of transparency with the right to privacy.
Moderator:
Paola Fudakowska - Withers LLP - United Kingdom
Speakers:
Joe Raeber - Zwicky Windlin - Switzerland
James Price - Stewarts LLP - United Kingdom
Edgar Herrera - Galindo, Arias & Lopez - Panama
Arthur Seligman - Lennox Paton - Bahamas |
| 13:00 » 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 » 16:00 | Sheltering from the Storm - The do’s and don'ts of offshore tax planning and how to defend a tax investigation
This panel will be looking at the multi-jurisdictional tax planning, wealth structuring and succession and then on the fraud and investigations side, what to do if and when the structuring goes wrong.
Moderator:
David Sleight - Kingsley Napley - United Kingdom
Speakers:
Benjamin Borsodi - Schellenberg Wittmer - Switzerland
Oliver Piper - Farrer & Co - United Kingdom Lucy Organ - 6 Kings Bench Walk - United Kingdom Marcus Parker - Summit Trust Group - Cayman islands |
| 16:00 » 16:30 | Coffee Break |
| 16:30 » 17:30 | Affective Submissions: Three is the Magic Number - Advocacy Workshop
Richard Samuel - 3 Hare Court - United Kingdom Simon Ray - 6 Kings Bench Walk - United Kingdom |
| 20:00 » 23:00 | Dinner at Sapodilla Sponsored by Lennox Paton |
Sunday 30 April 2017 | |
| 10:00 » 10:30 | The CRS and Automatic Exchange of Financial Information: Views from a Trustee’s perspective
Andrew Law - IPG Family Office Ltd - Bahamas |
| 10:30 » 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 » 13:00 | Who calls the shots?
A review of third party litigation funding and other issues in insolvency litigation. This panel will look at issues surrounding third party funding in litigation such as privilege, settlement decision making and champerty and as issues that are particular to insolvencies, such as court approval and creditor approval of the third party litigation funding agreement which often brings high rewards to funders. It will also look at issues which attract funding in insolvency litigation, such as legal proceedings against former office holders and court examination of former office holders of defunct companies.
Moderator:
Stephanie Reed Traband - Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider & Grossman LLP - USA Speakers: Arnoldo Lacayo - Astigarraga Davis - USA
Sophia Rolle-Kapousouzoglou - Lennox Paton - Bahamas Chris Camponovo - Drumliffe LLC - USA |
| 13:00 » 15:00 | Optional Lunch - Payable on spot Margaritaville, One Marina Drive, Paradise Island, Bahamas |
| 15:00 » 18:00 | Optional Afternoon Social Programmes
Check out 25 exciting excursions brought to you by Majestic Tours Ltd.
Tickets for the highly-anticipated FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Bahamas 2017 will be available free of charge for the entire competition. Whether it’s the high-energy group matches, the exciting quarter-finals or the nail-biting final rounds, tickets will be free for all spectators on a first-come, first-served basis.
In the Dolphin Encounter Program, each guest can expect a unique experience that brings you closer to an Atlantic Bottlenose dolphin than you ever dreamed possible! Not only will you see the bottlenose dolphin habitat, but you will learn important information about dolphins and the ocean too.
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| 20:00 » 23:00 | Optional Dinner - Payable on spot Bimini Road - Marina Village at Atlantis Hotel |
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