Overview

Money is on the move, making it more complex for private client lawyers to advise on the structuring and retention of wealth. Chaired by Henry Christensen III, Legal Week Private Client Forum Europe will equip senior private client lawyers from around the world with practical advice on how best to counsel high net worth individuals in a new economic and regulatory era.

Now in its eighth year, Legal Week Private Client Forum Europe is the leading event for senior private client lawyers. This year’s conference features a keynote speech on political risk by Chip Poncy from the US Treasury Department, a management workshop led by Claire Maurice, senior partner of Maurice Turnor Gardner and a roleplay led by Shân Warnock-Smith QC.

Throughout the conference there will be a series of panel debates and breakout sessions that address key issues associated with the globalisation of private wealth. Panel discussions include: ‘Where’s the new money’; ‘Arrivals and departures – practical requirements for leaving one country and going to another’; and ‘Low tax – the way forward?’ – a look at how both onshore and offshore jurisdictions are competing to attract private wealth.

The conference will also feature a series of more intimate breakout sessions that will take advantage of this forum’s unique ability to bring together the world’s best private client lawyers in one place to discuss the latest developments in private client law and practice. Networking is a key feature of this conference, which takes place over three days at the famous Villa d’Este hotel on the shores of Lake Como.


SPEAKERS

• Gbenga Oyebode, managing partner, Aluko & Oyebode, Nigeria
• Chip Poncy, director, office of strategic policy, terrorist financing and financial crimes office, United States Department of the Treasury
• Henk Potts, equity strategist, Barclays Wealth
• Olga Boltenko, partner, Withers Worldwide
• Edward Buckland, partner, Bedell Group, Channel Islands
• Jonathan Burt, managing director, Barclays Wealth UK
• Laurent Chambaz, partner, UGGC & Associés, France
• Sara Collins, head of trust and private client, Conyers Dill & Pearman, Cayman Islands
• Jonathan Conder, head of private client, Macfarlanes, UK
• Martyn Gowar, partner, McDermott Will & Emery, UK
• Miguel Jáuregui Rojas, chairman, Jáuregui, Navarrete y Nader, Mexico
• James Johnston, head of private wealth, Bircham Dyson Bell, UK
• Bill Knight, chairman, The Financial Reporting Review Panel, former senior partner, Simmons & Simmons UK
• Ineke Koele, Koele PC, The Netherlands
• Paolo Ludovici, partner, Maisto e Associati, Italy
• Claire Maurice, senior partner, Maurice Turnor Gardner, UK
• Dr. iur. Peter Marxer jun, partner, Marxer & Partner, Liechtenstein
• Marnin Michaels, partner, Baker & McKenzie, Switzerland
• Anthony Morton-Hooper, partner, Mishcon de Reya, UK
• Duncan Osborne, partner, Osborne Helman Knebel & Deleery, USA
• St John Robilliard, partner, Mourant Ozannes, Channel Islands
• Bruce Ross, partner, Holland & Knight, USA
• Joshua Rubenstein, co-managing partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman, USA
• Simon Rylatt, partner, Boodle Hatfield, UK
• Gubachan Singh, senior partner, tax and trusts, KhattarWong, Singapore
• Jean-Marc Tirard, partner, Tirard Naudin, France
• Shân Warnock-Smith QC, 5 Stone Buildings, UK and ICT Chambers, Cayman Islands
• Simon Weil, partner, Bircham Dyson Bell, UK
• Basil Zirinis III, partner, Sullivan & Cromwell, USA