This year the conference focuses on 4 key themes:

• Key Issues Facing Trusts & Trustees

  Trust law doesn’t get any easier.  We’ve got a judge and two QCs to explain the pressing issues.
  
  The Hayton Review of Current Trust Law Issues
  Hon. Mr Justice David Hayton
  The Controversy of Trustee Powers
  David Brownbill QC, XXIV OLD BUILDINGS              
  The Structure of Trusts in the Face of Global Attack Christopher McCall QC, MAITLAND CHAMBERS
  PANEL – Future of Offshore Structures in a Changing World

• G20 & Private Banking: Can they Co-exist?

  Following the recent global financial crisis, one thing is certain the G20 have Private Banking on their radar but what will be the outcome?
  
  G20 in Control: What Next for Financial Services?
  John Harris, JERSEY FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMISSION
  Information Exchange: Is there an Upside for Private Banking?
  Malcolm Couch, ISLE OF MAN GOVERNMENT
  PANEL - Outlook for Global Private Banking
  Kevin Horrocks LLOYDS PRIVATE BANK,
  Debra Treyz, JP MORGAN 
  Rob Withecombe, BARCLAYS WEALTH
  with Philip Marcovici, LawInContext 

   

• Asia, US, UK & Latin America: Cutting Edge Strategies

  Hear a selection of the hot topics and new approaches around the trust world.
  
  UK Policy Towards HNWIs under a New Government? Jonathan Conder, MACFARLANES                       
  Asia: the New Sanctuary for HNWIs?
  Bill Ahern, FAMILY CAPITAL CONSERVATION
  Gurbachan Singh, KHATTARWONG
  Wealth Structuring for Latin America
  Ian Muniz, VEIRANO ADVOGADOS 
  Jurisdictional Focus on the USA
  Henry Christensen III, MCDERMOTT, WILL & EMERY

• International Financial Centres: Crucial or Expendable?

  International Financial Centres are essential platforms for international private banking, yet they are caught in a political and regulatory fire storm.  Does the World Need Them?
  
  Why IFCs Matter?
  Professor James Hines,
  UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW SCHOOL
  IFCs: What Financial Policy Architects Need to Know
  Richard Teather, BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY
  PANEL - Using Economic Data to Win Onshore Support for IFCs
  Afternoon speakers with Grant Stein, WALKERS representing the IFC Forum