Details:
STEP Benelux and the Brussels Office of the UK Law Societies are organising the seminar “What will Brexit bring for international private clients?”, taking place on Tuesday 2 April 2019 at Loyens & Loeff (Brussels office), from 13:00-19:00.
Whatever Brexit is going to look like, it will bring a series of complex challenges for international private clients, affecting their decisions on how to deal with matters of estate and asset disposal planning, tax, family and succession. This seminar aims to help to clarify some of the most pressing issues through a conversation with practitioners from different jurisdictions.
Programme
13:00 Registration and light lunch
13:30 Welcome and introduction by Paolo Panico (Chair, STEP Europe) and Louise Benjamin (Chair, STEP BeNeLux)
13:45 Brexit, a state of affairs by TBC
14:30 Panel 1 – What will Brexit bring for international private clients? - chaired by Richard Frimston (Private Client Consultant, Russell-Cooke, United-Kingdom). Speakers: Anneke Vrenegoor (Estate Planner, Vrenegoor Estate Planning, The Netherlands), Alberto Perez Cedillo (Partner, Alberto Perez Cedillo Spanish Lawyers and Solicitors Limited, Spain) and Catherine Lambert (Notary, Notary Catherine Lambert, France)
16:00 Break
16:30 Panel 2 – Cross-border taxation after Brexit - chaired by Gary Ashford (Tax Partner, Harbottle & Lewis, United-Kingdom). Speakers: Saskia Lust (Partner, Loyens & Loeff, Belgium), Francisco de Sousa da Câmara (Partner, Morais Leitao, Portugal), Andrea Uleri (Senior Manager, Valente Associati GEB Partners, Italy) and Illia Neizvestny (Senior Associate, Arendt & Medernach , Luxembourg)
18:00 Closing speech by Helena Raulus (Head of the Brussels Office of the UK Law Societies)
The seminar will be followed by a networking reception.
The event is free, but registration is required via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-will-brexit-bring-for-international-private-clients-tickets-57975285640.
Venue: Loyens & Loeff (Brussels office), 101 Rue Neerveld, 1200 Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium
Organiser: STEP Benelux; Brussels Office of the UK Law Societies
Price: Free
Reservations: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-will-brexit-bring-for-international-private-clients-tickets-57975285640
