Dear Lucie,

                                                                         

At the IBSA we anticipate trends in international business, law and taxation and create topical events that appeal to clients and advisors.

      

Corporate migration has been a regular IBSA theme for our discussion groups and is particularly relevant now that Brexit is a certainty. I am speaking alongside Philip Baker QC, Filippo Noseda of Withers and Richard Hay of Stikeman Elliott at an IBSA and Private Client Series conference on 6th July in London on the practical unintended consequences of global tax transparency.  The conference fee is £899 plus VAT but has been reduced to £450 plus VAT for IBSA members. Please contact Lucie if you would like to receive the promotional code for this exclusive offer.

    

Another important current topic is our ability to continue to rely on double tax treaties. I believe that there is a movement by governments to negate double tax treaty benefits where the result is double non-taxation. IBSA discussion group meetings will take place on this topic over the next few months in London and Amsterdam, and we would be really interested to hear readers’ views.

      

Polycon is my fictitious case study centred on the Polycon Lens Company and its transition into the Eyemax Corporation. It is my way of mentoring younger professionals on the fundamentals of international business structuring. You or one of your junior associates may be interested in attending a Saturday morning workshop examining the international tax issues around the 12 stages of Polycon’s metamorphosis. The course is free of charge, courtesy of our sponsors, Squire Patton Boggs, and takes place at their offices near Liverpool Street, London from 9.00 am to 1.00 pm followed by lunch. The course is lead by Dmitry and me. 

    

Please click here to download a copy of our new brochure explaining the benefit of membership of the IBSA. For details of all our upcoming events, please scroll down.

    

The IBSA exist for the benefit of its members. If you would like to join the Association or one of our committees, please contact Lucie.                                 

                               

Best regards,                                  

                   

           

Roy Saunders

     

The Londa Beach Hotel, Cyprus

Roy Saunders of the IBSA and Gerard Jan van Spall of Vistra would like to invite you to join Demis Ioannou of Taxatelier and Richard Melton of Vistra (Jordans Trust Company) for a discussion group meeting at Londa Beach Hotel, 72 Georgiou A Street, Potamos Germasogeia, Limassol 4048 on 20th June at 18.00.  

The meeting will discuss the concerns of UK companies with activities within the European Union as a result of Brexit and what corporate and tax options exist for them to migrate from the UK into another member state. The various options, other than liquidation and starting afresh, include changes of place of effective management, business and asset transfers, corporate re-domiciliation and cross border mergers.

KPMG, Hong Kong

Join Anna Gamvros of Norton Rose Fulbright, Paul du Long of Otonomos and Larry Campbell of KPMG for a discussion group meeting examining the impact of block chain and smart contracts on Hong Kong professional services firms.  This meeting will be held at the offices of KPMG, 8th Floor, Prince's Building, 10 Chater Road, Hong Kong on Tuesday 20th June at 18:00.

    

Professional services firms are starting to deal with block chain and smart contracts in their clients’ businesses and in their own.  These technologies have the potential to be highly disruptive and provide an opportunity to fundamentally change business models in a broad range of industries.  The speakers in this discussion group meeting will address the opportunities for block chain and smart contracts application for Hong Kong businesses, the legal issues regarding business application and, equally important, the current applications of these technologies by a professional services firm in Hong Kong.

Squire Patton Boggs, London

Roy Saunders, Chairman of the IBSA, and his IFS Consultant colleague Dmitry Zapol, would like to invite you to a workshop examining the international tax issues relevant to the expansion of the fictitious Polycon Lens Company as it morphs into the multinational Eyemax Corporation throughout its generational journey.  This workshop is being hosted by Squire Patton Boggs at their office at 7 Devonshire Square, London EC2M 4YH on 24 th J une 2017 at 09:00.

                       

There are 4 hrs of CPD accreditation for this workshop.   

This workshop carries no charge as it is geared towards our younger professional colleagues in the spirit of ‘mentoring’ and encouraging them to participate in the growth of the IBSA. 

The workshop will be followed by lunch kindly provided by Squire Patton Boggs who are sponsoring this event.    

Merchant Taylor's Hall, London

We are delighted to invite you to an IBSA conference in conjunction with Private Client Series on 6th July.  This event will bring together the leading minds in the industry to discuss the unintended consequences of the constant global drive towards total transparency. It will enable attendees to answer the key questions posed by their clients on an increasingly regular basis:

• What should you be doing now, and when the information starts flowing?

• Where does this leave the Privacy vs Transparency debate?
• Direct impact on clients and you, the advisors

The conference fee is £899 plus VAT but has been reduced to £450 plus VAT for IBSA members.  Please contact Lucie if you would like to receive the promotional code for this offer.