We kindly invite you to attend our annual conference for professionals in tax planning field. Format of the event successfully combines conference and exhibition.
At the conference participants will listen to presentations on international taxation of leading consultants and lawyers from Europe, Middle East and Asia.
The event will bring together leading international providers of corporate services and banks. Attending the exhibition is a great opportunity to get up-to-date information from the key players in the financial and tax market.
Why Riga?
Riga is the center of business in the Baltic region. Headquarters of all Latvian financial institutions as well as offices of major Latvian and international consulting companies are located in Riga.
Visiting the conference in Riga is a great opportunity to combine business with pleasure: you can meet your business partners and explore narrow streets and atmosphere of the old city. September is the best time to visit Riga.
The geographical location of the capital of Latvia allows participants from Europe, Russia and Ukraine visit Riga easily and avoid big costs.
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Conference Agenda:
27 September, Thursday
| 9:00-10:00 | Registration & Welcome coffee | ||
| 10:00-10:30 | Company from Hungary |  |
Janos Hidvegi, Director, Forming International Kft, Hungary |
| 10:30-11:00 | RAK Offshore – Real platform for your international business |  |
Peter-Michael Schuster, General Manager, RAK Offshore, UAE |
| 11:00-12:00 | Coffee-break | ||
| 12:00-12:30 | Principality of Liechtenstein: Areas of Excellence |  |
Kirill Tkachev, Senior Lawyer, Audina Treuhand AG, Liechtenstein |
| 12:30-13:00 | International Tax Planning – The Austrian Way: 1. How to achieve royalty income with a minimum of taxes 2. How to achieve profits from international trade with almost no tax burden 3. How an Austrian private foundation can contribute to your planning in a legal way 4. How to completely avoid any inheritance taxes abroad and eliminate withholding taxes at source |
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Erich Baier, Certified Tax Advisor LLM. (Int. Tax Law) Bilanz-Data, Austria |
| 13:00-14:30 | Lunch - Standing buffet | ||
| 14:30-15:00 | Malta: A Forerunner in Fiscal Efficiency |  |
Rudolph Psaila, Managing Director, Amicorp Malta Limited, Malta |
| 15:00-15:30 | FATCA Developments |  |
Gregory M. McKenzie, Partner, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, USA |
| 15:30-16:30 | Coffee-break | ||
| 16:30-17:00 | New opportunities of using Latvian companies in international business |  |
Tatjana Lutinska, Head of international tax and corporate planning, Prime Consulting, Latvia |
| 17:00-17:30 | Singapore In International Tax Planning |  |
Sergey Bogatyrev, Director, Wealth Creation Laboratory, Singapore |
| 17:30-18:00 | Paradise Renamed: The Evolution From Offshore Financial Centers To International Financial Centers. How The G20 Tax Haven Crackdown Has Transformed The Private Banking In The OFC/IFC |  |
Giancarlo Cervino, Director, Centre for International Fiscal Studies, Switzerland |
| 18:00-20:00 | Cocktail for conference delegates at Radisson BLU Daugava Hotel | ||
28 September, Thursday
| 9:00-10:00 | Registration & Welcome coffee | ||
| 10:00-10:40 | Real Estate Acquisition And Yacht Registration in Seychelles |  |
Tatyana Balabanova Development Director, Аpollo Business Solutions Ltd, Seychelles |
| 10:40-11:10 | BVI Regulatory Requirements and the Benefits of the Introducer Regime |  |
Clive Gibbons, CeFA, Commercial Director, Commonwealth Trust Limited, BVI |
| 11:10-12:00 | Coffee-break | ||
| 12:00-12:30 | Latvia, a new holding and residence paradise on the horizon |  |
Remi Troch, Attorneys At Law, BDO Zelmenis & Liberte, Latvia |
| 12:30-13:00 | International Business Companies in Cyprus: main taxes and most popular structures |  |
Evita Bergmane, Managing Director, Canaima Tax&Audit Ltd, Cyprus |
| 13:00-14:30 | Lunch - Standing buffet | ||
| 14:30-15:00 | Using Israeli structures for international tax and estate planning |  |
Alon Kaplan, Advocate, TEP, Chairman MMG Kaplex Trust Company, Israel |
| 15:00-15:30 | Using Jersey Trusts and Foundations for international wealth structuring |  |
Miroslav Gruna, Director, TMF Group, Jersey |
| 15:30-16:30 | Coffee-break | ||
| 16:30-17:00 | Investment and taxation in Belarusian «offshore zones»: Free economic zones, Hi-Tech park, Belarusian-Chinese industrial park |  |
Alexander Bondar, Managing partner, Sysouev, Bondar, Khrapoutsky law firm The Republic of Belarus |
| 17:00-17:30 | Working with Clients from Ukraine: Inbound and Outbound Investments |  |
Irina Paliashvili, Managing Partner, RULG-Ukrainian Legal Group, P.A., Ukraine |
| 17:30-18:00 | Litigation and dispute resolution: methods of attacking offshore structures, and tactics for defence |  |
Matthew Parish, Partner, Holman Fenwick Willan, Switzerland |
| 20:00-22:00 | Dinner at Restaurant | ||
