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The Most Balanced and Credible Educational and Networking Conference on OFCs. Period.

The 10th Annual OffshoreAlert Conference

April 29 - May 1, 2012

The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach

Miami Beach FL U.S.A.

 

For More information visit www.OffshoreAlertConference.com or Call +1 305-372-6296

April 29 - May 1, 2012. The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach. Miami Beach, Fl

The Most Balanced and Credible Educational and Networking Conference on OFCs. Period.

The Best Offshore Conference. Period.

The OffshoreAlert Conference is an independent, non-promotional event covering every aspect of the fast-paced, ever-changing, complex world of Offshore Financial Centers and how they are routinely used by the world's biggest corporations and High Net Worth Individuals to minimize risk and maximize protection.

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Maximize Opportunity

Find out what is currently unfolding in the complex, fast-paced and forever-changing world of Offshore Financial Centers so that you can minimize your risk and maximize your opportunities.

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Meet The Players

You will meet the most influential and knowledgeable individuals in the private and public sectors around the world who have an interest in OFCs.

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10th Anniversary Blowout

To celebrate a decade of conferences, we have put together our ...

  • Best-Ever Agenda
  • Best Line-Up of Speakers
  • Biggest Event

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25 Invaluable Sessions

Sessions on offshore products, services and jurisdictions, fraud and asset recovery, investigations and intelligence, political initiatives, legal and tax issues.

  • Offshore Providers
  • Offshore Clients
  • Investigators

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50+ In-The-Know Speakers

  • Offshore Judges 
  • Legal & Tax Specialists
  • Regulators & Investigators
  • Finance & Insurance Experts
  • Fraud & Insolvency Specialists

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International, High-Level Attendees

Global Financial Experts

Commercial Court judges from offshore jurisdictions, IRS and OECD senior representatives, attorneys, bankers, tax advisors, fraud & asset recovery experts, regulators, journalists & more.

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Leading Offshore Firms

Representatives of the leading offshore firms, including those in law, financial services, banks and funds, in the biggest offshore jurisdictions, such as the Bahamas, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, and the Cayman Islands.

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Who Should Attend

Offshore Providers

  • Company Managers
  • Fund Administrators
  • Bankers
  • Trust & Estate Practitioners
  • Insolvency Specialists
  • Government & Regulators
 

Offshore Clients

  • Officers & Directors
  • High Net Worth Individuals
  • Fund Principals & Sponsors
  • Family Offices
  • Financial Intermediaries
  • Wealth Planners
 

Investigators

  • Compliance Officers
  • Receivers & Liquidators
  • Investigators & Regulators
  • Intelligence-Gatherers
  • Law Enforcement
  • Tax Collectors
 

There's Nothing Else Like It

Gain Mastery of Offshore Issues, Meet Key Industry Leaders

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25 Invaluable Sessions

There are four general and 21 concurrent sessions that are aimed at three categories of attendees: Providers, Clients, and Investigators of offshore products and services. Our sessions cater to everyone from those who know little or nothing about OFCs to those who are experts.

Some sessions deal with legal, tax and political initiatives that affect those doing business offshore, others explain how complicated financial and insurance products work, and others deal with fraud investigations, insolvencies, liability issues and asset recovery.

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Sessions
April 30, 2012

Opening Remarks

An introduction to the conference, its aims and a breakdown of who is in attendance.
Theme
Speakers
David Marchant

David Marchant

Editor, OffshoreAlert (Miami)

The Rise of Offshore Courts: The Judicial Prespective

Judges in key OFCs discuss laws and significant rulings that affect foreign companies, such as a damages award for $111 m against non-executive directors of Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund in the Cayman Islands and a ruling in the British Virgin Islands not to allow the liquidators of Fairfield Sentry to claw back investor redemptions in the fraud by Bernard Madoff.
Speakers
Martin S. Kenney

Martin Kenney

Managing Partner, Martin Kenney & Co., Solicitors (BVI) 
Charles Quin

Charles Quin QC

Justice, Grand Court of the Cayman Islands (Cayman Islands)
Ian Kawaley

Ian Kawaley

Commercial Court Judge, Bermuda Supreme Court (Bermuda)
Neville Adderley

Neville Adderley

Justice, Supreme Court of the Bahamas (Bahamas)
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Edward Bannister QC

Presiding Judge, British Virgin Islands Commercial Court (BVI)

Enticing the Top Echelon: How the IRS, SEC and CFTC Attract High-Level Whistleblowers

An analysis of the Whistleblower programs operated by the Internal Revenue Service, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission.

Speakers
Eric R. Havian

Eric Havian

Partner, Philips & Cohen (San Francisco)
Sean McKessy

Sean McKessy

Chief, Office of the Whistleblower, U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Washington, DC)
Steve Whitlock

Steve Whitlock

Director, Whistleblower Office, Internal Revenue Service (Washington, DC)
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Vincente Martinez

Director, Whistleblower Office, U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission  (Washington, DC) 
Erika Kelton

Erika Kelton

Partner, Phillips & Cohen LLP (Washington, DC)
Speakers
Arnoldo Lacayo

Arnoldo Lacayo

Attorney, Astigarraga Davis (Miami)
Dan Wise

Dan Wise

Litigation Partner, Martin Kenney & Co., Solicitors (BVI)
Simon Dickson

Simon Dickson

Partner, Mourant Ozannes (Cayman Islands)
Mark Longbottom

Mark Longbottom

Partner, Kinetic Partners (Cayman Islands)
Ruth Promislow

Ruth Promislow

Partner, Bennett Jones (Toronto)
Speakers
Edward H. Davis, Jr.

Edward Davis, Jr.

Founding Shareholder, Astigarraga Davis, Co-General Counsel to the Joint Liquidators of Stanford International Bank, Ltd. (Miami)
Maureen Ward

Maureen Ward

Partner, Bennett Jones, Counsel to the SEC Receiver of the Weizhen Tang Ponzi Case  (Toronto)
John Moscow

John Moscow

Partner, Baker Hostetler, Counsel to Irving Picard, SIPA Trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (New York)
Paul Singerman

Paul Singerman

Shareholder, Berger Singerman, General Counsel to Judge Herbert Stettin, Trustee for Rothstein, Rosenfeld, Adler, P.A. (Miami)
May 01, 2012

Russia Exposed: The Sergei Magnitsky Affair

This session will look at evidence of corruption by the Russian judiciary, politicians, police, tax officials, bankers and the mafia, analyze the use of offshore banks and structures to assist them, and look at what is being done to hold participants accountable - both onshore and offshore.
Speakers
Jamison Firestone

Jamison Firestone

Managing Partner, Firestone Duncan (Russia & UK)

Protecting Intellectual Property Using Offshore Vehicles

This session will deal with using offshore structures to protect your intellectual property, provide greater flexibility of exploitation and reduce your tax burden on the related income.

Brazilian Bankruptcy Law: Recovering Assets in Offshore Transnational Frauds

Historically, Brazil’s legal system has been challenged by corruption. Improvements are being made. The rule of law is being strengthened as this nation of over 203 million people, with the world's 8th largest economy, matures. Developments in Brazilian bankruptcy extension law, international cooperation in trans-border insolvency and criminal cases, and third party funding of fraud and asset recovery claims are on the move in São Paulo and beyond.

Speakers
Martin S. Kenney

Martin Kenney

Managing Partner, Martin Kenney & Co., Solicitors (BVI) 
Ricardo Andrade Saadi

Ricardo Andrade Saadi

Director, Department of Asset Recovery and International Cooperation, Ministry of Justice (Brazil) (Subject to Final Confirmation)