Preface Geoffrey Shindler Lane Smith Shindler Foreword Alon Kaplan Alon Kaplan Law Firm Barbara Hauser Citigroup Family Wealth Advisory Services Part 1: Introduction The Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Trusts and their Recognition Hein Kotz Bucerius Law School England and Wales Martyn Gowar Lawrence Graham Part 2: Jurisdictional Overview Australia Terry Johansson Johansson Solicitor Bahamas Peter D Maynard Peter D Maynard Counsel & Attorneys British Virgin Islands Christopher McKenzie & Ayana Hull-Brathwaite Walkers Canada Martin J Rochwerg & Rachel Blumenfeld Miller Thomson Cayman Island Justin Appleyard & Anthony Travers Maples and Calder China Candice Liu Lehman Lee & Xu Guernsey St John A Robilliard Ozannes Advocates Gibraltar James Levy, Moses J Anahory & Wayne Fortunato Hassans India Ravinder Nath Rajinder Narain & Co Israel Alon Kaplan & Lyat Eyal Alon Kaplan Law Firm Japan Makoto Arai Tsukuba University Law School, Japan Liechtenstein Guido Meier Meier Rechtsanwaelte Liechtenstein trusts and foundations: creationand operation Dietmar Loretz Ritter & Wohlwend Luxembourg Eyal Grumberg Bannasch & Grumberg New Zealand Mike Reynolds Anchor Trustees Limited Panama Rubiela Samaniego Kuzniecky & Co Singapore Lian Ee Teoh Drew & Napier Switzerland Edgar H Paltzer & Patrick Schmutz Niederer Kraft & Frey,Rechstanwalte United State Barbara R Hauser Citigroup Family Wealth Advisory Services Part 3: Special topics Asset protection trusts Gideon Rothschild Moses & Singer Asset protection trusts: some practical guidelines David Faust Faust Rabbach & Oppenheim The taxation of trusts: an overview in the United States Steven D Oppenheim Rabbach & Oppenheim The UK tax treatment of offshore trusts Maggie Gonzalez BDO Stoy Hayward Freedom of disposition versus forced heirship - property versus family? Rosalind F Croucher Macquarie University Emerging anti-money laundering and counter-terror financing standards and their impact on trusts Yehuda Shaffer Israel Money Laundering Prohibition Authority, Ministry of Justice Israel Religious trusts in English law St John A Robilliard Ozannes Advocates Swiss banking secrecy Nicole Hausmann HSBC Guyerzeller Bank, Zurich The uses of trusts in the commercial context David Hayton Justice of the Caribbean Court of Justice
General Editor Alon Kaplan is chairman of the Israel branch of STEP, a member of the STEP Council and of its Development and International Committees, and an academician of the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law. A trust specialist, he has advised the Israeli Tax Authority on trust legislation. He has a law firm in Tel Aviv with a branch office in Germany and a representative office in New York.
"a manageable and extremely helpful resource for any practitioner who has or may some day have even a remote contact or potential contact with offshore trusts" Alexander A. Bove, Jr, partner, Bove & Langa, P.C., Boston Trusts & Estates magazine Penton Business Media "'Overall the book maintains a standard set by its first edition in 2000 and, with its modern updates and new chapters, should provide essential reading as a basic textbook on international trusts for all trust practitioners and advisers." John Goldsworth Editor Trusts & Trustees" 'The 2nd edition of 'Trusts in Prime Jurisdictions' is a welcome addition to the collection of any practitioner who requires a basic knowledge about the use of trusts in various jurisdictions, with important additional information on money laundering and asset protection.' Sophie Mazzier, Allen & Overy LLP, Trust Quarterly Review, STEP
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