Annual Tax Conference

Bergen, Norway

09 March 2023 - 11 March 2023

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Thursday 09 March 2023

17:30 Registrations open
18:00 » 19:00 Welcome reception
19:00 Optional dinner at Hotel Norge

Friday 10 March 2023

09:00 » 09:15 Welcome addresses
09:15 » 10:30 The world of private equity and venture capital - an introduction

Moderators:
  • Barry McGettrick, Matheson, Ireland
Speakers:
  • Matthias Fucik, PHH, Austria
  • Zoya Gyurova, Strik, Netherlands
  • Yves Phillippart de Foy, Arendt & Medernach, Luxembourg
  • Agung Wardana, Vistra, Singapore
10:30 » 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 » 11:45 The art of combining tax aspects with commercial and legal drivers in M&A and venture transaction structures

Moderator:
  • Jose Aguilar Shea, Squire Patton Boggs, Spain
Speakers:
  • Bernd Tiebout, Sansen, Belgium
  • Peter van Velthoven, Van Doorne, Netherlands
11:45 » 12:30 Is it mine or yours? - Tax risk allocation and management in M&A and venture transactions

Moderator:
  • James Bromley, Farrer, United Kingdom
Speakers:
  • Luis Castilho, Belim Castilho, Portugal
  • Pearse Walshe, Matheson, Ireland
  • Christian Carneborn, Marsh, Sweden
  • Stéphanie Ernould, Ernould Avocats, France
12:30 » 13:30 Lunch
13:30 » 15:00 The future of holding companies in a world of withholding taxes, Pillar II and "unshell"-initiatives

Moderator:
  • Clemens Willvonseder, Binder Grösswang, Austria
Speakers:
  • José Calejo Guerra, CCSL Advogados, Portugal
  • Michael Gauci, Corrieri Cilia, Malta
  • David Karl Jandrasits, Schwärzler Rechtsanwälte, Liechtenstein
  • Marco Masi, Foglia & Partners, Italy
  • Diego Vindel, Cuatrecasas, Spain
  • Vilma Piipponen, Krogerus, Finland
15:00 » 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 » 16:15 Fund and fee structures - a myriad of cash flows, waterfalls and taxes

Moderator:
  • Severiano Ortiz, Kozusco Harris Duncan, USA
Speakers:
  • Charles S. Duro, Duro Partners, Luxembourg
  • Céline Martin, Riedweg & Partner, Switzerland
  • Clément Riccio, Sumerson, France
16:15 » 17:00 Tax planning and succession for management and business angels

Moderator:
  • Eva Stadler, Wolf Theiss, Austria
Speakers:
  • Marcel Ceren, Sumerson, France
  • Wouter Strypsteen, Cazimir, Belgium
  • Blanca Vicens, Gómez-Acebo & Pombo, Spain
19:00 » 23:30 Dinner at Cornelius
Boat departures at 19:00 from Dreggekaien, Shed number 8
(Opposite of the Radisson Blu Hotel and Clarion Collection Hotel Havnekontoret)

Saturday 11 March 2023

09:30 » 10:15 Reporting & disclosure obligations - what, when and how


Moderators:
  • Esteban Aguirre Saravia, Aguirre Saravia & Gebhardt Abogados, Argentina
  • Natalie Rödlach, Schwärzler, Liechtenstein
10:15 » 11:00 The curse of VAT exemptions - VAT and indirect taxes in private equity

Moderator:
  • Catarina Belim, Belim Castilho, Portugal
Speakers:
  • Lars Gläser, Glaeser Law, Austria
  • Jorge López López, Sánchez Devanny, Mexico
  • Andrew de Vries, Van Campen Liem, Netherlands
  • Sara Soares, Abreu Advogdaos, Portugal
11:00 » 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 » 13:00 Keeping key management and employees incentivised in a tax efficient manner

Moderator:
  • Peter Moldt Mortensen, Accura, Denmark
Speakers:
  • Gregory Goossens, Taxpatria, Belgium
  • Ivan Manev, Dimitrov, Petrov & Co., Bulgaria
  • Sílvia Niubó Vidal, Cuatrecasas, Spain
  • Peter von Burg, Burckhardt, Switzerland
  • Inga Zillmer, Inga Zillmer Tax Law, Germany
13:00 » 14:00 Lunch
14:30 » 16:30 Optional activity: guided tour of Bergen
18:15 » 23:00 Optional dinner at SKYSKRAPEREN
  • Departure from hotel for cable car: 18:15
  • Dinner: 19:00 - 23:00