STEP Benelux has announced details of a STEP BeNeLux Lunch & Learn Event being held on TWednesday 24 June 2015 at 12:00 at Cercle Munster (5-7 rue Munster, L-2160 Luxembourg-Grund).

The presentation on “The Dubai (non-Muslim) wills act: an alternative to trusts when dealing with Sharia Law?" will be presented by Yann Mrazek TEP, Managing Partner of M/Advocate of Law.

YANN MRAZEK is the Managing Partner of M/ADVOCATES OF LAW, a Dubai based boutique law firm primarily providing for the needs of successful individuals and wealthy international families. He chiefly focuses on private wealth, tax and immigration practice and is regularly solicited as a speaker on these themes.Based and practicing in Dubai for the past ten years, he has vast experience advising successful individuals and families with Middle Eastern exposure on implementing inter-generational wealth transfer strategies and structuring their operational assets and global wealth. He notably advises numerous global entrepreneurs, entrepreneurial families and trustees on structuring in relation to mandatory local ownership rules in Middle East corporate vehicles and on Sharia principles.

Yann is the Chair of STEP Arabia and has been actively engaged in reviewing and providing input in respect of the draft Rules of the DIFC WPR.
 
CONTENT: The long-awaited DIFC Wills and Probate Registry (“DIFC WPR”) has been live since 30th April 2015. The DIFC WPR aims to provide non-Muslim individuals over the age of 21 with the ability to register English language wills that will allow any assets physically located or registered in the Emirate of Dubai to be transferred upon death according to their wishes. UAE resident status is not a criteria. As such, the DIFC WPR represents a fundamental step forward for the jurisdiction but it also constitutes a very versatile tool in international succession and tax planning.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Everyone involved in wealth planning and preservation, including, but not limited to, all estate and trust professionals, lawyers, accountants, trust officers, current STEP members, applicants and other providers of ancillary services.
 
WHAT IS STEP? STEP is the premier global trust and estate planning organisation dedicated to informing and educating estate planning and administration professionals. STEP has 19,500 members in 95 jurisdictions and provides its worldwide members with international learning and a business network focusing on the responsible stewardship of assets today and across the generations. See www.step.org  and www.stepbenelux.org

Cost: €50/person. A no-show policy will apply. To register, click www.eventbrite.com/e/dubai-wills-act-an-alternative-to-trusts-when-dealing-with-sharia-law-tickets-17222351517.  Please advise any special dietary requirements by e-mail: chris@stepbenelux.org.