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Join us for a discussion on the latest trends from the world of Yachting & Marine Assets from a tax, legal, structuring, insurance and financing perspective. COVID 19 & Brexit have major implications for wealthy families owning these high value assets. Our expert panel will bring you up to date on the latest trends.

The discussion will be hosted on Zoom and include a live discussion with a distinguished panel, followed by small group discussions using Breakout Rooms to enhance the networking and discussion. This will allow our members to interact directly with each other and the panelists. A full guest list will be circulated to those that attend.

We are delighted to be joined by the panelists below:

Jason Connon - Chief Executive Officer, Provenance Insurance Brokers, London. Specialising in Private Client insurance, for the protection of high-value assets such as homes, cars, fine art/collections, yachts & aviation, and life insurance & private medical insurance. Services include a full suite of commercial insurance products.

Nic Arnold - Private Client Director & Head of Luxury Asset Advisory, PwC, London. Nic is a Director in PwC's Private Office tax team and she specialises in working with high net worth families and their advisers to help them not only navigate today's complex tax and reporting world, but also proactively plan for the future protection and succession of their wealth. This includes family governance and supporting family offices with wealth preservation. She also heads up PwC's Luxury Asset team which provides specialised tax and consulting advice on owning, managing and acquiring Superyachts, Aircraft, Art and other high value assets.

Siobhan Silk - Managing Associate, Ince, London. Siobhan acts for a number of private clients on a range of high-value, complex and multi-jurisdictional superyacht transactions. Her advice covers sale and purchase, new build contracts, finance, refinance and registration matters.

Siobhan has worked on some of the largest mega yachts ever built. In addition, she also acts for yachtbrokers, banks, designers and shipyards.

Alex Spencer - Manager, PwC, London. Alex works in PwC's tax team with a specialism in the indirect taxation of high value goods, focussing in particular on yachts and other mobile luxury assets. Alex has extensive experience advising on the VAT and customs implications arising from the operation of both commercial and private yachts, including movements across customs borders, refits, changes to inventory, and acquisitions / disposals.

Most recently, Alex and the PwC Luxury Assets team have been considering the implications of Brexit and the changing approach of tax and customs authorities to the industry, so as to help their clients identify and mitigate any VAT or customs risks arising from the historical operation of their assets.

For further information on the key questions that should be asked when buying, managing and enjoying luxury assets, including specific questions on yachts, please refer to the following:

PwC LAA Yacht Services Credentials May 2020

PwC Luxury Asset Advisory 2020

Grant Atchison - Director of Yachting and Aviation - IQ EQ (Isle of Man) Limited, Isle of Man.

An industry veteran with over 25 years' experience, Grant leads the yachting team for IQEQ Group, which provides a wide spectrum of services including tailored ownership structures in multiple jurisdictions, yacht registration and EU import and export solutions.

Prior to joining IQ-EQ, Grant spent almost 15 years working for Customs & Excise and VAT authorities where he led various investigations and VAT compliance inspections, including customs import/export controls.

Andrew Robinson - CEO, Arc & Co. Group, London. Andrew established Arc & Co. in 2008 in response to the economic crisis that gripped the world. With a lack of liquidity amongst lenders many individuals were left without routes to finance high value personal assets. Through his understanding of complex financial structures, Andrew was able to secure finance on behalf of his clients where traditional financiers could not.

Arc & Co. Group has continually demonstrated growth under his leadership and Andrew has expanded Arc & Co. into marine, aviation and real estate. Andrew has built a team with a passion about finance that is the key to getting our clients the right result.

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