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14th Annual London Finance and Capital Markets Conference

20 Jan - 21 Jan 2025

Session information

Holding companies: state of play

Monday 20 January (1715 - 1815)

Description

best jurisdictions (fact vs fiction): Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the UK;
general anti-avoidance rules (GAARs) and specific anti-avoidance rules (SAARs) in the holding company context;
substance requirements: update on Unshell and domestic substance requirements in the UAE and US; and
US developments: treaty structures, status of the Trump tax reform and its impact on holding companies and the effect of Pillar 2.

Session / Workshop Chair(s)

Reinout De Boer	Stibbe, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Speakers

Jisun Choi	Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, London, England
Mariana Díaz-Moro	Gomez-Acebo & Pombo, Madrid, Spain
Rachel Fox	Clyde & Co, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Membership Officer, Africa & Middle East, Taxes Committee
Mathilde Ostertag	GSK Stockmann, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Andrew Quinn	Maples Group, Dublin, Ireland
Joshua Williams	Akin Gump , New York, New York, USA

Session presentations

Holding companies: state of play- Presentation

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