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•ThefutureoffinancialregulationinDubaiandtheinternationalstandards

•Initiatives to provide transparency•Automatic exchange of information•FATCA and Dubai institutions•License: offshore or onshore?•Cross-border operations•Regulation of external asset managers•Custodian banks and protection of funds•Setting up a company•Choosing between UAE free zones •Banking platforms•Use of offshore companies•Nominee and trust accounts•Trusts, foundations and sharia law•Investing in the growth of Dubai •Investment vehicles•Distributing financial products •Role of the Dubai team/office•Legal precautions for expatriates

•FahadAlGergawi, CEO, Dubai FDI

•Dr.HabibAlMulla, Chairman, Baker & McKenzie Habib Al Mulla

•AmnaAlOwais, Deputy Registrar, DIFC Courts

•Dr.JamalAlSumaiti, Director General, Dubai Judicial Institute

•ArifAmiri, Deputy CEO, DIFC Authority

•H.E.MarwanBinGhulaita, CEO, Real Estate Regulatory Agency

•JuliodeQuesada, Head of Corporate & Investment Banking Group, Mashreq

•FarhadIrani, Head of Retail Banking Group, Mashreq

•Dr.RyanLemand, Head of Risk Management, Securities & Commodities Authority

•LubnaQassim, Group General Counsel, Emirates NBD

•MohammedShael, CEO, Business Registration & Licensing, Department of Economic Development

•ChiragShah, Chief Strategy & Business Development Officer, DIFC Authority

•BryanStirewalt, Managing Director, Supervision, DFSA

•SylvainVieujot, Executive Deputy Chairman, Emirates Reit

DUBAI FORWARD The2ndannualstrategicconferenceonDubaiasafinancialcentre

23 & 24 FEBRUARY 2015, DUBAI, MINA A’SALAM HOTEL

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8.50 Welcome address by Conference ChairmanStijnJanssen,Partner(InternationalTaxServices),EY

9.00 Welcome address by the Dubai authoritiesFahadAlGergawi,CEO,DubaiFDI

9.10 Welcome Address by the Dubai International Financial Centre ArifAmiri,DeputyCEO,DIFCAuthority

REGULATORY & LEGAL FRAMEWORK: PRESENT & FUTURE

9.20 Understanding the regulatory and legal architecture and the changes ahead•Central Bank and SCA: organization, new regulations and

initiatives•DIFC organisation: DFSA, DIFC authority, DIFC courts•Wider perspective of financial regulation and compliance in

Dubai with international standardsDr.HabibAlMulla,Chairman,Baker&McKenzieHabibAlMullaAmnaAlOwais,DeputyRegistrar,DIFCCourtsDr.JamalAlSumaiti,DirectorGeneral,DubaiJudicialInstituteDr.RyanLemand,SeniorEconomicAdvisor&HeadofRiskManagement,Securities&CommoditiesAuthority(SCA)LubnaQassim,GroupGeneralCounsel&CompanySecretary,EmiratesNBDBryanStirewalt,ManagingDirector,Supervision,DFSAModerator:JehanzebAwan,FoundingPartner,J.Awan&Partners

11.10 Coffee Break

OPERATING IN DUBAI

11.30 Operating in Dubai: what are the best options for your strategy?•No license: cross border•License offshore: DIFC: the 5 different categories of licenses•License onshore: the issue of onshore ownership protection•Where is the audience for products and services?•The Commercial Companies Law (under process): what will it

change for onshore businesses?MohammedShael,CEOofBusinessRegistration&Licensing,DepartmentofEconomicDevelopmentLubnaQassim,GroupGeneralCounsel&CompanySecretary,EmiratesNBDChiragShah,ChiefStrategy&BusinessDevelopmentOfficer,DIFCAuthorityShahramSafai,Partner,Afridi&AngellLegalConsultantsModerator:SadiqJafar,ManagingPartner,Hadef&Partners

13.00 Lunch

FISCAL BENEFITS

14.10 Tax regime: now and tomorrow•Tax free jurisdiction •Alternative charges (transfer of funds abroad, housing fees,

property transactions, indirect taxes)StijnJanssen,Partner(InternationalTaxServices),EY

DUBAI & INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS

14.25 Automatic Exchange of Information•Which financial products are not under scope ? •Which countries will not exchange information? •Imminent extensions to the Common Reporting StandardMarkMorris,MarkMorrisConsulting,Zurich-ConsultanttoEUCommissionandseveralfiscalcompetentauthorities.AdvisesEuropeanFinanceIndustryFederationsonthemisap-plicationsofEUDirectives

14.40 Exchange of Information & international fiscal transpa-rency initiatives (OECD Standard for automatic exchange of information, EU Savings Tax Directive, FATCA) •Current and future initiatives to provide transparency•Challenges in relation to global automatic exchange of infor-

mation •Implications for Dubai financial institutionsHannahShipley,MENAFATCATaxLead,EY

BANKING PLATFORMS

15.10 Starting a banking relationship in Dubai•A synopsis of the key features•Relationship architecture•Nominee and trust accounts•Various jurisdiction options and benefits of offshore compa-

nies•Fiduciary structures for holding securitiesAymanAbuhabsa,HeadofPrivateBanking,MashreqDivyaAbrolGambhir,HeadofFinancialRegulation&Securi-ties,Banking&Finance,AlTamimi&Co.

15.50 Coffee break

MONDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2015

PLENARY SESSION

MONDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2015

WORKSHOP SESSIONS

SESSIONA•External asset managers: operating in Dubai

16.10 Custodian banks in Dubai•Account structure and entry requirements •Overview of trading and settlement •Role of a custodian •Market developmentsHammadIzz-Hamid,HeadofSecuritiesServices,MiddleEast&Africa,DeutscheBankManojAidasani,HeadofInvestorServices,GCC,DeutscheBank

16.50 External asset managers: regulation and quality of service•Regulation of external asset managers; comparison between

Dubai and Switzerland: heavier in Dubai? •Power of attorney of the asset managers on custodian banks•External asset managers’ platforms: providing the same level of

service as in Switzerland•What kind of services and quality of service do the external

asset managers need?•How is Dubai competing with Switzerland and other financial

centres on the level of service to external asset managers?•Why not leave the funds in Dubai? Tendency to transfer funds

abroad•Protection of fundsNicoVanBockstal,Partner&DirectorComplianceServicesManagingPartner,TotalSolutionsMiddleEastLimitedGillesRollet,CEO,LaTrésoreriePrivateBankGiovanniM.Rossi,SeniorPartner,BonnardLawson

17.30 Setting up an asset management company in Dubai: key decisions that need to be made and likely challenges that may be faced•Corporate & ownership structures•Licensing requirements•Ongoing compliance obligations•Staffing requirementsJehanzebAwan,FoundingPartner,J.Awan&PartnersVanessaAbernethy,SeniorCorporateLawyer-FinancialSer-vicesRegulationexpert

18.10 End of session

SESSION B •Wealth planning in Dubai 16.10 Wealth structuring & inheritance solutions for private clients•Trusts and foundations in Dubai•Recognition of foreign trusts•Foreign trusts with foreign assets•Foreign trusts and local assets•Structuring trusts: no strings of control on trusts•Waqf: shariah law compliant trust•Expatriates inheritance issues•Gifts•Wills•Notarisation of wills: is it useful?•Life insurance: who should/can be the beneficiary?•Which judge has jurisdiction? DIFC courts or Dubai courts?•The need for a DIFC wills and probate registry StijnJanssen,Partner(InternationalTaxServices),EYDianaHamade’,Lawyer&LegalConsultant,InernationalAdvo-cateLegalServicesMihaelaCorneliaMoldoveanu,ProjectManager,DIFCCourtsModerator:VikrantPangam,SeniorDirector,AmicorpAdvisory

18.10 End of session

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8.50 Welcome address by conference ChairmanPabloVictorDana,ManagingPartner,HeritageWealth

INVESTING IN THE GROWTH OF DUBAI

9.00 Opportunities and vehicles for individual and institutional investors •How the government is attracting more international and insti-

tutional real estate investors- new laws and regulation that will protect investors’ interest

•Steps taken by the government to monitor the supply and demand trends of Dubai’s real estate market

•Institutional investments in real estate: vehicles for investing in Dubai’s real estate market

•Sustainable opportunities in Dubai’s commercial property mar-ket; growing demand towards Expo 2020- potential oversupply?

•UAE Stock market: Strengths and opportunities: a high beta economy

•Lack of liquidity; IPOs- raising capital in Dubai•Bond market•Private equity funds•Gold investments•Direct investments, M&A and joint-venture opportunitiesH.E.MarwanBinGhulaita,CEO,RealEstateRegulatoryAgencyJuliodeQuesada,HeadofCorporate&InvestmentBankingGroup,MashreqSylvainVieujot,ExecutiveDeputyChairman,EmiratesReitAlexReuter,ManagingDirector,deNovoCorporateAdvisors

10.30 Coffee break

DUBAI’S ROLE IN PRIVATE BANKING

10.50 How do Middle East families manage their private wealth? •Segregating family wealth from business•What asset classes and vehicles are being utilized?•Core and satellite- a change in paradigm•What is the role of family offices for Middle East families? AymanAbuhabsa,HeadofPrivateBanking,MashreqSohailGondal,CEO,AlGhurairVentures

11.30 What role does Dubai play in fulfilling the wealth manage-ment needs of clients?•The Middle East client and Dubai as a private banking centre •What could be the role of the Dubai team/office? •What type of service does the client want from Dubai? •What could the Dubai team offer to Middle East clients who

have their accounts abroad (Switzerland, London, Singapore)?•How could Dubai play a role in the future for global/mobile

clients? •How is Dubai equipped to fulfil these needs?FarhadIrani,HeadofRetailBankingGroup,MashreqMarkHenny,ManagingDirector,LaTrésoreriePrivateBankJean-PaulPetoud,ChiefInvestmentOfficer,EmiratesInvestmentBank

12.40 Lunch

DISTRIBUTION OF FINANCIAL PRODUCTS

14.00 Distribution of financial products in the UAE: what legal constraints? Which products succeed? •Distribution of funds: SCA rules after Lehman Brothers •Distribution of structured products: approval process of Central

Bank, case studies of products that have been approved, and products that have not been approved

•Master feeder funds•Evolution from retail to institutional investmentsDr.RyanLemand,SeniorEconomicAdvisor&HeadofRiskManagement,Securities&CommoditiesAuthority(SCA)JacquesVisser,NationalPartner,DechertLLP

14.40 Cross border financial transactions: what are you allowed to do as a fund manager?•What an asset manager, banker, fund manager licensed in the

UAE can do in neighboring countries?•Can you sell products in countries such as Saudi Arabia or

Kuwait with a DFSA or SCA regulated license?•What a Swiss/Foreign asset manager/banker can do in the UAE

(sales, prospect, etc.) and vice versa?Dr.RyanLemand,SeniorEconomicAdvisor–HeadofRiskManagement,Securities&CommoditiesAuthority(SCA)LawrenceParamasivam,Director,ConductofBusinessSupervi-sion,DubaiFinancialServicesAuthority(DFSA)JurrydeVries,ManagingPartner,TotalSolutionsMiddleEastLimitedModerator:GiovanniRossi,SeniorPartner,BonnardLawson

15.20 Coffee break

TUESDAY 24 FEBRUARY 2015

PLENARY SESSION

WORKSHOP SESSIONS

SESSIONA•Setting up a company in Dubai

15.40 Practical information on setting up a company in Dubai•Onshore or free zones•How to set up your company/branch office in Dubai?•How do you choose between the various free zones? •How do you know which free zone is the right one for you?•Why DMCC for a service activity and why not a local onshore

company?TomThraya,HeadofUAECorporatePractice,Baker&McKen-zieHabibAlMullaStijnJanssen,Partner(InternationalTaxServices),EYVikrantPangam,SeniorDirector,AmicorpAdvisory

17.40 End of session

SESSION B •Living and working in Dubai

15.40 Residence, working permits, visas•Immigration landscape & government authorities •Work and residence permit process•Key considerations/red flags FatemaMufeez,LegalManager&AttorneyatLaw,PwCLegal

16.10 Legal precautions for expatriates setting up in DubaiBefore relocating to Dubai, beware of the specific rules related to succession and marriage in the UAE and adopt the appro-priate solutions.DianaHamade’,Lawyer&LegalConsultant,InernationalAdvocateLegalServices

16.50 Relocation strategy: preparation, options, costs, do’s & don’ts•Settling in the UAE as a family•Finding the right school•Family visas•Real Estate related issues: finding a homeMichaelBurke,ManagingPartner,ExecutiveExpatriateRelo-cations

17.30 End of session

TUESDAY 24 FEBRUARY 2015

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