31st Annual International Private Client Tax Conference:

1-3 March 2026 (Raffles London at the OWO, London, England)

Grégoire GAMERDINGER, lawyer partner and Ewelina WASOWSKA, Head of the Family Office Department at 99 AVOCATS ASSOCIÉS, took part in the 31st Annual International Private Client Tax Conference of the International Bar Association (IBA) on the theme of "private wealth seeking shelter and opportunity alike", presented by the IBA Private Client Tax Committee and supported by the IBA Family Law Committee.

The programme includes sessions/workshops, meetings, sharing views and exchanging information with practitioners from a wide range of civil and common law jurisdictions on current issues and fundamental questions of international planning, with the interests of our private clients in mind.

Ewelina WASOWSKA served as Session Reporter, contributing to the dissemination of insights and best practices in international wealth structuring. In this capacity, she monitored and analysed the discussions during the session entitled "Navigating civil law structures in common law jurisdictions"(see below), then drafted a report which will be published on the IBA website in due course.

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Topics covered included:

• The four-pillar dialogue: family office, legal, banking and investment advisory. Perspectives on global private client challenges. How these disciplines interact when addressing complex cross-border issues for wealthy families, including governance structures, succession planning and wealth deployment strategie.
• Navigating civil law constructs in common law jurisdictions. Why make it easy when complexity is an option? Challenges and potential pitfalls which arise when implementing civil law structures - such as Usufruct, Bewind and Fideicomiso - in common law jurisdictions.
• Artificial Intelligence in the private clients practice: AI as a friend or foe?
• International estate planning for Latin American families: Miami, Madrid or both? How lasting powers of attorney, prenuptial agreements, matrimonial property agreements, lifetime transfers, wills and will-substitutes travel across jurisdictions and how to coordinate them properly.

The conference programme in detail on the official IBA page >https://www.ibanet.org/confere...

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"The International Bar Association (IBA), established in 1947, is the world’s leading organisation of international legal practitioners, bar associations, law firms and law societies.The IBA influences the development of international law reform and shapes the future of the legal profession throughout the world. It has a membership of more than 80,000 individual lawyers and more than 190 bar associations and law societies spanning over 170 countries".

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