Back by popular demand, David Sandison & Co, in conjunction with SYNOTax, will be delivering the third run of the popular seminar “Fund Structuring 101”. This run, we will have special guest speakers from Simmons & Simmons JWS, and Management Plus Group, to share their insights on the legal, regulatory and corporate governance aspects of fund creation and management.

The world of tax as we know it is changing rapidly, with governments around the world thirsty for tax revenues and the OECD throwing further aggression and confusion into the mix. As a result, structures that used to operate happily in the past (whether relying on the ignorance of the tax authorities or on some more technically sound analysis), will inevitably be put under increasingly sophisticated and aggressive scrutiny. But it’s not only tax authorities that are becoming more savvy. Sound corporate governance is insisted upon not only by regulators, but by investors as well, who are taking an increasingly active interest in how a fund is structured and run; and proper corporate governance dictates that directors understand the tax exposures they face. All of this is compounded by auditors who will insist on tax provisions where structures are inappropriate.

This workshop has been put together for fund managers, administrators, lawyers, accountants and all those involved in setting up fund structures, or who are interested in doing a health-check on an existing structure or structures.