6 novembre 2025 | Interventions
Can you trust a trust? Treatment of
offshore structures in onshore courts
6 novembre 2025 | Interventions
Can you trust a trust? Treatment of
offshore structures in onshore courts
IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025- 4.11.2025
Individuals and companies establish offshore trusts for reasons including privacy, tax optimisation, estate planning and asset protection. But when push comes to shove, do these structures survive judicial scrutiny? This session will look at whether major onshore jurisdictions honour offshore trust structures, including examination of scenarios in which such structures have been disregarded, pierced or annulled.
Individuals and companies establish offshore trusts for reasons including privacy, tax optimisation, estate planning and asset protection. But when push comes to shove, do these structures survive judicial scrutiny? This session will look at whether major onshore jurisdictions honour offshore trust structures, including examination of scenarios in which such structures have been disregarded, pierced or annulled.
