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Offshore Taxation After The Finance Act & Autumn Budget 2025 Changes
2 December 2025
Park Plaza County HallLondon, UK

Patrick Soares
Barrister at Field Court Tax Chambers
Speaker

Profile

Patrick Soares was called to the Bar in 1983. Previously, he was a tax partner at a leading firm of London solicitors.

He obtained his Master's Degree in Taxation from University College, London, and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation.

Mr Soares advises on all areas of taxation, with particular emphasis on the taxation and structuring of property transactions, value added tax, trusts, and offshore tax. He acts for many high profile clients and large commercial enterprises. He lectures on a great variety of topics and chairs annual London conferences on Optimum Tax Structures for Land Transactions, Corporate and Personal Taxation, and Taxation of the Family Business and Overseas Trusts and Companies.

He is the Tax Editor of the Property Law Bulletin and was the author of a number of tax books, including “Value Added Tax Planning for Property Transactions”, “Offshore Investment in UK Property”, and “Non-Resident Trusts”.

Agenda Sessions

  • Chair's opening remarks

    09:30
  • Single Premium Bonds (why are they thriving), DDSs re-invented and OIGs under attack under the new regime

    12:30
  • The transfer of assets

    14:30
  • The ghost settlors for s720, the settlement code and IHT purposes – practical examples where HMRC have attacked

    15:00
  • Owning UK property through overseas companies and trusts post FA 2025 – a VITAL up-date

    16:20
  • Offshore SEBTs and EBTs – what should be done following FA 2025

    16:40
  • Case studies: the AFTERMATH

    17:00
  • Chair's summation & close of conference

    17:25