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Offshore Taxation: Changes After the Finance Act 2026
25 June 2026
London, 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

    09:15
  • Recent cases

    09:25
  • Recent changes in law and practice where non-residents own UK property

    11:10
  • Single premium bonds (why are they thriving), DDSs re-invented, OIGs under attack under the new regime, PCC (they have their place), offshore unauthorised unit trusts, s18A structures and non-s3 structures

    12:40
  • New promoters of tax avoidance provisions and tax adviser registration

    14:00
  • The SRT - The surprises

    14:40
  • Case studies: Offshore transactions

    16:45
  • Chair's summation & close of conference

    17:10