Location

Bilzin Sumberg
1450 Brickell Ave, 23rd floor
Miami, Florida

DATE

Wednesday Dec 1, 2021

2021 Miami AGENDA

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8:00 AM
Registration & Breakfast sponsored by bilzin sumberg

8:30 AM
WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONs

8:40 AM
HOW TO STRUCTURE EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE BASED ON FOUR DISTINCT OWNERSHIP MODELS—AN INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION

Vlad Barbieri, BanyanGlobal

9:30 AM
Family Governance Trends in Latin America and the Increased Importance of Trust Structures

Santiago Ulloa, WE Family Offices
Juan Gabriel Reyes, Pérez Bustamante & Ponce
Jennifer Wioncek, Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP, ACTEC Fellow, Moderator

10:30 AM
BREAK

11:00 AM
Empower Beneficiaries to Promote Family Wealth and Harmony

Babetta von Albertini, IFG Chair & General Counsel, ATM Capital Partners

11:40 AM
Family Governance Litigation & Dispute Resolution In the Region—What Worked and Why

Clarissa Oliveira, Chinaglia Oliveira Advogados
Pedro Serrano Espelta
George Perlman, George D. Perlman, P.A.
Juan C. Antúnez, Stokes McMillan Antúnez Martinez-Lejarza P.A.
Evelyn Sheehan, Kobre & Kim, Moderator

12:40 PM
Lunch sponsored by Private Life Solutions

1:40 PM
Entrusted—Helping Clients Build Legacies That Last

David R. York, York Howell, ACTEC Fellow

2:30 PM
BREAK

2:50 PM
The Rising Generation’s Perspective—How to Effectively Engage and Partner

Gisela Lowenstein, G3 of the Lowenstein family
Cecilia Brandileone, G4 of a Brazilian industrial family
Maria Pia Leon, Forbes Family Trust, Moderator

3:50 PM
Keynote sponsored by Forbes Family Trust:
Planning for the Long Term: How to Build Resilient and Evolving Family Governance

Dennis Jaffe, BanyanGlobal
Bruno Carvajal, G5 of the Carvajal Family Council

4:50 PM
Concluding Remarks

Babetta von Albertini, Ph.D., IFG Founder & Chair

Babetta is the Chair of the Institute for Family Governance. She is an expert on family governance and U.S. tax law and has advised large domestic and international families on their governance and succession planning for approaching twenty years. Babetta is also the General Counsel of ATM Capital Partners, a single family office. Prior thereto, she was with Withers (a global trusts and estates law firm) for nine years, and Shearman & Sterling (a capital markets law firm) for three years, living and working in New York, London, Switzerland and Hong Kong. Babetta is a dual-qualified common law/civil law attorney (admitted to the bars of New York and Zurich, Switzerland) and holds both a Tax LL.M. and a Corporate LL.M. from NYU, as well as a Ph.D. in law from the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Babetta served as elected U.S. representative on the STEP Global Council for three years (the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners), and as Vice-Chair of STEP New York for three years. She continues to serve on the STEP Global Governance Committee.

Read the The International Family Offices Journal’s interview with Babetta von Albertini.

Dennis T. Jaffe, Ph.D., Vice-Chair

Dr. Jaffe, a San Francisco-based advisor to families about family business, governance, wealth and philanthropy, is Senior Research Fellow at BanyanGlobal Family Business Advisors. He is author of Borrowed from Your Grandchildren: The Evolution of 100-Year Family Enterprises; Cross Cultures: How Global Families Negotiate Change Across Generations; Stewardship in your Family Enterprise: Developing Responsible Family Leadership Across Generations and Working with the Ones You Love. His global insights have led to teaching or consulting engagements in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America. The Family Firm Institute awarded him the 2017 International Award for service, and in 2005 he received the Beckhard Award for service to the field. In 2020 he was awarded a special commendation as an individual thought leader in the field of wealth management by the Family Wealth Report. He has a BA degree in Philosophy, MA in Management, and Ph.D. in sociology, all from Yale University, and professor emeritus of organizational systems and psychology at Saybrook University in San Francisco.

Jennifer Wioncek, Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP

Jennifer J. Wioncek, is a partner in the law firm of Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP. Ms. Wioncek has general international tax planning experience and significant experience with domestic and international trust and estate planning matters for high net worth individuals; multi-jurisdictional estate administration matters; and acquisition, maintenance and sale of US real estate by foreigners. Jennifer is also an active adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Law Tax LLM program teaching multiple classes in the area of Trusts & Estates. She is a Fellow with the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) and is also a board member of STEP Miami with TEP designation. She received her joint J.D. and Masters of Science degrees from Saint Thomas University School of Law and her LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law.

Francesca Boschini, Deutsche Bank Wealth Management

Ms. Boschini is a Director of Wealth Planning and Senior Wealth Strategist in Deutsche Bank Wealth Management’s New York office and provides technical assistance on wealth planning matters to US and international clients. Ms. Boschini has over twenty years of experience finding solutions for global wealth preservation and estate planning needs of ultra high net worth clients. Prior to joining the firm, she worked at RBC Wealth Management for eighteen years as head of its US and International Wealth Planning team. Ms. Boschini earned her civil law degree and J.D. from the University of Bologna School of Law in 1997. She earned her LL.M. in 2002, specializing in tax and estate planning from the University of Miami School of Law, and the “Trust and Estate Practitioner” designation (TEP) from the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. Ms. Boschini is an active member of STEP, the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, the Institute for Family Governance (IFG), and the Financial Women’s Association (FWA).

Vlad Barbieri, BanyanGlobal

Vlad Barbieri is a Partner at BanyanGlobal, specializing in shareholder governance, development of the next generation of leaders, conflict management, portfolio strategy among other subjects. Before moving to Boston, Vlad led the development of Banyan’s presence in Brazil and he divides his time between clients in Latin America and in the US. Prior to Banyan, he had a 13-year career at Telefonica-Vivo, where he served as the Executive Director of the corporate segment business unit in Brazil and as Senior Vice President in the USA. He has also worked for The Boston Consulting Group as its first full-time consultant hired for the Brazil office, and at Booz Allen. Vlad has a mechanical engineering degree from Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA) in Brazil, and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management. Portuguese is his native language, and he is fluent in Spanish and English.

Santiago Ulloa, WE Family Offices

Current Managing Partner and founder of WE Family Offices. In 2000 TBK Mr. Ulloa founded TBK Investments, Inc. (“TBK”), predecessor of WE, to counsel and advice high net worth families from around the world. In August of 2007, TBK joined forces with GenSpring Family Offices and became President of GenSpring Family Offices International that acquired in January 2013. Prior to TBK, Mr. Ulloa was with BBVA “Banco Bilbao Vizcaya” in charge of Private Banking for all of Latin America as well as product development. Mr. Ulloa is a frequent guest speaker on CNN Espanol and he is a regular contributor to financial magazines such as Dinero, America Economia, Semana Economica, Poder, and other business publications. For two consecutive years, he was identified by Barron’s as one of the Top 20 best independent financial advisors in the United States.

Juan Gabriel Reyes, Pérez Bustamante & Ponce

Juan Gabriel leads Pérez Bustamante & Ponce’s (the largest law firm in Ecuador) tax practice. He is recognized as an expert in Ecuador for all tax planning and structuring matters and has achieved wide recognition in matters relating to advising high-net-worth individuals on estate planning, corporate governance and wealth structuring.

He has a track record in representing clients in administrative and judicial tax claims as well as offering tax planning strategies and resolving complex queries. He provides tax analysis for mergers and acquisitions and helps create efficient structures from a tax and risk perspective. Juan Gabriel is a member of the board of PBP, Banco Diners Club del Ecuador and Metrofraternidad (a non-profit organization which owns health care companies operating in Ecuador). In addition, he is a top-rated attorney by Chambers Latin America and a leading individual as listed by Legal 500.

Jennifer Wioncek, Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP

Jennifer J. Wioncek, is a partner in the law firm of Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP. Ms. Wioncek has general international tax planning experience and significant experience with domestic and international trust and estate planning matters for high net worth individuals; multi-jurisdictional estate administration matters; and acquisition, maintenance and sale of US real estate by foreigners. Jennifer is also an active adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Law Tax LLM program teaching multiple classes in the area of Trusts & Estates. She is a Fellow with the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) and is also a board member of STEP Miami with TEP designation. She received her joint J.D. and Masters of Science degrees from Saint Thomas University School of Law and her LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law.

Babetta von Albertini, Ph.D., IFG Chair & General Counsel, ATM Capital Partners

Babetta is the Chair of the Institute for Family Governance. She is an expert on family governance and U.S. tax law and has advised large domestic and international families on their governance and succession planning for approaching twenty years. Babetta is also the General Counsel of ATM Capital Partners, a single family office. Prior thereto, she was with Withers (a global trusts and estates law firm) for nine years, and Shearman & Sterling (a capital markets law firm) for three years, living and working in New York, London, Switzerland and Hong Kong. Babetta is a dual-qualified common law/civil law attorney (admitted to the bars of New York and Zurich, Switzerland) and holds both a Tax LL.M. and a Corporate LL.M. from NYU, as well as a Ph.D. in law from the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Babetta served as elected U.S. representative on the STEP Global Council for three years (the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners), and as Vice-Chair of STEP New York for three years. She continues to serve on the STEP Global Governance Committee.

Clarissa Oliveira, Chinaglia Oliveira Advogados

Clarissa Oliveira is the partner responsible for the White Collar Crimes, Compliance and Corporate Investigations practice at the firm. She started to practice criminal law fifteen years ago and handles complex white-collar matters concerning bid rigging, tax evasion, corruption, financial crimes, insider trading, bankruptcy crimes, cartels and other competitive practices, environmental crimes, among others. Clarissa has also advised companies on anti-corruption laws and regulations (Brazilian Anti-Corruption Act, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, UK Bribery Act), anti-bribery conventions (OECD, UN) and money laundering rules. Over the years, she has coordinated several internal and independent corporate investigations, including some in response to subpoenas by enforcement agencies, such as the Securities Exchange Committee and the US Department of Justice. She also has experience handling corporate investigations related to insider trading, kickback, fraud and asset recovery. Clarissa is a frequent speaker on Cross Border Investigations, Brazilian Criminal System, Fraud and Asset Tracing at international conferences.

Pedro Serrano Espelta

Pedro Serrano Espelta is a former partner of Marval O'Farrell Mairal where he used to head their Compliance, Anti-Corruption and Investigations practice and led numerous local and international investigations and cases in the field. He also has extensive experience in corporate law, M&A, and Oil & Gas. Pedro received his law degree from the Universidad Nacional del Litoral in 1992. He was a Visiting Scholar at the University of California at Berkeley from 1993 to 1995 and received a Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1997. He was foreign associate at the law firm The Americas Law Group in San Francisco, California from 1993 to 1996, where he worked on complex international agreements. As an Argentine representative to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 2016, he participated in the preparation of the Anti-Bribery Management standard 37001. Pedro is a regular speaker at international conferences and seminars on issues related to his expertise.

George Perlman, George D. Perlman, P.A.

George D Perlman is the President of George D. Perlman PA in Miami admitted to the Florida Bar and New York Bar. Mr. Perlman’s cross-border practice represents and advises both high-profile international individuals and families on their private wealth. Mr. Perlman has covered the international tax aspects of real estate investments, cross-border business ventures, trusts and estate planning for over 40 years and transactions in both civil and common law jurisdictions. In addition, Mr. Perlman has long-standing experience in tax arbitrage. Mr. Perlman lived in London from 1990 to 2010 and travels extensively, including regularly to New York and London. This has helped him to maintain long-term and close relationships with his clients and their families, for which he prides himself. He has often collaborated with other lawyers and accountants in the countries where his clients operate to provide comprehensive and practical business solutions. He was born in Curacao and educated in England with a BSc in Chemistry from Kings College London and a JD and LLM in taxation from University of Miami. Mr. Perlman has also been general counsel for one of the most internationally renowned high fashion photographers for over 25 years.

Juan C. Antúnez, Stokes McMillan Antúnez Martinez-Lejarza P.A.

Juan C. Antúnez is a partner with Stokes McMillan Antúnez Martinez-Lejarza P.A. (www.smpalaw.com), a boutique trusts and estates law firm located in Miami, Florida. Mr. Antúnez has been practicing law for over 25 years; trusts and estates litigation, probate administration and estate planning is all he does as a lawyer. He is a member of the Miami branch of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), a worldwide association of trusts and estates professionals, and STEP’s litigation arm, referred to as the Contentious Trusts and Estates Global Special Interest Group. Mr. Antúnez is a 1996 graduate of the New York University School of Law (J.D.), and a 2003 graduate of the University of Miami School of Law (LL.M. in Estate Planning). Mr. Antúnez has published the Florida Probate & Trust Litigation Blog since 2005 (www.flprobatelitigation.com). Mr. Antúnez has previously served as an adjunct law professor for the LL.M. in Estate Planning program at the University of Miami School of Law, and frequently lectures at continuing legal education seminars for professional groups on areas related to trusts and estates. Mr. Antúnez co-authored the Florida chapter of International Succession, published by Oxford University Press, and was the sole author of the Florida chapter of ADR and Trusts: an international guide to arbitration and mediation of trust disputes, published by Spiramus Press. Prior to law school Mr. Antúnez volunteered for service with the United States Marine Corps Reserve (4th ANGLICO, West Palm Beach, Florida), including combat duty during the first Gulf War, for which he was awarded with the Combat Action Ribbon, Kuwaiti Liberation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, and Meritorious Unit Citation.

Evelyn Sheehan, Kobre & Kim

Evelyn B. Sheehan focuses her practice on advising high-net-worth individuals, institutional clients and their executives in cross-border investigations, government enforcement actions and related asset forfeiture matters, including but not limited to advocacy in criminal law matters before the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL). She counsels clients in global asset tracing investigations and recovery efforts, including of cryptocurrency, in which she leads offensive asset forfeiture actions in aid of civil claim monetization.

David R. York, York Howell

David R. York is an Attorney, Certified Public Accountant and Managing Partner with the Salt Lake City law firm of York Howell & Guymon. David practices law in the areas of estate planning, tax, business planning, and non-profit entities. He is a Fellow with the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) and is the Dean of Legacy with the Purposeful Planning Institute. David has extensive experience in designing and implementing advanced wealth planning strategies for ultra high net worth clients. David has spoken to hundreds of public groups and professional organizations, including the TedXSaltLakeCity, Q Commons, the Million Dollar Roundtable, the AALU National Conference, the Hawaii Tax Institute, the Purposeful Planning Institute, Investments and Wealth Institute, Valmark Member Summit, and the Southeastern Family Office Forum.

He is the co-author of two books, Entrusted: Building a Legacy That Lasts and Riveted: 44 Values that Change the World, which after its release was the #1 Business Ethics book on Amazon. He also created the game Experience Rivets™, which helps individuals, families and businesses identify their unique and shared core values to assist them with holistic wealth transfer, effective estate planning and team building. He has also written for Trusts & Estates Magazine, Estate Planning Magazine and Investments and Wealth Monitor. In 2017, YHG was recognized as an Inc. 5000 Company.

David currently serves on the Board of Directors of Holding Out HELP and Healing Nations. He lives in the Salt Lake City, Utah area with his wife Mindy and their five children, Emma, John, Samuel, Hudson and Avery. He enjoys biking, skiing, softball, writing and photography.

Gisela Lowenstein, G3 of the Lowenstein family

Gisela grew up in a family business herself and is married to Diego Lowenstein (a G3 of the Lowenstein family that has been in hospitality business in Miami for over 50 years). Gisela and Diego have three adult children. Gisela is also a professional life coach and a trusted advisor specializing in family businesses. She has been involved with family endeavors all her life having witnessed both negative traits of a dysfunctional organization (which led to the ultimate breakup of her father’s family business) and, in contrast, the generational success and growth of her husband’s family business. Through this profound personal experience and her coaching of other family businesses, Gisela has a acquired a deep knowledge and unique perspective of the relationships among family members and executives and the dynamics of corporate culture. By leveraging the power of psychological principles, Gisela is able to help her family business clients acquire insight into their mindsets and help them develop possible solutions that enable them to make better decisions in their professional and personal lives. Gisela’s work with families focuses on a variety of topics including forward planning, organizational discipline, succession principles, legal and financial frameworks and management. Gisela is bilingual in English and Spanish and has a degree in Hospitality Management.

Cecilia Brandileone | G4 of Brazilian industrial family

Cecilia Brandileone is a G4 member of a Brazilian industrial family and represents the interests of the G4 and G5 members at family meetings and when deciding the wealth strategies to entertain for the family. In addition, Cecilia is the Chief Executive Officer and founding member of Conscientia Family Office, located in Miami, Florida, which she founded to fulfill both independency and holistic wealth management for the families she advises with her team. Cecilia has over twenty years of experience in wealth management. She graduated in Business, International Finance and Marketing at Florida International University and began her carrier in 1998 at Bank Boston International where in 2001 she became a junior Private Banker managing a portfolio of Brazilian clients with assets in excess of $500,000,000. In 2004, Cecilia joined RBC Wealth Management as a Private Banker managing a portfolio of high net worth clients with assets in excess of $350,000,000. After a successful decade at RBC, Cecilia joined an independent multi-family office where she managed her client’s wealth for the next five years until in mid-2020 when she founded Conscientia Family Office.

Maria Pia Leon, Forbes Family Trust

Pia is the Director, Client Advisory Services of the firm. Prior to joining Forbes, she served in a similar capacity at AM Global Family Investment Office. Previously, Pia was a partner at GenSpring Family Offices International. During her seven years with GenSpring, Pia advised families with over $3 billion of assets. Prior to GenSpring, Pia had an 18-year career in banking with Standard Chartered and Citibank. During her banking career, Pia worked across various banking units, including Investment Banking, Corporate Finance, and Private Banking, taking her to live in seven different countries. Pia decided to leave the banking industry to advise wealthy individuals and families more broadly on their financial and non-financial wealth management decisions. With more than two decades of experience working in the financial industry, Pia strongly believes in helping her clients to understand the relationship between their financial and family decisions and helping them to navigate the opportunities and challenges associated with a life with wealth. Pia graduated from Universidad del Pacifico (Lima, Peru) earning a Bachelor of Economics and the University of Miami earning a Master of International Politics. She holds a post graduate degree from Bowen Center for the Study of the Family at Georgetown University.

Dennis T. Jaffe, Ph.D., BanyanGlobal

Dr. Jaffe, a San Francisco-based advisor to families about family business, governance, wealth and philanthropy, is Senior Research Fellow at BanyanGlobal Family Business Advisors. He is author of Borrowed from Your Grandchildren: The Evolution of 100-Year Family Enterprises; Cross Cultures: How Global Families Negotiate Change Across Generations; Stewardship in your Family Enterprise: Developing Responsible Family Leadership Across Generations and Working with the Ones You Love. His global insights have led to teaching or consulting engagements in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America. The Family Firm Institute awarded him the 2017 International Award for service, and in 2005 he received the Beckhard Award for service to the field. In 2020 he was awarded a special commendation as an individual thought leader in the field of wealth management by the Family Wealth Report. He has a BA degree in Philosophy, MA in Management, and Ph.D. in sociology, all from Yale University, and professor emeritus of organizational systems and psychology at Saybrook University in San Francisco.

Bruno Carvajal, G5 of the Carvajal Family Council

Bruno Carvajal is a 5th generation member from the Carvajal Family (Cali, Colombia). An Industrial Engineer from Georgia Tech and MBA graduate from IE University in Madrid, Bruno has not worked in the family business but rather focused his career on technology and logistics consulting.

Family dynamics have kept Bruno close to the family and the business, contributing to the Carvajal ecosystem by holding different leadership positions in the governance structure. He was a board member for Carvajal Espacios, a company that focuses on office furniture and logistics equipment. He was also part of the board of directors for the Carvajal Foundation and other foundations in Colombia.

A longtime member of the Carvajal Family Council, he acted as president between 2017 and 2021 revitalizing the family dynamics and engaging the new generations. As part of his contributions to the family business ecosystem he was chairman of the board for FBN Colombia and participates frequently in different family business forums.

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