Annual General Meeting 2017,
Annual General Meeting was held on 13 and 14 January 2017 in Brussels, Belgium.
The Meeting was hosted by Kocks & Partners SPRL at
Hotel Amigo
Rue de l'Amigo, 1
1000 Brussels
Belgium
PROGRAMME
Thursday, 12 January 2017
Informal Dinner for those arriving early
Restaurant BoCConi – at Hotel Amigo
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Registration & Welcome Coffee – lobby of meeting room Ambassador
Introduction by Melina Pyrgou, President of EuropeFides
“From Brexit to Panama: the future of corporate and financial structures”
Session I: Brexit
The Geopolitics of Brexit: Internal and External Consequences for the EU’ Prof. Dr. David Criekemans, Lecturer International Relations, University of Antwerp
The UK 6 months after the Brexit referendum
Simon Marsh, WSM Partners
Lunch at Hotel Amigo – Restaurant BoCConi
Session II: Panama and the future
The effect of the Panama Papers leak on worldwide financial structures
Dr. Johan Mevesen, ES Partners
Upcoming corporate EU legislation: the revision of the shareholders’ rights
directive and the directive of on single-member private limited liability
companies
Vita Sliede, Justice Counsellor with the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Latvia to the European Union
Coffee break – lobby of meeting room Ambassador
E-residency in Estonia: opening bank accounts and incorporating companieswith a click
Mariana Hagström, TEDER Law
End of afternoon program for Members & Guests
Meeting of the Management Committee (Board Members only)
meeting room Ambassador
Meeting at Hotel Bar (drinks upon consumption)
Restaurant Amadeo - Rue Sainte-Catherine 28, 1000 Brussels
Departure from hotel lobby at 19.45 (15 min walk from the hotel)
Saturday, 14 January 2017
Annual General Assembly – Meeting room Ambassador
General Assembly EuropeFides SAS (Members only)
Meeting room Ambassador
As of 11.00 open for Guests and Members
Coffee break – lobby of meeting room Ambassador
Presentations of potential new Members TRE Group - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia / KAPSMR – Jakarta, Indonesia HKCMCPA Company Limited – Hong Kong, China Macramé Consultants Private Limited – New Delhi, India ABIN accountants en adviseurs – Noordwijk, Netherland Migrantic Tax & Immigration Lawyers – Wassenaar, Netherlands
The Fawlty Towers of Brussels: an overview of funny legal rules and
decisions in Belgium
David Diris, Kocks & Partners
Announcement of Summer Meeting 2017: Cologne, Germany
Lunch at Hotel Amigo – Restaurant BoCConi
Social and Networking Afternoon (open to everyone)
Visit to the Old Masters Collection of Royal Museum of Fine Arts (Memling, Bosch, Rubens Brueghel, …) with guide
Departure from hotel lobby at 14.30
Walk back to hotel over Sablon with possibilities to visit the famous Belgian chocolate houses (Pierre Marcolini, Wittamer, Neuhaus, Leonidas, …)
Dinner - Restaurant Belga Queen - Rue du Fossé aux Loups 32, 1000 Brussels
Departure from hotel at 19.00
Social Programme for Spouses and Partners:
Saturday, 14 January 2017
Chocolate workshop at Mike&Becky (including tasting)
Avenue Brugmann 243, 1180 Uccle
Departure from Lobby of Hotel Amigo by taxi at 10.30
Visit to the Old Masters Collection of Royal Museum of Fine Arts (Memling, Bosch, Rubens Brueghel, …) with guide
Departure from hotel lobby at 14.30
Walk back to hotel over Sablon with possibilities to visit the famous Belgian
chocolate houses (Pierre Marcolini, Wittamer, Neuhaus, Leonidas, …)