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

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Thursday, 12 January 2017

20.00

Informal Dinner for those arriving early

Restaurant BoCConi – at Hotel Amigo

EuropeFides General Meeting - Hotel Amigo

Friday, 13 January 201 - Seminar (opento membersand guests) - meeting roomAmbassador7

10.30 – 11.00

Registration & Welcome Coffee – lobby of meeting room Ambassador

11.00 – 11.15

Introduction by Melina Pyrgou, President of EuropeFides

“From Brexit to Panama: the future of corporate and financial structures”

Session I: Brexit

11.15 – 12.00

The Geopolitics of Brexit: Internal and External Consequences for the EU’ Prof. Dr. David Criekemans, Lecturer International Relations, University of Antwerp

12.00 – 12.45

The UK 6 months after the Brexit referendum

Simon Marsh, WSM Partners

13.00 – 14.00

Lunch at Hotel Amigo – Restaurant BoCConi

Session II: Panama and the future

14.00 – 14.45

The effect of the Panama Papers leak on worldwide financial structures

Dr. Johan Mevesen, ES Partners

14.45 – 15.30

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

15.30 – 16.00

Coffee break – lobby of meeting room Ambassador

16.00

E-residency in Estonia: opening bank accounts and incorporating companieswith a click

Mariana Hagström, TEDER Law

16.30

End of afternoon program for Members & Guests

16.30 – 17.30

Meeting of the Management Committee (Board Members only)

meeting room Ambassador

19.00

Meeting at Hotel Bar (drinks upon consumption)

20.00

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

9.00 – 11.00

General Assembly EuropeFides SAS (Members only)

Meeting room Ambassador

As of 11.00 open for Guests and Members

11.00 – 11.30

Coffee break – lobby of meeting room Ambassador

11.30 – 12.45

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

12.45 – 13.15

The Fawlty Towers of Brussels: an overview of funny legal rules and

decisions in Belgium

David Diris, Kocks & Partners

13.15 – 13.20

Announcement of Summer Meeting 2017: Cologne, Germany

13.30 – 14.30

Lunch at Hotel Amigo – Restaurant BoCConi

Social and Networking Afternoon (open to everyone)

15.00 – 16.30

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

16.30

Walk back to hotel over Sablon with possibilities to visit the famous Belgian chocolate houses (Pierre Marcolini, Wittamer, Neuhaus, Leonidas, …)

19.30

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

11.00 – 13.00

Chocolate workshop at Mike&Becky (including tasting)

Avenue Brugmann 243, 1180 Uccle

Departure from Lobby of Hotel Amigo by taxi at 10.30

15.00 – 16.30

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

16.30

Walk back to hotel over Sablon with possibilities to visit the famous Belgian

chocolate houses (Pierre Marcolini, Wittamer, Neuhaus, Leonidas, …)