Southpac Announces 2009 Offshore Planning Institute in Las Vegas -- October 1-2, 2009

Southpac Group is pleased to announce the 2009 Southpac Offshore Planning Institute, to be held at the all-new Encore at the Wynn Las Vegas on October 1-2, 2009. The Southpac Institute will feature several of the nation's foremost authorities addressing foreign and domestic asset protection trusts, offshore banking, and insurance and investment strategies to preserve wealth.

Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) June 20, 2009 -- Southpac Group is pleased to announce the 2009 Southpac Offshore Planning Institute, to be held at the all-new Encore at the Wynn Las Vegas Hotel on Thursday and Friday, October 1 and 2, 2009. The Southpac Institute will feature several of the nation's leading asset protection attorneys and members of the Southpac Board of Advisors covering such topics as domestic and foreign asset protection trusts, offshore banking, and innovative techniques designed to preserve wealth, such as offshore private placement life insurance, annuities, and equity financing.

Featured speakers at this year's event include the following:
-- Howard Rosen of Donlevy-Rosen & Rosen, P.A. (Coral Gables, FL), the acclaimed founding author of the BNA treatise on asset protection planning and the current author of the BNA treatise on U.S. taxation of foreign trusts and estates, speaking on the Fundamental Principles of Asset Protection Planning and Drafting the Asset Protection Trust Agreement.
--John E. Dawson of Lionel, Sawyer & Collins (Las Vegas, NV), whose firm provides guidance to high net worth clients on sophisticated wealth management strategies, speaking on Domestic Asset Protection Trusts: Do They Really Work?
-- Patricia Donlevy-Rosen of Donlevy-Rosen & Rosen, P.A. (Coral Gables, FL), a frequent author and speaker on asset protection topics, demonstrating the latest techniques for Asset Protection Planning for Immoveable Assets.
-- Edward D. Brown of Engel & Reiman pc (Denver, CO), an attorney with a nationally-recognized firm for integrated estate planning, presenting on Trusts: Funding & Operations.
--Gary J. McCarthy, a principal of Eizen Fineburg & McCarthy P.C., a leading Philadelphia law firm for wealth management and preservation planning, speaking on Ethics & the Asset Protection Attorney.
--David M. Henderson, J.D., LL.M., CPA of Duggan Bertsch, LLC (Chicago, IL), providing an Introduction to Life Insurance & Annuities.
--Elizabeth Zagajeski of the Law Offices of Gary L. Fales & Associates (Las Vegas, NV) discussing The Asset Protection LLC: Myth vs. Reality.
--Leslie A. Share of Packman Neuwahl & Rosenburg (Miami, FL), an accomplished international planning attorney, presenting on U.S. Tax Considerations & Planning Strategies.
--Arnold S. Goldstein, Ph.D. of Presser Goldstein, LLC (Boca Raton, FL), an attorney practicing in estate planning, taxation, and asset protection planning, moderating a panel discussion on Current Trends in Offshore Planning.
--John E. Sullivan, III of Sullivan & Sullivan Ltd., a Cleveland area boutique law practice nationally recognized for its experience with foreign asset protection trust litigation, presenting on Creditor Challenges to Asset Protection Structures.
--Bradley G. Barth, a partner with Barth, Berus & Calderon, LLP (Orange, CA), speaking on Completing the Asset Protection Toolkit.
--David M. Grant, an attorney with JEFFREY BURR, LTD. (Las Vegas, NV), discussing Migrating the Domestic Trust Offshore.
--Neal B. Rubin , Managing Director of Rochdale Offshore Investment Management (New York, NY), moderating a panel discussion on Offshore Banking Practices & Strategies.
--Southpac representatives from around the world will participate by satellite and internet uplinks to the conference facilities in Las Vegas.
--A ticketed conference reception and dinner featuring members of the Southpac Board of Advisors will be held on the evening of Thursday, October 1st.
CLE credit will be offered for the entire two-day program.

The Southpac Offshore Planning Institute was founded several years ago to provide a series of conferences and educational venues supporting better knowledge and understanding of asset protection and offshore planning among attorneys and accountants. The Southpac Group has been pleased to lend its support to the success of the Southpac Institute.

The Southpac Group is the world's leading offshore asset protection trust company, with offices in the Cook Islands, Nevis, New Zealand, and Switzerland. Southpac helped author the first ever asset protection trust law, the International Trusts Act, 1989 of the Cook Islands, which has served as the template for similar legislation in over a dozen other countries and several U.S. states. Southpac Group affiliates include Capital Security Bank, the only full service private bank operating exclusively from the Cook Islands, Southpac Life Insurance Limited, and International General Insurance (Cook Islands) Limited.

This year's Southpac Institute is sponsored by Rochdale Offshore Investment Management. The Southpac Institute is hosted by MDI Offshore Advisors. Neither the host, the sponsors, nor the speakers at this event are affiliated with the Southpac Group. Attorneys, accountants, and wealth management planners are welcome to register for the event by contacting Southpac Group Switzerland GmbH at +41.44.586.11.32 or by visiting www.southpacinstitute.com. US participants may call MDI at (858) 926-5906 for more information or to register.

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