Senior Partner Quentin Bargate is today, 31 October, attending the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show (FLIBS) until 4 November 2018 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

The FLIBS is the world’s premier event for the marine industry consumers and exhibitors to join forces for five days of exhibition and special events.

On Thursday, 1 November 2018, Quentin will be speaking at the Superyacht Americas 2018 by Mare Forum. The conference will take place during the FLIBS 2018 where yacht owners, yacht builders, executives from the yacht, shipping and maritime industries, lawyers, flag and port states representatives, trading and brokerage companies, key investors in yachting, bankers, consultants and entrepreneurs, classification societies, marine equipment manufacturers, financial institutions, regulators, politicians and the media will gather at this prestigious conference.

This prestigious gathering is to exchange views, visions and valuable information on the yachting future, the which will make this forum another imperative and meaningful event.

Quentin will be speaking during the second session: “The yachting market outlook and the new REG Yacht Code: Fiscal & Legal issues; Looking ahead, YET’s”. A discussion between speakers and session panelists will focus on the following themes:

  • What’s new on taxes?
  • US Tax and legal issues
  • European Tax and legal issues
  • What’s new from Flag states?
  • What are the competitive advantages of the flag registries?
  • What are the owners views?

Read more about the FLIBS here and access the full Superyacht Americas 2018 by Mare Forum programme here.