On January 24, 2017 the European Parliament’s Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion (PANA) will hold the first hearing of a series of three on the role of lawyers, accountants and bankers in Panama Papers. The hearing will take place from  9.00 CET till 12.30 CET.

The purpose of the three hearings is for the PANA Committee to look specifically into the roles played by banks, accountants and lawyers in the setting-up of secret offshore constructions for their clients. This first hearing will focus on the professions in general. Whereas the second (February 9, 2017) and the third meeting (March 6, 2017) in this series will zoom in on concrete cases in different Member States.

According to the PANA website, expected speakers for the first meeting of January 24, 2017 include a.o.:

·   Professor Ronen Palan, Senior advisor - Tax Justice Network;

·   Professor Brooke Harrington, Associate Professor Copenhagen Business School. Author of “Capital without Borders, Wealth Managers and the One Percent”;

·   Daniel Hall, Director and co-head of Burford’s global corporate intelligence - Burford Capital

·   Rupert Manhart, Chair of the Anti-money laundering Committee of The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE);

·   Richard Frimston, Member of the CCBE and expert on topics relating to tax, beneficial ownership, and offshore activities aspects;

·   Wim Mijs, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of European Banking Federation (EBF);

·   Roger Kaiser, Senior Policy Adviser of European Banking Federation (EBF); and

·   Professor Stef van Weeghel, Global Tax Policy Leader, Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC).

A draft programme of the meeting can be found here.

A live webstream of the meeting will be available here.

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