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1 News, Events & Publications Stewart Kasner Presentations Co-presenter, Insurance Planning in the world of CRS, Baker & McKenzie s 17th Annual International Tax & Trust Training Program, Coral Gables, Florida, October 2016 Co-presenter, Moving to the United States: How to navigate obstacles in a world of devaluation and political uncertainty, Baker & McKenzie s 17th Annual International Tax & Trust Training Program, Coral Gables, Florida, October 2016 Co-presenter, "Coming to America Inbound Tax Planning for Latin Americans," TTN Miami Conference, Miami, Florida, 29 April 2016 Co-presenter, "Coming to America," 17th Annual Latin America Tax Conference, Miami, Florida, 17 February 2016 Co-presenter, "Exclusive Update on Current Tax Issues Affecting Latin American Residents," Baker & McKenzie LLP, Miami, Florida, 19 November 2015 Co-presenter, "US and Canadian Pre-Immigration Tax Planning," International Financial Services Business Briefings, New York, 8 October 2015 Co-presenter, "The Best Structures to Avoid US Federal Estate Tax on US Situated Assets, Including Marketable Securities and Real Estate," and "Avoiding Becoming a Resident for US Federal Income, Gift and Estate Tax Purposes," TD Waterhouse, Ontario, Canada, 18 June 2015 Presenter, "Residency, Domicile and Foreign Trust Considerations for Inbound Nonresident Aliens," The Florida Tax Institute, Tampa, Florida, 22 April 2015 Presenter, "Insurance Planning: new opportunities, new developments," Baker & McKenzie's 15th Annual International Tax and Trust Training Program, Miami, September 2014 Presenter, "Dos and Don'ts in structuring trust structures for US beneficiaries," Baker & McKenzie's 15th Annual International Tax and Trust Training Program, Miami, September 2014 Presenter, "What Trustees Should Take Into Consideration When a Settlor or Beneficiary Moves to the United States," STEP Miami, Conrad Hotel, 21 August 2014

2 Presenter, "US Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Streamlined Compliance Procedures for Non- Filing US Taxpayers Residing Abroad," TTN Conference Miami 2014, Miami, Florida, 2 May 2014 Co-presenter, "Advising Same-sex Couples with regard to their International Planning," Baker & McKenzie's 14th Annual International Tax & Trust Training Program, Miami, Florida, October 2013 Co-presenter, "Taxation of Insurance Products in Latin America (US, Perú, Brazil, Chile and México)," Baker & McKenzie's 14th Annual International Tax & Trust Training Program, Miami, Florida, October 2013 Co-presenter, "FATCA and Insurance," Baker & McKenzie's 9th Annual International Insurance Training Program, Four Points by Sheraton, Zurich, Switzerland, 30 January 2013 Co-presenter, "FATCA: A practical insight - What does this mean for us and foreign banks, broker dealers, trustees and corporate service providers?" Baker & McKenzie's 13th Annual International Tax & Trust Training Program, Miami, Florida, 10 October 2012 Co-presenter, "Planning With Insurance," Baker & McKenzie's 13th Annual International Tax & Trust Training Program, Miami, Florida, 10 October 2012 Co-presenter, "Succession Planning: The Agony and the Ecstasy," FIU Family Business Forum, Westin Colonnade, Coral Gables, 24 May 2012 Presenter, "FATCA on the (Now Distant) Horizon Governance: Law, Regulation and Risk," Offshore Professional Conferences Ltd., British Colonial Hotel, Bahamas, 25 October 2011 Co-presenter, "Update on FATCA (Draft Regulations and Trustees) and US Reporting Obligations: Who Must File? When and How?," Baker & McKenzie's 12th Annual International Tax & Trust Training Program, Miami, Florida, 13 October 2011 Co-presenter, "Insurance for US and Latin American Planning," Baker & McKenzie's 12th Annual International Tax & Trust Training Program, Miami, Florida, 13 October 2011 Presenter, "USA: The Wider Issues Facing Life Insurance. The Legal Background," IBC 3rd Annual Life Insurance & Annuities Conference, Crowne Plaza St. James, London, 20 September 2011 Presenter, "FBAR s: 2011 Final (BSA) Regulations and How They Apply to Protectors, Directors and Other Power Holders," STEP Miami Branch Conference, Miami, Florida, 10 June 2011 Presenter, "Complexities of Foreign Nongrantor Trusts with US Beneficiaries," 29th Annual International Tax Conference, Miami, Florida, 13 January

3 Presenter, "Use of Insurance Products as Tax and Succession Planning Tools," LawInContext Webinar Series - The Needs of Wealth Owning Families and the Tools that Work, 18 November 2010 Co-presenter, "Pre-Immigration Planning for Individuals Moving to the U.S. Whether on a Temporary or Permanent Basis," Baker & McKenzie's 11th Annual International Tax & Trust Conference, Miami, Florida, 2 November 2010 Co-presenter, "Managing New U.S. Tax Law Changes: Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, New Reporting Obligations and Voluntary Compliance," Baker & McKenzie's 11th Annual International Tax & Trust Conference, Miami, Florida, 1 November 2010 Co-presenter, "Planning for Mexican Families," Baker & McKenzie's 11th Annual International Tax & Trust Conference, Miami, Florida, 1 November 2010 Presenter, "Complexities of Foreign Nongrantor Trusts with US Beneficiaries," Greater Miami Tax Institute, Miami, Florida, 12 May 2010 Presenter, "Complexities of Foreign Nongrantor Trusts with US Beneficiaries," Baker & McKenzie' Global Wealth Management Training, Miami, Florida, 12 April 2010 Presenter, "Offshore Insurance Products: A Guide to Those Which Are Compliant and Those Which Are Not," Seventh Annual Financial Due Diligence Conference (OffshoreAlert), Miami Beach, FL, 28 April 2009 Presenter, "New Insurance Products and Strategies," Baker & McKenzie's 9th Annual International Tax and Trust Training Program, Miami, Florida, 3 October 2008 Presenter, "The New US Exit Tax," Baker & McKenzie's 9th Annual International Tax and Trust Training Program, Miami, Florida, 2 October 2008 Presenter, "Marketing Insurance Products: Regulatory Dos and Don'ts," Baker & McKenzie's 9th Annual International Tax and Trust Training Program, Miami, Florida, 2 October 2008 Presenter, "Invalidated Interpretative Regulations: Swallows Holdings Ltd. v. Commissioner," Florida Bar Tax Section - International Subdivision Conference Call, Miami, Florida, 29 May 2008 Presenter, "Offshore Financial Centers: Are They Healthy for the Global Economy?," Sixth Annual Financial Due Diligence Conference (OffshoreAlert), Miami, Florida, 14 April 2008 Presenter, "Insurance Strategies: Tax and Practical Issues," Baker & McKenzie's Open Seminar for Global Private Bankers, New York, New York, 31 January

4 Markets," Management Global Information SA's Latin American Family Office Conference, Coral Gables, Florida, 29 November 2007 Presenter, "Insurance for Newcomers: Types of Life Insurance and Annuity Products," Baker & McKenzie's Fourth Annual International Insurance Training Program, Zurich, Switzerland, 19 September 2007 Presenter, "Insurance for Newcomers: Introduction to General Principles of Insurance and Comparison to Trusts," Baker & McKenzie's Fourth Annual International Insurance Training Program, Zurich, Switzerland, 19 September 2007 Presenter, "Post-Mortem Elections to Treat Offshore Revocable Trusts as Foreign Estates: Related CFC/PFIC Attribution Issues," Fall 2007 International Financial Services Business Briefings, Zurich, Switzerland, 17 September 2007 Presenter, "US Tax Residency Rules & Pre-Immigration Planning," Transnational Taxation Network's Annual Meeting, Miami, Florida, 4 May 2007 Markets," Wealth Management 2007: Strategies for High-Net-Worth Clients (CFA Institute), Atlanta, Georgia, March 2007 Markets," Greater Miami Tax Institute Meeting, Miami, Florida, February 2007 Articles Co-author, "IRS Chief Counsel Office Publishes Guidance on the Sourcing of Income and Withholding on Distributors Earnings in Multi-level Marketing Arrangements," Baker & McKenzie North American Tax Practice Group Newsletter, December 2013 Co-author, (with Jana Dimitrova and Marnin Michaels), "Five New Rev. Procs. for When That Insurance Contract Has Fallen Out of Compliance," Journal of International Taxation, December 2008 Co-author (with Jennifer Wioncek), "Notice : Distressed Asset Trusts Become Reportable Listed Transactions," Baker & McKenzie Tax News and Developments, Chicago, Illinois, April 2008, at 17 Co-author (with Marnin Michaels, Jana Dimitrova and Roy Sedore), "Insurance Products Issued by Protected Cell Companies: The IRS Speaks," Baker & McKenzie Private Banking Newsletter, Chicago, Illinois, March 2008, at 20 Co-author (with Jennifer Wioncek), "Often-missed Residency Rule Can Be Trap for Unwary: There Could Be US Gift Tax Consequences for Transfers of Intangibles," The National Law Journal, Volume 30, No. 20, 28 January 2008, at S2 4

5 Author, "IRS Wrap-Up: International Enforcement, Foreign Trust Reporting, Insurance Contracts," Journal of International Taxation, May 2007, at 60 Author, "Final Regulations Expanding Definition of Statutory Mergers or Consolidations to Include Reorganizations Effectuated Under Foreign Law," Tax Section Bulletin (The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida), May 2006, at 17 5

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