Trust Laws in the Czech Republic and Hungary

Buch | Hardcover

328 Seiten

2024
Globe Law and Business Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-83723-006-8 (ISBN)

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Trust Laws in the Czech Republic and Hungary explores the issues and challenges encountered when introducing common law trust concepts into civil law legal systems and provides the only systematic review of Czech and Hungarian trust laws in English.

Both Czech and Hungarian trusts celebrate their 10th anniversary in 2024. These modern structures were introduced in response to the limitations of earlier succession-planning mechanisms and, together with other legal instruments, provided new tools for wealth management, estate planning and asset protection, which have reshaped the estate-planning environment.

Trust Laws in the Czech Republic and Hungary explores the issues and challenges encountered when introducing common law trust concepts into civil law legal systems. It also reviews the legal and practical aspects of trusts in these two – quite different – jurisdictions, and the book is divided into two parts which deal separately with Czech and Hungarian solutions.

Authored by well-known experts in this field, chapters cover the basics of the structures, providing a broad overview of key points including:

the legal and regulatory formalities;
trustees: their duties and responsibilities;
beneficiaries;
taxation; and
the practical uses of trusts for estate planning and asset protection.
This title provides the only systematic review of Czech and Hungarian trust laws in English. It is an invaluable reference work to help lawyers and other private client advisers structure their clients' wealth. Additionally, professional trustees involved in the administration of Czech and Hungarian trusts, as well as accountants and tax advisers dealing with the tax treatment of trusts in the CEE region, will find this to be an indispensable guide.

The excursions of the trust 5
Paolo Panico
STEP Europe

Part I: Trust laws in the Czech Republic

Introduction 19
James Turnbull
Uplift

The law: peculiarities and adaptations 25
James Turnbull
Uplift

Formalities and documentation: statute, contract, changes 29
Bohumil Havel
Charles University; PRK Partners
Vlastimil Pihera
Kocián Šolc Balaštík

How trusts are used in the Czech Republic 41
Helena Svárovská
J&T Family Office

Individual vs corporate trustees in the Czech Republic 55
Michaela Dražková
Petr Laštovka
EMUN

Duties and responsibilities of trustees 71
Petr Jakubec
ROSE Legal s.r.o., advokátní kancelář

Beneficiaries – rights to performance, information and supervision 91
David Neveselý
Jiří Pokorný
Havel & Partners

UBO Register and Register of Trusts 109
Daniela Gadasová
CEEtax

Taxation of trusts 121
Ivan Kovář
BDO Czech Republic

Czech family foundations: an alternative to trusts 139
Štěpán Holub
Holubová advokáti s.r.o.

Part II: Trust laws in Hungary

History, implementation, peculiarities and adaptations 149
István Sándor
Kelemen, Mészáros, Sándor and Partners

Settlors, formalities and documents: contract, unilateral declaration, testament, changes 165
István Sándor
Kelemen, Mészáros, Sándor and Partners

How trusts are used in Hungary 183
Ákos Menyhei
Primus Wealth; Aliant-MenyheiMolnár-B. Szabó Law Firm

Professional trustees 201
István Illés
APELSO Trust

Ad hoc trustees 225
Sára Seszták
Seszták Ügyvédi Iroda

Beneficiaries and protectors 239
Gábor B Szabó
Aliant-Menyhei-Molnár-B. Szabó Law Firm

Register of Trusts and UBO Register 265
Ákos Menyhei
Primus Wealth; Aliant-MenyheiMolnár-B. Szabó Law Firm

Taxation of trusts 277
Csaba Magyar
Crystal Worldwide Law Firm

Private asset management (family) foundations – an alternative 287
Ákos Menyhei
Primus Wealth; Aliant-MenyheiMolnár-B. Szabó Law Firm

Appendix I: Translation of the Czech Civil Code 299

Appendix II: Translation of 2019 Act on Asset Management Foundations 307

About the authors 315

About Globe Law and Business 323

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.10.2024
Mitarbeit	Berater: Paolo Panico, James Turnbull, István Sándor
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 240 mm
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Berufs-/Gebührenrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht ► Gesellschaftsrecht
ISBN-10	1-83723-006-4 / 1837230064
ISBN-13	978-1-83723-006-8 / 9781837230068
Zustand	Neuware