ARTICLE · 03 OCTOBER 1997

Press Release - The World Is Going Offshore At Shorex 97

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THE PREMIER OFFSHORE EXHIBITION & CONFERENCE - 2-4 December 1997, Business Design Centre, London

Media sponsor: The International Herald Tribune

Legal sponsor: Nabarro Nathanson

PR sponsor: First Financial - Lowe Bell Communications

Offshore finance, the world's No.1 financial industry worth $5 trillion and growing fast, is back in London. For the third time on 2-4 December 1997, the world's leading offshore practitioners and investors will come together for the major three day exhibition and conference, SHOREX 97. The event follows on from the successes of Shorex 96 in London and Shorex Summer 97 in Monaco.

How to set up and manage offshore structures? How to make them tax efficient? What is asset protection and how to achieve it? Or more generally, what can the offshore industry offer to the investor? Exhibitors at SHOREX 97 answer these questions and more by explaining real-life operating structures face to face. Exhibitors consist of international financial

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