Offshore Financial Centers and Regulatory Competition

Fort Worth Lawyers Chapter

Speaker:

  • Andrew Morriss - Dean, Texas A&M Law School

Speaker:

  • Andrew Morriss - Dean, Texas A&M Law School
Offshore financial centers provoke considerable controversy. On the one hand, they are blamed for money laundering, tax evasion, and terror finance. On the other hand, OFCs argue they provide useful services that facilitate transactions from asset securitization, captive insurance, and investment fund creation. Through examining the history of three OFCs, the Cayman Islands, Curacao, and Antigua, this presentation explores what it takes for an OFC to be successful and how they contribute to regulatory competition with US jurisdictions.
 
Andrew Morriss has been the Dean and Anthony G. Buzbee Dean’s Endowed Chair at Texas A&M since July 2014. Prior to that, he had taught business law and economics at University of Alabama, University of Illinois, and Case Western Reserve. He is an expert in offshore financial centers and transactions, regulatory analysis, and energy regulation, having authored approximately 50 articles and made presentations throughout the United Sates and the world. Dean Morriss graduated cum laude from Princeton University, obtained his masters in Public Affairs and J.D. from UT Austin, and his Ph.D. in Economics from MIT. Prior to entering academia, Dean Morriss clerked for U.S. District Judge Barefoot Sanders and Magistrate Judges William Sanderson and John Tolle in Dallas, and practiced in Texas Rural Legal Aid’s Hereford and Plainview offices.

Cost: $30 for members; $35 for mon-members; $15 for students

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1 hour CLE approved