The Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) cordially invites you to attend its upcoming webinar, in collaboration with PwC, K&L Gates, Magi Aviation Capital, Aventicum Capital Management and Qatar Free Zones Authority (QFZA).

As the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to impact global industries, many sectors, including aviation, have been forced to reassess their operating models and to implement new ways of working to help ensure their survival. This webinar seeks to highlight the continued importance of the wider aviation industry including in helping to kick-start the global economy in a post COVID-19 world and to identify and discuss key factors to help boost growth in the aircraft finance sector.

The webinar will also discuss the latest reports on the suitability of the QFC’s Tax and Legal Regime for aircraft financing and leasing and will feature leading experts from the QFC and its partner institutions discussing the key findings of these reports.

Programme

12:00 PM - Opening Remarks
Roscoe Stuart Banks, Legal Director, Qatar Financial Centre 

12:05 PM - Welcome Notes
Yousuf Mohamed Al-Jaida, Chief Executive Officer, Qatar Financial Centre 

12:10 PM - QFC Tax Benefits for Aircraft Finance Structures 
Salah Gueydi, Director of Tax, Qatar Financial Centre
Sajid Khan, Tax Partner, PwC 

12:25 PM - QFC Corporate Solutions for Aircraft Finance 
Roscoe Stuart Banks, Legal Director, Qatar Financial Centre 
Sidanth Rajagopal, Partner, K&L Gates

12:40 PM - Qatar’s Ambition to Become a New Frontier in the wider Aviation Business 
Moderated by Roscoe Banks, Legal Director, Qatar Financial Centre

Salah Gueydi, Director of Tax, Qatar Financial Centre
Sajid Khan, Tax Partner, PwC  
Sidanth Rajagopal, Partner, K&L Gates
Fahmi Alghussein, CEO, Aventicum MENA & Frontier Markets 
Sean Cleghorn, CEO Magi Aviation Capital 
John Gould, Head of Aerospace, Logistics and Maritime, QFZA 

01:10 PM - Closing Remarks 
Henk Jan Hoogendoorn, Managing Director, Financial Sector Office, Qatar Financial Centre