Florian Herzberg has over 20 years of experience in the asset management industry. He is an international tax lawyer and heads up a team of tax advisors responsible for ETFs and mutual funds within BlackRock’s EMEA tax group. Prior to joining BlackRock, he worked in different law firms in Berlin and subsequently took on advisory and industry roles in Luxembourg and London.

Gavin Kan is the Head of Product Tax at M&G Prudential, the UK and European savings and investments business of Prudential Plc. Gavin joined M&G Prudential in 2014 and is responsible for leading the provision of in-house tax advisory services to the investment management business across the product lifecycle – from product development through to implementation, as well as ongoing product management and oversight of external service providers. He is also responsible for advising the business on the tax implications of investing in a range of asset classes globally and ensuring tax risks and opportunities are identified and understood.

Jonathan Pilcher is a Senior Director at FTI in London. He specialises in International Tax, UK Corporation Tax, Intellectual Property, Group tax planning and transaction structuring and Tax Due Diligence. Jonathan has been advising clients for more than 20 years. After his university education in Accounting and Finance, he became a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Advisor.

Melanie Levy has over 20 years of experience in private equity taxation, mergers and acquisitions and fund structuring. She is the Global Head of Tax and a member of the Valuation Committee at Global Energy Partners (EIG), a leading institutional investor with over $20 billion under management. EIG specialises in private investments in energy and energy-related infrastructure on a global basis.

Prior to joining EIG in 2014, Melanie spent 16 years as a tax consultant with PwC, where she advised clients in the alternative investments industry. Melanie also serves on the Advisory Investment Committee for Women of the World Endowment.

Robert Welzel is a partner and heads the Frankfurt branch of WTS Germany. For over 20 years, Robert is advising asset managers, mutual, private equity and hedge funds, investment banks, insurers, corporates, and investors like HNWI / family offices on asset management topics, capital market products, structured finance and other tax, regulatory or balance-sheet induced transactions. He represents private and institutional clients on the German tax aspects of corporate acquisitions and restructurings, including German and international mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganisations, liquidations, and asset sales. Robert is a German qualified attorney-at-law and tax advisor.