This elite group, comprised of experts in the field, personally nominates all invitees and develops the Agenda, which forms the basis of our discussions.
Forum Overview
Dates: February 8 - 10, 2026
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
The Forum’s Steering Committee brings together an exclusive group of up to 44 preeminent private practice lawyers, trustees, tax experts, banks, accounting firms, and family offices, advising HNW & UHNW families in the Asia-Pacific region. Through in-depth discussions, participants examine critical developments in estates, trusts, and tax law, exchanging valuable insights, delving into modern solutions, and formulating strategies to navigate the evolving landscape of challenges faced on behalf of their clients.
The unique value of the Forum is the open exchange of technical information during the substantive sessions and offline, informal conversations over meals and breaks.
2026 Steering Committee
Committee Co-Chairs
Paul Knox is a Managing Director and Senior Wealth Advisor of J.P. Morgan Private Bank in Asia. He has been based in Hong Kong since Novemeber 2019. He joined J.P. Morgan over 17 years ago from Ernst and Young LLP where he was a Director and head of the Private Client Services group in London. He was also Chairman and founder of the Ernst & Young International Private Wealth Group. He has 40 years’ experience in advising wealthy individuals and families on a wide range of family governance and succession planning issues issues as well as domestic and international tax and estate planning. He also has wide experience in advising philanthropists on both tax and structuring issues in relation to charitable giving. Paul was Vice Chair of the UK Charity Philanthropy Impact for over 10 years. Mr. Knox graduated from Durham University and practiced as a UK Solicitor. He is a member of the STEP and has served as Co-Chair of its International Committee. He was also a member of the STEP Family Buisiness Committee and the technical committee. He was recently named among the top 150 global advisors in the private wealth community in the Private Client Global Elite Directory. He writes, lectures and participates in webinars on a full range of private client topics on a regular basis.
Committee Members
Geoffrey Cone graduated from the University of Canterbury and the University of Otago, New Zealand, with LLB and a post graduate diploma in tax and trust law with honours. He commenced practice in 1980 in Auckland, New Zealand, then moved to Christchurch where he was a partner and the chairman of partners in a leading law firm. There he practised in commercial litigation as well as tax and trust advisory work. He appeared in court at all levels as leading counsel, including the Privy Council. In 1998 he established his own practice in Auckland, New Zealand. His firm, Cone Marshall Limited, is the only New Zealand law firm to specialise exclusively in international trust and tax planning, and it provides advisors, trustee and trust management services through its affiliated companies, in New Zealand, Switzerland, Italy, Hong Kong, the United States, and Uruguay.
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