Paolo Panico is Chairman and Managing Director of Private Trustees S.A., an independent trust and corporate service provider with registered office in Luxembourg and a branch in Geneva. He has an academic background and has taught in some Italian Universities (Milan 'Bocconi', Bergamo, Modena, and Sassari). He is currently an adjunct professor of Legal Structures in a Master sin Wealth Management at the University of Luxembourg.Paolo is an academician of The International Academy of Estate and Trusts Law and a member of the Committee of the International Tax Planning Association (ITPA). He is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and he is currently serving as head of the Technical Committee of the Benelux branch.Paolo has written a wide range of articles on trust law, is Country Correspondent for the journal Trusts & Trustees (OUP, 2006-), and is also the author of International Trust Laws (OUP, 2010).

To write a book on private foundations and accommodate all the idiosyncrasies of the jurisdictions concerned is a challenge, but to extract the common features that private foundations have in common is a necessary step to develop the concept of international private foundations. The book is timely in that it is presenting for the first time in a comprehensive account of foundations the influence of the courts, which are beginning to take a part in interpreting the foundation laws.

• 1. Introduction: the making of private foundations ; 2. The Founder ; 3. Foundation Council and Management Bodies ; 4. The Beneficiaries and their Right to Information ; 5. Protectors and Supervisory Bodies ; 6. Forced Heirship and Asset Protection ; 7. Private Purpose Foundations

Paolo Panico is Chairman and Managing Director of Private Trustees S.A., an independent trust and corporate service provider with registered office in Luxembourg and a branch in Geneva. He has an academic background and has taught in some Italian Universities (Milan 'Bocconi', Bergamo, Modena, and Sassari). He is currently an adjunct professor of Legal Structures in a Master sin Wealth Management at the University of Luxembourg.Paolo is an academician of The International Academy of Estate and Trusts Law and a member of the Committee of the International Tax Planning Association (ITPA). He is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and he is currently serving as head of the Technical Committee of the Benelux branch.Paolo has written a wide range of articles on trust law, is Country Correspondent for the journal Trusts & Trustees (OUP, 2006-), and is also the author of International Trust Laws (OUP, 2010).

To write a book on private foundations and accommodate all the idiosyncrasies of the jurisdictions concerned is a challenge, but to extract the common features that private foundations have in common is a necessary step to develop the concept of international private foundations. The book is timely in that it is presenting for the first time in a comprehensive account of foundations the influence of the courts, which are beginning to take a part in interpreting the foundation laws.

• 1. Introduction: the making of private foundations ; 2. The Founder ; 3. Foundation Council and Management Bodies ; 4. The Beneficiaries and their Right to Information ; 5. Protectors and Supervisory Bodies ; 6. Forced Heirship and Asset Protection ; 7. Private Purpose Foundations

Paolo Panico is Chairman and Managing Director of Private Trustees S.A., an independent trust and corporate service provider with registered office in Luxembourg and a branch in Geneva. He has an academic background and has taught in some Italian Universities (Milan 'Bocconi', Bergamo, Modena, and Sassari). He is currently an adjunct professor of Legal Structures in a Master sin Wealth Management at the University of Luxembourg.Paolo is an academician of The International Academy of Estate and Trusts Law and a member of the Committee of the International Tax Planning Association (ITPA). He is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and he is currently serving as head of the Technical Committee of the Benelux branch.Paolo has written a wide range of articles on trust law, is Country Correspondent for the journal Trusts & Trustees (OUP, 2006-), and is also the author of International Trust Laws (OUP, 2010).

To write a book on private foundations and accommodate all the idiosyncrasies of the jurisdictions concerned is a challenge, but to extract the common features that private foundations have in common is a necessary step to develop the concept of international private foundations. The book is timely in that it is presenting for the first time in a comprehensive account of foundations the influence of the courts, which are beginning to take a part in interpreting the foundation laws.

• 1. Introduction: the making of private foundations ; 2. The Founder ; 3. Foundation Council and Management Bodies ; 4. The Beneficiaries and their Right to Information ; 5. Protectors and Supervisory Bodies ; 6. Forced Heirship and Asset Protection ; 7. Private Purpose Foundations