Why Does Offshore Still Exist in an Age of Transparency?


Event details

Date

Monday May 18th

Time

12:30 am - 2:00 pm

Location

Paris School of Economics, Room R2.21

The Offshore Talks #4
Why Does Offshore Still Exist in an Age of Transparency?

 

 

Special Guest: 

Jason Sharman – Professor of International Relations in the Department of Politics and International Studies at Cambridge.

 

🗓️ 18 May 2026 │12:30-14:00 (CET)

🌐 Language: English

📍 Room R2-21, Paris School of Economics, 48 Bd Jourdan, 75014 Paris

Join us for the fourth lecture in our Offshore Talks series with Jason Sharman, author of The Despot’s Guide to Wealth Management, to present his upcoming book “Small Places, Big Money”.

The book Small Places, Big Money responds to a paradox: Offshore Financial Centres are conventionally argued to have attracted huge amounts of non-residents’ money by providing secrecy. Over 25 years of multilateral transparency reforms have greatly eroded this secrecy, however, and yet there is now at least as much money offshore as before; why is big money still in small places? The book examines various reasons why money is still offshore, ranging from money laundering, corruption, tax evasion, and tax avoidance to asset protection and institutional arbitrage.

Join us for an engaging discussion, followed by a Q&A session, where you’ll have the opportunity to delve deeper into the implications of her research.

📝 Agenda: 

  • 12:00 – 12:30 Lunch
  • 12:30 – 13:15 Lecture
  • 13:15 – 13:45 Panel discussion with Matthew Collin (International Tax Observatory)
  • 13:45 – 14:00 Q&A session

This event is FREE and open to all, but seats are limited! Register by May 14th to secure your place.