Some evenings are worth talking about long afterwards. The one held at the Crowne Plaza Paris République on 18 March is one of them. The "Invest & Move Abroad 2026" conference, organised by Elyra Circle, brought together around sixty carefully selected participants around a question that concerns more and more entrepreneurs and investors: how to build, protect and grow wealth internationally, whether or not you choose to relocate.
The answer, built over more than an hour and twenty minutes of expert talks and two hours of networking, was clear, documented and concrete. For FFI, two of whose partners attended that evening, this kind of event reflects exactly how we want to work with our clients: no sales pitch, just facts, figures and strategies you can apply.
The format was deliberately selective. Sixty places, a refined setting, a dense programme and a real promise to participants: leave with concrete elements to move forward, not with one more brochure.
From 4:30 pm to 9 pm, the agenda followed a well-built logic. A welcome drink and welcome packages to set the scene, then four twenty-minute talks, each followed by questions and open discussion with the speakers. A two-hour networking cocktail in a private lounge closed the evening, in a relaxed atmosphere suited to the in-depth conversations formal sessions do not always allow.
For FFI, the evening had one main face: Éric Fankhauser, partner at FFI, who presented international real estate opportunities, and in particular the Georgian market, today one of the strongest pillars of our offer.
Éric tackled head-on the questions investors ask when they look beyond their home market: where the fundamentals are solid, where taxation is genuinely favourable, where property can still deliver returns that most of Europe no longer offers. Georgia was at the centre of his talk, for good reason.
A country with 8.8% economic growth in early 2026, public debt below 35% of GDP, a flat 5% tax on rental income, no capital gains tax after two years, net rental yields of 8 to 12% in Batumi, prices rising by 15 to 20% a year and entry tickets from 40,000 euros: the arguments are numerous, precise and verifiable. That is exactly the kind of presentation Éric built for the evening, without theatrics or exaggerated promises.
Participants asked many questions at the end of his talk, which says a lot about the audience's interest. How do you structure the purchase? What is the difference between Tbilisi and Batumi? What are the real risks to anticipate? Éric answered each one with the precision of a practitioner who knows this market from the inside.
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While Éric was on stage, Léo Lawless, FFI's other partner present, was there throughout the evening. His role: be available to participants before and after the formal talks, and answer the more personal questions, the ones you don't ask in front of sixty people but happily ask one-to-one over a drink.
Serious projects are often born in those conversations. An entrepreneur who has been thinking about investing abroad for six months without taking the step, an executive considering moving abroad within two years who wants to understand how to plan the tax side of leaving, a property investor already active at home looking to diversify without moving everything: Léo spent the evening listening, answering and guiding. That work isn't measured in applause, but it is at the heart of what we do.
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The strength of the programme lay in how the topics complemented each other. Sébastien Philipona of Sovereign Group opened with a talk on developing a business abroad and concrete relocation strategies. Gaëlle Josse, international tax lawyer at AC&F, brought the essential legal dimension on tax residence, double taxation and compliance. Mathieu Sombé, from AXA Prévoyance & Patrimoine, closed the formal talks with a session on wealth protection and estate planning tools.
Each topic fitted naturally into the next. You cannot talk about international investment without talking about legal structuring. You cannot talk about moving abroad without discussing asset protection. And you cannot talk about Georgia without setting its figures against Europe's current tax context, which Gaëlle Josse described with a precision that clearly struck the room.
There is something telling about the people who chose to spend a March evening in Paris listening to talks on Georgia, wealth protection and international taxation. They are not people fleeing in a hurry. They are people facing reality and looking for concrete, legal solutions suited to their situation.
Europe in 2026, with France's public debt above 118% of GDP, structural deficits that are not shrinking and an ever-growing arsenal of taxes on wealth, is objectively no longer the ideal environment to leave your assets untouched without thinking. This is not a political statement. It is arithmetic. And the people in the room that evening had understood it before they even arrived.
What the conference gave them was the method to move from awareness to action, without haste and without mistakes.
The success of this Paris evening will not be a one-off. FFI is preparing new events in different cities across Europe and beyond, to keep bringing this level of content to investors and entrepreneurs who deserve better than adverts and empty promises.
The themes will stay the same: international real estate, moving abroad, legal and tax structuring, high-potential emerging markets. Formats will vary by city and audience. The standard of quality will not.
To hear about upcoming dates and cities, contact us directly. As on 18 March, places will be deliberately limited.
Whether you want to attend one of our upcoming conferences or discuss your wealth project directly, our team is available to talk.
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