He spoke – in German – on the Development and Future of Trusts in Switzerland ("Entwicklung und Zukunft des Trusts in der Schweiz"), entertaining the audience with Roman emperor Augustus, William Blackstone and even Ian Fleming.

STEP – the Society of Trusts & Estate Practitioners – is a global professional body, with more than 23'000 members comprising lawyers, accountants, trustees and other practitioners that help families plan for their futures. STEP has more than 100 branches and chapters across the world and the STEP Basel branch was founded in the summer of 2001.