Whether you’re a family business or a high net worth individual, we can provide you with dedicated lawyers devoted to the legal and financial specifics in your jurisdiction. As a global law firm, we can guide you through everything from family law and tax to inheritance and succession matters, always discreetly and always through a commercial lens.
Our work covers the complete range of commercial property transactions, including setting up private trusts and taking on functions in the board of trustees. We can also advise you on the complex business of structuring your estate in light of anticipated succession, or when you are drafting wills or contracts of inheritance.
With many years’ experience advising wealthy private clients, we can carefully analyze your family situation and provide you with bespoke legal advice based on your personal context. And because we are a collaborative, inter-disciplinary firm, we can bridge the necessary relationships between the laws of succession, family law, company law and tax law, as well as handle cross-border cases.
Prenuptial or inheritance agreements, for example, call for dedicated knowledge of tax law and, in cases of shareholding, of the relevant company law. We’ll synthesize this knowledge and provide you with the best legal advice for your future.
Our Swiss Private Client team offers proficient and pragmatic legal advice on all your personal and private wealth matters. Our experiences encompass:
- several cases in the field of corporate succession planning in the industrial industries
- cross-border reorganization of a family group of operative companies and establishment of an international single-family office
- estate litigation in connection with the division of a major art collection and the postmortem establishment of a foundation
- representation of several members of one of the wealthiest families in the world - with an estimated net worth of EUR 25 billion - in Swiss civil court proceedings against a number of family members constituting the supervisory board of the entire family holding structure. Sum in dispute: CHF 65 million
- representation of a private client with a net worth of approximately CHF 1 billion in Swiss civil court proceedings in relation to a loan debt allegedly due by him to a former director of the company of which he was/still is a director. Sum in dispute: CHF 0,6 million
- advice to a private client (and his family) with a net worth of approximately USD 2 billion on all family-related and other (personal) issues, such as inheritance (planning) matters, personal wealth structuring, residence permits, real estate transactions, traffic fines, etc.
- supporting high net worth and families to relocate to Switzerland (incl. residence planning, lump-sum taxation, permits and naturalization)