Private Wealth Law | High Net Worth

Lenz & Staehelin has offices in Zürich and Geneva and has a strong reputation across a broad range of private client work, including matters relating to succession planning, family governance, relocation, tax advisory, trust structuring and family offices. The firm receives plaudits for its work on sophisticated cross-border private client issues and handles both contentious and non-contentious matters.

Schellenberg Wittmer has wide-ranging expertise in wealth structuring and preservation matters and frequently acts for clients in both cross-border estate planning and inheritance disputes. The firm advises affluent individuals, families and closely held businesses, as well as family offices, banks and trust companies. The firm is also able to draw on the expertise of its tax, banking, corporate and real estate groups.

Walder Wyss has an esteemed private clients group that regularly advises high net worth clients, including entrepreneurs, families and their closely held businesses. Its expertise spans the full suite of private wealth matters, and it is sought after for its domestic and cross-border advice on relocation, succession planning and inheritance disputes, as well as Swiss charitable foundation and family office matters.

Fischer Ramp Buchmann enjoys a strong reputation as a private client boutique. The firm routinely advises high net worth clients on complex matters in Switzerland and abroad, such as those relating to estate and succession planning, philanthropy, family offices and property. It receives plaudits from market commentators for the depth of its tax practice.

Lalive regularly advises private clients on contentious and non-contentious inheritance, family, trust law and administrative assistance matters from its offices in Zürich and Geneva. Its clients include affluent families, business owners, family offices and foundations.

MLL Legal has a strong group of private client lawyers advising clients on all aspects of legal and tax issues, including estate planning, asset structuring, family governance and philanthropy. Praised for its multicultural team, the firm assists clients from its offices in Zürich, Geneva, Zug, Lausanne, London and Madrid.

Kellerhals Carrard draws from its large team of specialists with expertise in inheritance law, succession planning and multi-jurisdictional trust and estate litigation. The firm regularly advises high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals, families and family offices, as well as private banks.

MME has considerable strength in estate planning and family business succession, among other private client-related matters. The firm's client base includes high net worth individuals such as entrepreneurs and business owners. The firm also draws praise for its understanding of the blockchain and cryptocurrency legal landscape in Switzerland.

Niederer Kraft Frey has expertise in both private client and tax matters and has practitioners skilled in estate and next generation planning, as well as relocation and philanthropy matters. The firm is able to draw on its full-service offering when advising private clients, with additional strengths in banking and employment law.

Oberson Abels has a highly regarded tax practice and a growing profile in private wealth law. They advise private clients on a variety of matters, including succession planning, inheritance and immigration, as well as trust and estate.

Staiger has a strong private clients team with noted expertise in international work for high net worth and ultra high net worth individuals. Its team handles wealth structuring matters and tax planning for families with multi-jurisdictional holdings. It advises the owners of family businesses on governance and succession. It also acts for private banks and investment managers.

Weber Schaub & Partner is a Zürich-based law firm specialising in inheritance, tax and corporate matters. The firm is capable of handling domestic and cross-border matters.

The burckhardt team assists high net worth clients on succession, estate planning, real estate, tax planning and philanthropic matters. The firm has offices in Basel and Zürich.