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Baker McKenzie

Private Wealth Law

High Net Worth Guide 2026 : Switzerland

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Provided by Baker McKenzie

Our private client and global wealth management practice in Switzerland specialises in providing US, UK, Swiss, and international tax and legal advice to individuals and institutional clients, handling matters with cross-border and multi-jurisdictional elements, including:

  • Providing tax, internal governance and compliance advice to individuals, families, family offices, trust companies, insurers, banks, asset managers, investment advisers, and pension plans;
  • Acting as outside trusted counsel and assisting multigenerational families and their private businesses in navigating impact of complex and ever-changing tax, regulatory, and asset-disclosure rules through compliance and structuring of their personal and business assets; and
  • Resolving inquiries, audits, investigations and compliance disputes through voluntary disclosure programs, amnesties, settlement, and litigation.

 

We work with private clients to ensure structures are compliant with local and cross-border tax and regulatory requirements, limiting unnecessary exposure that would put family members at risk. In addition, we coordinate tax and legal input from our network of offices to devise holistic and comprehensive solutions and multijurisdictional legal and tax advice addressing particular business and personal needs and goals, with emphasis on governance and administration of family businesses and personal assets.

Chambers Review

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Private Wealth Law - Switzerland

Band 1

What the Team is Known For
Baker McKenzie's wealth management practice in Switzerland operates from a strong global platform that sees it regularly handling cross-border tax and legal matters for private individuals and families. It is particularly adept at dealing with US, UK, Swiss, European/CIS and Middle Eastern wealth structuring and regulatory matters.
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Strengths

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  • The team has an outstanding level of knowledge and expertise, and can provide valuable input under a number of complex issues.

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  • Baker McKenzie's private wealth teams in Zürich and Geneva are amongst the best in their field. Their biggest advantage is that we have access to a global private wealth team in all major centres.

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  • Baker McKenzie has a great team of very senior and experienced professionals. The associates are always very responsive and great communicators.

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  • All matters we involve them on are complex and sophisticated in nature which can potentially consider multiple tax jurisdictions. The insight they provide is critical.

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  • Baker McKenzie is extremely knowledgeable in many tax areas. What distinguishes them is their clarity of understanding and the wide range of areas in which they have expertise.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Marnin J Michaels
    Marnin J Michaels

    Marnin J Michaels

    Marnin Michaels is an experienced private wealth practitioner with a solid international background and a global client base. He is particularly skilled at handling US-Swiss tax and wealth planning matters, including FATCA compliance issues.

    • Marnin is an outstanding professional with in-depth knowledge on cross-region tax matters. We consistently value his strategic judgement and the tangible impact his guidance has on our business.

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    • Marnin Michaels is a one-of-a-kind lawyer. His vast knowledge on private clients, tax and US matters, paired with his Swiss capabilities, provides an unparalleled service. He is top-tier on a global scale.

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    • Marnin's impressive commercial awareness takes planning to a new level. His ability to look into the crystal ball is quite exceptional.

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    • Marnin is one of a kind. We have not found any lawyer in the private client and tax field that matches his level of expertise. He is a creative thinker who will bring top solutions to our clients with a human touch. Speed is always part of the delivery in Marnin's work; if he promises you the work with a deadline, you can count on it. He is a critical part of many large global family systems.

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    • Marnin adds value by offering forward-looking legal and tax guidance, which has already proven highly beneficial. His deep expertise, strong business acumen and consistently responsive, approachable support makes him a trusted partner in navigating complex matters.

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  • Lyubomir Georgiev
    Lyubomir Georgiev

    Lyubomir Georgiev

    Lyubomir Georgiev holds a strong reputation for his cross-border tax and wealth management practice in Zürich, and frequently handles US, UK and Swiss-based private client matters. He has further experience advising both individuals and institutions in jurisdictions including Morocco and ones in the Middle East.

    • Lyubomir has been a technical resource for many years and is consistent and clear on his subject matter understanding.

      Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth

    • Lyubomir demonstrates excellent knowledge and expertise. He is very timely and effective in his responses, and his insights prove extremely valuable to us for a range of complex and sophisticated matters.

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    • Lyubomir is a highly reliable lawyer and is always there when our clients have an issue. He's team-oriented and the solid technician our clients need when complex US issues are on the table.

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  • Elliott H. Murray
    Elliott H. Murray

    Elliott H. Murray

    Elliott Murray frequently assists non-US high net worth clients with links to the US, as well as US clients, with a variety of tax, trust and estate planning matters.

    • We are working with Elliott on large and complex situations, which require going out of the box. We are happy to report that we are highly satisfied with the level of response and the service we get.

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    • Elliott is an extremely knowledgeable individual who is invaluable in providing advice to us. Elliott has been at the firm for a number of years and can often advise with historic contexts in mind.

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    • Elliott Murray is highly organised, thoughtful and very patient in terms of problem-solving and bringing projects to a close.

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    • Elliott has a very sophisticated hands-on approach and is great to work with.

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