Private Wealth Law
High Net Worth Guide 2024 : Switzerland
Band 1
About
Provided by Bär & Karrer Ltd
Helping individuals, families and charities succeed in a complex and changing world.
Advice that makes a difference is based on a unique mix of legal skills, interdisciplinary thinking, a deep understanding of family dynamics and generations of experience.
Our Private Clients Team has unparalleled expertise in advising clients worldwide on contentious and non-contentious matters, covering the full range of legal issues our clients face.
We advise and represent private clients and their families, entrepreneurs, family offices, closely held businesses, charitable organisations as well as service providers such as banks and trustees. Among the families we advise, many have relied on our firm's services for several decades, some of them now in the third generation.
Apart from our experience and legal expertise, our clients appreciate our responsiveness and our ability to understand family dynamics.
Matters we assist our clients with include:
- Administration and executorship of complex estates
- Art collections (tax and succession planning concerning art collections)
- Philanthropy and the formation of charitable organisations, including governance and management aspects
- Estate Planning
- Trusts and Foundations
- Estate & Trust Litigation
- Real Estate planning and transactions
- Family Law
- Relocation to Switzerland
- Taxation aspects in relation to all the above
Chambers Review
Pre-eminent Swiss law firm Bär & Karrer offers first-class advice to wealthy clients in connection with cross-border trust and estate litigation, as well as non-contentious tax, trust, estate planning, relocation and family office matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Bär & Karrer have an excellent team and are very astute at managing complex planning with property and tax issues in multiple jurisdictions."
"Bär & Karrer have an excellent reputation. They have lots of depth and strength."
"Bär & Karrer provide clear input and answers to very sophisticated questions. They are always available and very easy to work with."
"Bär & Karrer have an excellent team and are very astute at managing complex planning with property and tax issues in multiple jurisdictions."
"Bär & Karrer have an excellent reputation. They have lots of depth and strength."
"Bär & Karrer provide clear input and answers to very sophisticated questions. They are always available and very easy to work with."
Notable Practitioners
Daniel Leu is a partner and draws on significant experience in wealth and succession planning, as well as family office, art law and contentious trust matters.
"I am very impressed by Daniel's knowledge, clarity of advice and level of service."
"Daniel is very good and knows what he is doing."
"Daniel is a safe pair of hands when dealing with estates."
Tina Wüstemann is widely recognised as one of Switzerland's top practitioners when it comes to trust and estate litigation, as well as complex international wealth planning and estate administration.
"Tina is fantastic. She has a deep level of legal expertise and excellent EQ with clients. She knows how to efficiently and effectively manage large projects involving multiple parties across borders."
"Tina is one of the most distinguished lawyers in her area. She is experienced, charming, elegant and can be very strident if need be, to safeguard the interests of her client."
"Tina is an excellent lawyer."
Daniel Bader is a partner and international tax planning expert who is extremely well versed in dealing with private wealth structures and succession planning.
"Daniel gives very accurate advice. His advice is practical, and not just lengthy explanations."
"Daniel is straight to the point and focused on what is the best solution for the client's problem. He is also really empathic and delivers lots of confidence to the clients."
Ruth Bloch-Riemer handles all aspects of tax matters for private clients and frequently advises on cross-border wealth structuring issues.
"Ruth is excellent at client handling."
"Ruth has great clients and does great work."
Geneva-based Aurélie Conrad Hari is a civil law expert and her practice encompasses cross-border trust and estate disputes involving private clients and trustees.
"Aurélie is easy to work with, is prompt in her responses to questions, and delivers advice with clarity and precision."
Ranked Individuals at
Bär & Karrer Ltd
Switzerland
Members
Provided by Bär & Karrer Ltd
Andrew Garbarski
Cesare Jermini
Christoph Suter
Massimo Vanotti
Paolo Bottini
Thomas Stoltz
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