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Private Wealth Law - Switzerland

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What the Team is Known For

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.

Strengths

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The team at Lenz & Staehelin are responsive, very well connected and make things happen. They are solution-oriented, technically strong and a pleasure to work with.

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Lenz & Staehelin has access to a number of in-house lawyers who can provide support on any issue as it arises, without the need to resort to an outside source. We are extremely satisfied with them.

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Lenz & Staehelin is comprised of outstanding professionals with a stellar zeal for competence, knowledge and expertise. They have a solid foundation in all things related to private wealth law.

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The professionals in this group are well-taught and trained to a level of excellence that exudes trust and competence. They are extremely professional, timely, responsive, responsible and effective.

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Notable Practitioners

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Mark Barmes
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Mark Barmes
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Senior Statespeople

Mark Barmes has deep experience acting for private clients on the full range of wealth planning matters and is particularly adept at dealing with contentious and non-contentious trust issues.

Mark Barmes is a real senior statesman. Everyone knows him in Geneva for private client work. He is really smart and has a great influence.

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Heini Rüdisühli
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Heini Rüdisühli
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Heini Rüdisühli is a highly regarded tax and private wealth law expert, adept at handling domestic and cross-border tax planning for private clients, as well as inheritance law, trust and succession planning matters.

Heini Rüdisühli provides excellent personalised support and advice in financial, wealth planning and tax matters.

He is a seasoned practitioner with a sophisticated clientele that dates back many decades. He is a lawyer's lawyer and an outstanding professional. He also has extraordinary wisdom and judgement.

Heini Rüdisühli is a top player in the Swiss private client market.

Heini Rüdisühli's input is invaluable.

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Lucien Masmejan
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Lucien Masmejan
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Lucien Masmejan is a partner and the head of Lenz & Staehelin's private clients' group in Geneva and Lausanne. He has expertise across a wide range of private wealth law matters and regularly advises high net worth clients and their closely held businesses.

Lucien Masmejan is one of the strongest, most commercially aware and pragmatic lawyers I have come across.

Lucien Masmejan is a mastermind and a delightful person. 

Lucien Masmejan has an all-around understanding of inheritance law. He also has a global vision which is very important.

Lucien Masmejan has the brilliance coupled with strategic knowledge and judgement. He is superb on everything.

Lucien Masmejan is a very smart guy and a good negotiator.

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Alexander Greter
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Alexander Greter
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Alexander Greter is a partner who advises private clients and financial services companies on trusts, tax planning and family offices. He has a busy and well-regarded practice in private wealth law.

Alexander Greter is very pragmatic and is super smart. He is really good at understanding the different laws in jurisdictions. His understanding of international differences is impressive.

Alexander Greter is a great contact to have in Switzerland. He is very easy to speak to, clever and has an incredible wealth of experience.

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Alexandra Hirt
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Alexandra Hirt
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Alexandra Hirt advises high net worth clients on trusts, tax advice and estate planning, for both Swiss nationals and foreign high net worth individuals relocating to Switzerland.

Alexandra Hirt is very impressive. She is a very knowledgeable and professional lawyer.

Alexandra Hirt's advice is excellent.

Her extraordinary attention to detail and ability to provide an elegant solution is remarkable. She is incredibly mature, thoughtful and has sound judgement, making her an effective advisor.

Alexandra Hirt is fantastic. She is technically superb and a pleasure to work with.

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Mark Barmes
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Mark Barmes
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Heini Rüdisühli
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Heini Rüdisühli
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Lucien Masmejan
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Lucien Masmejan
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Alexander Greter
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Alexander Greter
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Alexandra Hirt
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Alexandra Hirt
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