High Net Worth
Practice Areas
Daniel Leu advises private clients and family offices on wealth and succession planning, on the handling of estates, in connection with foundations and trusts and on questions in connection with the place of residence. Other areas of work include advising clients who buy or sell real estate in Switzerland and art law.
Daniel Leu is a Certified Specialist SBA Inheritance Law and publishes regularly in the field of inheritance law. He has published extensively and frequently lectures on trust and estate matters in Switzerland and abroad. In addition to his practice, Daniel Leu is a lecturer at the University of Muenster, Germany (Master of Law in Inheritance Law & Corporate Succession).
Daniel Leu is recommended by Chambers and Partners, Who is Who Legal, Legal 500 as well as by the Legal Week Private Client Global Elite Directory.
Career
Partner of Bär & Karrer (since 2015)
University of Oxford (Pembroke College): MJur (2010)
Associate at Bär & Karrer (since 2007)
Admitted to the Zurich Bar (2007)
Law Clerk at the District Courts of Meilen and Dielsdorf (2005-2006)
University of Zurich: Dr. iur. (2005)
University of Zurich: Research and Teaching Assistant at the chair for private, trade and business law of Prof. Dr. Hans Caspar von der Crone (2002-2004)
University of Zurich: lic. iur. (2001)
Professional Memberships
Swiss Lawyers Association (Schweizerischer Juristenverein)
Swiss Bar Association
Zurich Bar Association
Languages Spoken
English, German
