Band 4
Foreign Expert
Provided by Marianne Kafena
Marianne is a Partner in Mishcon Private and a private client lawyer with more than 20 years’ experience advising families based mainly in the Middle East. She advises multinational families, their private offices and trustees on the range of legal and practical complexities and conflicts that arise when personal, business and trust assets are shared by more than one generation. She often advises on how best to incorporate Shari'a in private wealth structuring as well as preparing family constitutions and the implementation of appropriate governance where family business and the stewardship of wealth intersect.
She has practical experience of how banks and professional trustees operate: she worked as a professional trustee first within Lombard Odier private bank (in Bermuda, working also in Geneva and London) and then at Kleinwort Benson, in London. This adds a dimension of pragmatism to Marianne's advice which is particularly apposite in the Middle East market.
Middle East
Private Wealth and Tax
English
Arabic
French
Provided by Chambers
Marianne Kafena is well regarded for her practice advising Middle Eastern ultra high net worth families on their wealth structuring and succession planning.
Marianne Kafena is well regarded for her practice advising Middle Eastern ultra high net worth families on their wealth structuring and succession planning.
Provided by Chambers
Marianne Kafena is a very dynamic person who is brilliant at handling complex families as she understands the dynamics.
Marianne Kafena's Middle Eastern roots and being an Arabic speaker allows her access and affinity to individuals and families that may otherwise take many meetings to build rapport.
Marianne Kafena is a very dynamic person who is brilliant at handling complex families as she understands the dynamics.
Marianne Kafena's Middle Eastern roots and being an Arabic speaker allows her access and affinity to individuals and families that may otherwise take many meetings to build rapport.