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Marnin J Michaels

Marnin J Michaels

High Net Worth 2025

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Marnin Michaels is a senior partner at the Firm. Marnin has been practicing for more than 25 years in the areas of tax and wealth management. His practice ranges from insurance matters to tax investigations for both international families and financial institutions. He also counsels clients on US withholding tax and qualified intermediary rules (including FATCA), as well as money laundering avoidance legislation. He is also a member of the Firm’s global Alternative Capital team that provides best-in-class investment solutions for family offices, founders, sovereign wealth, and other sources of private capital.

Widely regarded as one of the world's leading wealth management lawyers, Marnin is a former chair and co-chair of the regional and global Wealth Management Steering Committees. Marnin has also held many leadership roles in the firm.

Marnin focuses on all matters relevant to the wealth management industry and its clients.

In addition to writing extensively for many publications, Marnin also authored two legal treatises: International Taxation and Withholding and International Estate Planning, which were both published by Thomson Reuters. He also lectures in several LLM and MBA programs on various tax issues.

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Private Wealth Law - Switzerland

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Individual Editorial
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.

Strengths

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  • Marnin Michaels is outstanding. He takes a global view way beyond tax for very high-value and complex issues. The level of advice from him is next level.

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  • Marnin Michaels is a top professional. He knows his area of expertise and is responsive to me and clients. He understands the clients' needs. We had a top-quality experience.

    Private Wealth LawChambers High Net Worth
  • You can have a very full intellectual dialogue with him and think through an issue to get to a good conclusion. Marnin Michaels is by no means a superficial lawyer.

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  • Marnin Michaels is a top lawyer worldwide. He is very knowledgeable and provides practical solutions in very sophisticated cases.

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