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Private Wealth Law | High Net Worth

Switzerland

Work in this area includes, but is not limited to: charitable planning; wealth transfer; business succession planning; estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax planning (in the US); life and health insurance planning; the creation and administration of trusts and estates; asset transfer; the taking-public of closely held businesses; and structuring outward and inward investment. Contentious matters are also included, such as trusts disputes, probate contests and contested wills. In larger jurisdictions, these matters are ranked separately in a Private Wealth Disputes table.

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Band 1

  1. Baker McKenzie
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    Baker McKenzie
    Private Wealth Law
    2024 | Band 1 | 9 Years Ranked
    Baker McKenzie's wealth management practice in Switzerland operates from a strong global platform that sees it regularly handling cross-border tax and legal matters for private individuals and families. It is particularly adept at dealing with US, UK, Swiss, European/CIS and Middle Eastern wealth structuring and regulatory matters.
  2. Bär & Karrer Ltd
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    Bär & Karrer Ltd
    Private Wealth Law
    2024 | Band 1 | 9 Years Ranked
    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.
  3. Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
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    Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
    Private Wealth Law
    2024 | Band 1 | 9 Years Ranked
    Schellenberg Wittmer has wide-ranging expertise in wealth structuring and preservation matters, and frequently acts for clients in both cross-border estate planning and inheritance disputes. The firm advises affluent individuals, families and closely held businesses, as well as family offices, banks and trust companies. The firm is also able to draw on the expertise of its tax, banking, corporate and real estate groups.
  4. Walder Wyss Ltd
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    Walder Wyss Ltd
    Private Wealth Law
    2024 | Band 1 | 9 Years Ranked
    Walder Wyss has an esteemed private clients group that regularly advises high net worth clients, including entrepreneurs, families and their closely held businesses. Its expertise spans the full suite of private wealth matters, and it is sought after for its domestic and cross-border advice on relocation, succession planning and inheritance disputes, as well as Swiss charitable foundation and family office matters.
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Band 2

  1. Charles Russell Speechlys
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    Charles Russell Speechlys
    Private Wealth Law
    2024 | Band 2 | 9 Years Ranked
    Charles Russell Speechlys has a strong team of private client lawyers in its Zürich and Geneva offices, qualified in the UK and Switzerland, as well as other jurisdictions. The team is sought after for its cross-border wealth structuring, succession planning and governance expertise, and is also particularly strong at handling private wealth disputes and Swiss tax issues.
  2. Homburger
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    Homburger
    Private Wealth Law
    2024 | Band 2 | 9 Years Ranked
    Homburger has a strong reputation across a broad range of private client issues, including wealth protection, relocation, trust and foundation matters. It is renowned for its Swiss and cross-border asset structuring expertise.
  3. Lalive
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    Lalive
    Private Wealth Law
    2024 | Band 2 | 9 Years Ranked
    Lalive regularly advises private clients on contentious and non-contentious inheritance, family, trust law and administrative assistance matters from its offices in Zürich and Geneva. Its clients include affluent families, business owners, family offices and foundations, among others.
  4. Lenz & Staehelin
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    Lenz & Staehelin
    Private Wealth Law
    2024 | Band 2 | 9 Years Ranked
    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.
  5. CMS
    Private Wealth Law
    2024 | Band 2
  6. MLL Legal
    Private Wealth Law
    2024 | Band 2
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Band 3

  1. 3
    Fischer Ramp Buchmann AG
    Private Wealth Law
    2024 | Band 3 | 5 Years Ranked
    Fischer Ramp Buchmann enjoys a strong reputation as a private client boutique, and routinely advises high net worth clients on complex matters in Switzerland and abroad, such as those relating to estate and succession planning, philanthropy, family offices and property. It receives plaudits from market commentators for the depth of its tax practice.
  2. Kellerhals Carrard
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    Kellerhals Carrard
    Private Wealth Law
    2024 | Band 3 | 2 Years Ranked
    Kellerhals Carrard draws from its large team of specialists with expertise in inheritance law, succession planning and multi-jurisdictional trust and estate litigations. The firm regularly advises high net worth and ultra high net worth individuals, families and family offices, as well as private banks.
  3. Niederer Kraft Frey
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    Niederer Kraft Frey
    Private Wealth Law
    2024 | Band 3 | 4 Years Ranked
    Niederer Kraft Frey has expertise in both private client and tax matters and boasts practitioners skilled in estate and next generation planning, as well as relocation and philanthropy matters. The firm is able to draw on its full-service offering when advising private clients, with additional strengths in banking and employment law.
  4. Wenger Vieli Ltd.
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    Wenger Vieli Ltd.
    Private Wealth Law
    2024 | Band 3 | 4 Years Ranked
    Wenger Vieli is held in high regard for its capable handling of domestic and international private client matters, drawing on broad expertise in asset planning as well as related component practice areas such as tax, real estate, corporate, regulatory and dispute resolution. It has a particular focus on advising high net worth entrepreneurs.
  5. 3
    Withers LLP
    Private Wealth Law
    2024 | Band 3 | 9 Years Ranked
    Withers is an international tax and trust planning powerhouse that has a widely lauded private client practice offering the full suite of wealth planning and probate services to clients in the UK, the US and Switzerland, as well as in Asia and the Middle East.
  6. Borel & Barbey
    Private Wealth Law
    2024 | Band 3
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Band 4

  1. MME Legal | Tax | Compliance
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    MME Legal | Tax | Compliance
    Private Wealth Law
    2024 | Band 4 | 3 Years Ranked
    MME has considerable strength in estate planning and family business succession, among other private client-related matters. The firm's client base includes high net worth individuals such as entrepreneurs and business owners. The firm also draws praise for its understanding of the blockchain and cryptocurrency legal landscape in Switzerland.
  2. Staiger Attorneys at Law Ltd
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    Staiger Attorneys at Law Ltd
    Private Wealth Law
    2024 | Band 4 | 4 Years Ranked
    Staiger covers private client matters including inheritance law, cross-border estate, tax and succession planning, private banking and fiduciary services.
  3. OBERSON ABELS SA
    Private Wealth Law
    2024 | Band 4
  4. Pestalozzi
    Private Wealth Law
    2024 | Band 4
  5. Wenger Plattner
    Private Wealth Law
    2024 | Band 4