Managing Partner: Flavio Romerio
Number of equity partners: 37
Number of other lawyers: Over 130
Languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Mandarin, Russian
Firm Overview:
Homburger is one of the largest Swiss law firms, with more than 160 experts. Homburger acts as trusted advisor to companies and entrepreneurs based or doing business in Switzerland in all aspects of commercial law, including on the full spectrum of corporate and financing transactions, antitrust in-court litigation and arbitration, regulatory proceedings and investigations, and tax law.
Main Areas of Practice:
The specialists of Homburger’s Private Clients team excel at cross-border work, often in the role of international lead counsel. The firm helps entrepreneurs and their families master their most complex cross-border challenges regarding estate planning, protecting their personal wealth or when changing residency. At the core of the firm's engagement is to provide comprehensive advice and bespoke solutions, which are pragmatic and reliable, drawing from the resources and the specialist know-how of Homburger’s corporate, tax, banking, IP, regulatory and real estate teams. With availability, responsiveness and a passion for service, the Private Clients team offers advice in the following areas:
■ Cross-border structuring of assets and wealth
■ Domestic and international tax advice, including inheritance and gift taxes
■ Matrimonial property agreements, wills and other estate planning tools as well as administration of estates
■ Advice and support in connection with relocation of high networth individuals and executives
■ Establishment, dissolution and reorganisation of foundations and trusts
■ Comprehensive expertise in matters concerning real estate, art, cultural property and luxury goods
■ Estate planning and asset protection, execution of wills and estate management
■ Cross-border structuring of wealth
■ Estate planning and asset protection (Lex Koller/Trusts)
■ Art collections and investments, cultural assets
■ Protection of children and adults
