Best Lawyers in Switzerland for Wealth Management Practice

Mark Barmes is a senior counsel at our Geneva office, where he is a member of the Litigation and Arbitration and Private Clients groups. Mark contributes actively to the field of wealth planning in Switzerland, particularly in connection with trusts and trust disputes. He also acts for international organisations in employment disputes before the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization. Mark Barmes studied economics and law at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, A...

Frédérique Bensahel is considered as a leading lawyer in the banking and financial sector in Switzerland. As Partner at FBT and head of its Banking and Finance group, Frédérique Bensahel advises Swiss and foreign financial institutions, in particular banks, asset managers, brokers, dealers as well as investment funds and fund managers on all regulatory and contractual issues. Frédérique Bensahel’s practice covers, in particular, fund and structu...

Jamar E. Brown joins the Dispute Resolution and Private Clients groups in the Geneva office. In the dispute resolution field, Jamar represents international organisations in employment disputes before specialised administrative tribunals, including the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization. He is also a trusted advisor on internal investigations, disciplinary matters, and appeals before internal review bodies. In his private client work, Jamar specialises in regulat...

Rébecca Dorasamy is a partner based in our Geneva office, where she is a member of the Tax group. She is a certified tax expert and holds an LL.M. in International Tax Law from the International Tax Center of Leiden University. Rébecca advises corporations and their employees on all aspects of Swiss and international tax law, including complex restructurings of MNEs, international dispute resolution, as well as employee participation plans. She also advises Swiss and internation...

Partner Pierre Ducret is a partner and co-head of the Private Clients and Sports Law departments of CMS von Erlach Partners. He advises and assists clients in complex litigation, mainly in civil and commercial matters, usually with international ramifications. He is particularly active in the field of inheritance law. He also acts as counsel or arbitrator in international arbitration proceedings. In addition to his dispute resolution practice, Pierre Ducret advises his clients on wealth and e...

As Chief Executive Officer, Christian Lyk is responsible for the operational management of KENDRIS and also holds the position of Responsible Officer FATCA. He has extensive experience in regulatory and compliance matters and specialises in providing cross-border financial, tax, estate planning and family office services to ultra-high net worth individuals (UHNWIs). Christian Lyk began his career in a law firm before joining one of the Big 4 where he held a managerial position in the field of...

Dr. Lucien Masmejan is a partner heading up our Private Clients group in Geneva and Lausanne. He is widely considered one of Switzerland’s leading lawyers in private client matters and chairs the board of L&S Trust Services SA. Lucien's main practice area is private clients and this encompasses tax law and real estate, as well as general contractual and corporate matters. He advises Swiss and international families and privately owned companies, as well as their owners which include...

Frédéric Neukomm is a partner and certified tax expert, based at our firm’s Geneva office. His main practice areas are company tax law and tax law for high net worth individuals. He also has in-depth expertise in the field of private clients.

Philippe Pulfer is widely recognised as one of Switzerland’s leading private client lawyers and, for nearly 20 years, has been constantly top-ranked by all major professional directories. He is, according to Chamber HNW, ‘the go-to person in Switzerland’ in his area of practice and has been described by Legal 500 as 'one of the most knowledgeable trust and private client practitioners in Switzerland'. He has been included in the Legal Week Private Client Global Elite since t...

Dr. François Rayroux is partner based at our Geneva office and head of the Asset Management group. He advises a number of Swiss and international financial institutions in all banking, asset management and regulatory matters, in or outside insolvency, whether in the context of transactions or not, focusing on regulatory issues, asset management, financial services, contractual arrangements and distribution and financial products and services of all types, including in particular deriva...

Heini Rüdisühli is a deputy managing partner at our Zurich office, where he leads the Private Clients practice group. His main field of activity is national and international tax planning for private individuals and the taxation of corporate reorganisations and acquisitions. Heini also specialises in inheritance law, succession planning and the executorship of estates, and has a broad knowledge of trusts.

Olivier Sigg is a partner in the Private Clients team as well as an experienced employment lawyer. He heads our Geneva office. He is known, both in Geneva and in London, where he worked for one year, as an expert in complex crossborder matters and is regularly instructed by foreign lawyers, in particular from common law jurisdictions. Olivier Sigg’s private client practice includes various estate-planning techniques. In particular, as a TEP expert, he specialises in trusts, foundations,...

Partner Certified Specialist SBA Inheritance Law Tobias Somary heads the private client team of the firm. He specialises in the area of estate and succession planning, prenuptial agreements, estate administration, inheritance disputes, foundations & trusts, charities, art, private banking laws, and in- and outbound relocation. After having worked with a large Zurich law firm (Baer & Karrer) in 1998 and 1999, Tobias Somary joined CMS in 2000. In 2004 he completed post-graduate studies ...

Kinga M. Weiss is a partner and co-chair of the Private Clients team of Walder Wyss. She primarily devotes her time to domestic and foreign private clients, banks and family offices. Her areas of expertise are centered around both private clients and entrepreneurs in matters of inheritance law, including marital property law, relating to estate planning, business succession and execution of wills. Cross-border cases account for the bulk of her field of action. Besides, she also supports clien...