Mrs Caroline M. Lopez Nagai > Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd > Geneva, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
5bis, rue des Alpes
P.O. Box 2088
1211 Geneva 1
Switzerland

Work Department

Dispute Resolution / Private Wealth

Position

Caroline Maria López Nagai is a Counsel in our Private Wealth Group in Geneva. She is specialized in cross-border estate / succession and wealth planning matters for individual clients as well as family enterprises including wills, lasting power of attorneys, guardianship. Her practice focuses also in advising and representing clients in matters related trusts, foundations, regulatory investigations (incl. administrative proceedings) and corporate transactions.

Career

2019 – Counsel at Schellenberg Wittmer
2014 – Senior Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer
2011 – Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer
2008 – Associate in a leading Swiss law firm
2006 – Trainee Lawyer in a leading Swiss law firm
2004 – Trainee Assistant at the Embassy of Switzerland in Tokyo, Science & Technology Office
2002 – Research Assistant at the Civil Law Chair of the University of Fribourg

Languages

  • German
  • English
  • French
  • Japanese
  • Spanish

Memberships

  • Member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and Swiss Bar Association
  • Co-founder of the first Swiss law competition (Swiss Moot Court) organized on an annual basis in collaboration with the Swiss Federal Supreme Court
  • Regular lecturer for STEP introductory classes on Trusts and Swiss Civil Law

Education

2017 – STEP Advanced Certificate in Cross-Border Estates
2016 – STEP Certificate in Foundations
2013 – Diploma in International Trust Management
2008 – Bar Admission in Switzerland
2004 – lic. iur., University of Fribourg (bilingual with specialization in European law)
2002 – Certificate in French law with focus on International and European law, University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas