Dr Guillaume Grisel > Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd > Geneva, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile
Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd Offices
5bis, rue des Alpes
P.O. Box 2088
1211 Geneva 1
Switzerland
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Dr Guillaume Grisel
Work Department
Private Wealth / Banking & Finance / ESG /Taxation / White-Collar Crime and Compliance / Art and Entertainment / Blockchain-Technologies & FinTech / Data / Financial Services
Position
Guillaume Grisel is a Partner in Schellenberg Wittmer’s Private Wealth group. He assists high net worth individuals and families, including entertainers, art collectors and philanthropists. Guillaume Grisel regularly advises banks, wealth managers, family offices and professional trustees in compliance and regulatory matters too. He is the author of the only comprehensive textbook on trust law in Switzerland (Le Trust en Suisse).
Experience
- Estate and tax planning for high net worth individuals and families
- Trust law, taxation of trusts
- Regulation of financial institutions
- Anti-money laundering law
- Mutual assistance and automatic exchange of information in tax matters (CRS, FATCA)
Career
Languages
French, English, German
Memberships
- Chairman of the Lausanne Chapter of the British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce (BSCC)
- Vice-Chairman of the Swiss & Liechtenstein STEP Federation
- Committee member and former Chairman, STEP Lausanne
Education
Lawyer Rankings
Switzerland > Private client
With in-depth experience handling estate and inheritance disputes for high-profile international clients, Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd presents itself as a go-to firm for families needing advice on wealth structuring and preservation. The team is headed by Andrea Dorjee-Good and David Wallace Wilson. Dorjee-Good stands out for her expertise in estate and succession planning, while Wilson often handles inheritance disputes. With decades of experience navigating the private banking landscape, Bernard Vischer is recommended for matters related to corporate and banking regulations. Other key individuals include Guillaume Grisel, who regularly advises on international tax matters, as well as Caroline Lopez Nagai.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance: Geneva
- Competition
- Dispute resolution: arbitration
- Dispute resolution: litigation
- Employment
- Fintech
- Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Private client
- Real estate and construction
- Regulatory, compliance and investigations
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