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Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd Offices

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

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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

2023 – Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer
2014 – Partner at a Swiss law firm
2010 – Associate at a Swiss law firm
2006 –Trainee Lawyer at a Swiss law firm
2002 – Research and teaching assistant in commercial law, University of Lausanne

Languages

French, English, German

Memberships

  • Presiding Judge for the STEP Private Client Awards (2024 and 2025)
  • Vice-Chairman of the Swiss & Liechtenstein STEP Federation
  • Committee member and former Chairman, STEP Lausanne
  • Former Chairman of the Lausanne Chapter of the British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce (BSCC)

Education

2010 – Trust & Estate Practitioner (TEP)
2010 – LL.M., University of Cambridge (UK)
2010 – Dr. iur., University of Lausanne
2008 – Bar Admission in Switzerland
2002 – Lic. iur. Universities of Lausanne and Zurich

Lawyer Rankings

Switzerland > Private client

Highly reputed for its private wealth disputes practice, Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd demonstrates considerable experience in inheritance and succession disputes. The team has ‘well rounded knowledge’ of foreign jurisdictional matters of trust law. Private banking is another key area of focus for the firm, handling the purchase and sale of assets from aircrafts to art collections. Co-head Andrea Dorjee-Good is an ‘outstanding’ wealth and estate planner while David Wallace Wilson  is hailed as a ‘central figure’ in Swiss trusts. Guillaume Grisel is also recommended for his comprehensive advice on trust assets for international clients, including executives and art collectors.

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