Mr David Wallace Wilson, M.J.C. > Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd > Geneva, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd Offices

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
5bis, rue des Alpes
P.O. Box 2088
1211 Geneva 1
Switzerland
Visit website +41 22 707 8000 +41 22 707 8001

Mr David Wallace Wilson, M.J.C.

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Work Department

Geneva / Private Clients & Estates / Taxation / Sports, Art and Entertainment / White-Collar Crime and Compliance.

Position

David Wallace Wilson is a partner in Schellenberg Wittmer’s Geneva office, where he heads the Private Wealth group. His main areas of practice include domestic and international estate planning as well as trust and estate litigation.

Experience:

  • Advising individuals and families on wealth structuring, life-time and estate planning
  • Specialist in complex family, guardianship and inheritance disputes
  • Acting as executor in international successions
  • Advising trustees and intermediaries on regulatory issues (AML, CRS etc.)
  • Assisting clients with their fine-art and philanthropic ventures

Career

2009 – Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer
2003 – Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer

Languages

  • French
  • English
  • German

Memberships

  • Chairman of STEP Geneva (officer since 2004)
  • Committee Member – STEP International Client Global Special Interest Group (SIG)
  • Founder of www.trusts.ch, the leading website on trusts in Switzerland
  • Extensive speaking engagements and topical publications

Education

2013 – STEP Advanced Certificate in Mediation
2009 – Bar Admission in Switzerland
2003 – STEP Qualified Practitioner
2001 – Master of Laws in Comparative Jurisprudence (M.C.J.), New York University
1998 – Master of Law, University of Geneva

Lawyer Rankings

Switzerland > Private client

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David Wallace Wilson – Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

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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