Dr Lucien Masmejan > Lenz & Staehelin > Geneva, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

Lenz & Staehelin fields a team of ‘first-class lawyers‘ who have ‘strong allround knowledge of private client work, in particular tax and succession matters‘. Core services relate to wealth and estate planning, re-domicilations to Switzerland as well as international inheritance advice, including related litigation. Lucien Masmejan is ‘a superb litigator, with excellent judgement and creative strategic litigation skills‘. ‘Stand-out‘ expert Heini Rüdisühli has a focus on national and international tax and succession planning and Mark Barmes is ‘one of the leading international private client lawyers in Switzerland‘ with a focus on advising foreign trustees on establishing themselves in Switzerland. The unit further includes the ‘pragmatic and thoughtful‘ Alexander Greter, ‘stand-out‘ lawyer Alexandra Hirt and ‘extremely talented private client and tax planning lawyer‘ Géraldine Auberson.

Lenz & Staehelin has considerable experience in advising international and national federations, associations, clubs and other institutions, as well as athletes, agents, event organizers, sponsors, broadcasters and the media. If required, the group can draw on its strong full-service offering to offer expertise in corporate, competition, IP, immigration and tax law. A strong focus is on a variety of sports disputes as well as on investigations. Xavier Favre-Bulle is an arbitration specialist. Lucien Masmejan combines tax, contractual and sports insights, and Stephan Erni is a corporate key contact. The trio heads up the team.

Lenz & Staehelin offers a broad array of services out of its Geneva and Lausanne offices and is particularly known for its advice in banking and finance, corporate and M&A matters as well as practice areas related to new technologies. Banking and finance specialists Shelby Du Pasquier, François Rayroux and Olivier Stahler, dispute resolution expert Xavier Favre-Bulle, competition law specialist Benoît Merkt, transactions specialist Andreas Rötheli as well as key contacts for private clients Lucien Masmejan and Jean-Blaise Eckert are noted.