Mr Mark Barmes > Lenz & Staehelin > Geneva, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile
Lenz & Staehelin Offices
ROUTE DE CHÊNE 30
1211 GENEVA 6
Switzerland
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Mr Mark Barmes
Work Department
Private Clients, International Estate and Wealth Planning, Trusts, Foundations, Private Investment Companies and Funds, Litigation and Arbitration, Dispute Resolution
Position
Senior Counsel
Career
Admission as a solicitor in Queensland, Australia (1987), Associate at Lenz & Staehelin (1988), Admission to the Section of foreign lawyers of the Geneva Bar (1990), Admission as a solicitor in England and Wales (1992), Partner at Lenz & Staehelin (1998)
Languages
English, French
Memberships
Queensland Law Society, Law Society of England & Wales, Section of Foreign Lawyers of the Geneva Bar Association, STEP (Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners) – Switzerland & Liechtenstein branch, Committee member of the Swiss Association of Trustee Companies (SATC)
Education
University of Queensland (Bachelor of Economics, 1984), University of Queensland (Bachelor of Laws, 1985)
Lawyer Rankings
Switzerland > Private client
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.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance: Geneva
- Banking and finance: Zurich
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution: arbitration
- Dispute resolution: litigation
- Employment
- Intellectual property
- Leading firms: French-speaking Switzerland
- Leading firms: German-speaking Switzerland
- Private client
- Public law
- Real estate and construction
- Tax