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) Senior Counsel at Lenz & Staehelin (2023)
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‘s private client team is headed up by the ‘very experienced‘ Heini Rüdisühli and Lucien Masmejan. Recent work spans wealth and estate planning issues, establishing new estate planning projects for HNWI, assisting clients with both national and international inheritance law matters, and acting in various re-domiciliation projects. Other team members include Frédéric Neukomm and Daniel Schafer, who are both certified tax experts, and Mark Barmes, who advises on all aspects of wealth planning. Alexandra Hirt, described by clients as a ‘future star‘, was promoted to partner in January 2022, and Géraldine Auberson is the key name at senior associate level.
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