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Julie Wynne

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Work Department

Arts & Culture, Charity & mission-driven Organisations, Corporate & M&A, DLT (Blockchain) & Fintech, Banking & Finance, Private Client, Environment, Tax

Position

Julie Wynne, TEP, is specialised in all aspects of international estate planning. She provides advice in the field of wills, probate and estate administration, application of international succession laws, including international inheritance and tax issues.

She is also a highly regarded social impact lawyer with a particular expertise in philanthropy, social entrepreneurship and social impact finance. She advises individuals, non-profit organisations and businesses which aim to make social and environmental impact.

Julie Wynne also has significant experience in employment law. She provides advice to a wide array of clients, whether organisations or individuals. She worked two years as clerk with the Geneva Labour Courts.

Passionate about art, Julie Wynne assists institutional art collectors and individuals on legal issues relating to their collecting activities in connection with tax and estate planning. She also advises cultural institutions on charity law, governance issues, legacies, fundraising and sponsorship. She is a Board member of the Fondation de l’Elysée and the president of its Patrons’ Club, Club Elysée.

She is very involved in the promotion of philanthropy and the use of business as a force for good. She is the Vice-president of ESELA – the Legal Network for Social Impact, Co-Chair of STEP Philanthropy Advisors Steering Committee and a member of the Advisory Council of the Geneva Center for Business and Human Rights. She sits also in various boards of charitable organisations, amongst other of Giving Women, Earthworm Foundation and Switzerland for UNHCR Foundation.

Languages

French, English, Spanish

Memberships

Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
Geneva Bar Association (OdaGe)
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
Art Law Foundation

Education

STEP Advanced Certificate in Cross-Border Estates (2017)
STEP Advanced Certificate in Trust Disputes (2011)
STEP Diploma in International Trust Management (2010)
Admitted to the Bar (2007)
Universities of Geneva and Zurich (lic.iur.)
University of Geneva, Certificate in Transnational Law