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Dharshi Wijetunga

+41 (0)43 430 02 30 Dharshi.Wijetunga@crsblaw.com

Work Department

Private Client

Position

Dharshi is a partner in the private client team, based in Switzerland. She advises on the establishment, restructure and maintenance of trusts and wealth holding structures for individuals and business owning families. She has specific experience with clients from Asia due to the experience she gained in Singapore while working for a global private bank. As a result she acts for several ultra-high net worth individuals and families with a connection to Asia, often working hand in hand with their relationship manager or external asset manager (usually based in either Switzerland, Singapore or Hong Kong) and acting as the primary coordinator for their legal and tax needs.

She advises both Swiss and international trustees on complex trust matters, including the New Zealand law aspects of private wealth structures. Trustees seek her out because of her commercial approach and her ability to advise on product documentation (including all aspects of trust business from take-on to exit) as well as general business and risk issues.

Dharshi is dual qualified in New Zealand and England and Wales (non-practising).

Memberships

Dharshi is a member of the Society for Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and is also currently sits on the STEP Zurich Committee. She is based permanently in Zurich, Switzerland.