Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Private Wealth / Banking & Finance / ESG /Taxation / White-Collar Crime and Compliance / Art and Entertainment / Blockchain-Technologies & FinTech / Data / Financial Services

Guillaume Grisel is a Partner in Schellenberg Wittmer’s Private Wealth group. He assists high net worth individuals and families, including entertainers, art collectors and philanthropists. Guillaume Grisel regularly advises banks, wealth managers, family offices and professional trustees in compliance and regulatory matters too. He is the author of the only comprehensive textbook on trust law in Switzerland (Le Trust en Suisse).

Experience

• Estate and tax planning for high net worth individuals and families
• Trust law, taxation of trusts
• Regulation of financial institutions
• Anti-money laundering law
• Mutual assistance and automatic exchange of information in tax matters (CRS, FATCA)

2023 - Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer

2014 - Partner at a Swiss law firm

2010 - Associate at a Swiss law firm

2006 -Trainee Lawyer at a Swiss law firm

2002 - Research and teaching assistant in commercial law, University of Lausanne

French, English, German

Presiding Judge for the STEP Private Client Awards (2024 and 2025) Vice-Chairman of the Swiss & Liechtenstein STEP Federation Committee member and former Chairman, STEP Lausanne Former Chairman of the Lausanne Chapter of the British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce (BSCC)

2010 - Trust & Estate Practitioner (TEP)

2010 - LL.M., University of Cambridge (UK)

2010 - Dr. iur., University of Lausanne

2008 - Bar Admission in Switzerland

2002 - Lic. iur. Universities of Lausanne and Zurich