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

Chairman of the Lausanne Chapter of the British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce (BSCC) Vice-Chairman of the Swiss & Liechtenstein STEP Federation Committee member and former Chairman, STEP Lausanne

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