Switzerland
Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
Lawyers
Guillaume Grisel
Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd, Switzerland
- Phone+41 22 707 8070
- Email[email protected]
- Social
- Profilewww.swlegal.com
Work Department
Private Wealth / Banking & Finance / ESG /Taxation / White-Collar Crime and Compliance / Art and Entertainment / Blockchain-Technologies & FinTech / Data / Financial Services
Position
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)
Career
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
Languages
French, English, German
Memberships
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
Education
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