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“When it comes to cross-border mandates, Guillaume Grisel is very sophisticated.”

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“Truly a very sharp lawyer, able to make things happen quickly and smoothly.”

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“His solutions are continuously oriented towards our requirements while he always has a strategic view, knowing what comes next.”

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“The cooperation with him is a real delight.”

       
 
Guillaume Grisel
Geneva

Dr. Guillaume Grisel, LL.M.

Partner

+41 22 707 8070

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Leticia Torres Fernandini

Assistant


leticia.torresfernandini@swlegal.ch

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). 

Expertise

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

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

Professional Experience
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
Education and Admission
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
Additional Professional Activities
  • 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
 

Recognitions

  • The Legal 500: Key Lawyer in Private Client
  • Private Client Global Elite List since 2024

Languages

  • French
  • English
  • German

Selected Publications

  The intentionally defective grantor trust: a strategy for Swiss resident US persons engaging in US gift tax exemption planning   The New Regulation of Professional Trustees in Switzerland   Le trust en Suisse - Point de situation   Le Trust en Suisse   Johnny Hallyday's death exposes the stark differences between US and European inheritance principles
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Speaking Engagements

  Guillaume Grisel: speaker at the Private Client Global Elite France Exchange in Nice   Guillaume Grisel presents Vaud and Switzerland's attractiveness to CEOs of UK Life Science Start-ups in London and Cambridge   Dr. Guillaume Grisel: Speaker at a STEP Lugano webinar on current developments of the trust in Switzerland
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