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Lawyers for Private Clients

Our firm has been advising private individuals for many decades. The firm’s private client practice enjoys a high standing and reputation in the field. We strive to understand the needs of our clients and their families and to tailor our advice accordingly. The individuals we represent include entrepreneurs, professionals, landowners, artists, and philanthropists of all ages. In some cases, we have been acting for families over a number of generations.

Our private client team advises on a wide range of legal topics. Our expertise includes national and international aspects.

Discover the areas we cover here

 
David Hürlimann
David Hürlimann
Managing Partner
Attorney at Law, Certified Tax Expert
Switzerland, Zurich
David Hürlimann’s practice focuses on tax law, in particular taxation of groups, merger & acquisition, corporate restructuring, international tax and tax accounting. Other areas of his tax practice...
Tina Balzli
Tina Balzli, LL.M. (NYU), LL.M. (NUS)
Partner
Head of Fintech & Blockchain, CMS Switzerland and Co-Head of the CMS Crypto, Digital Assets and FinTech International Focus Group
Switzerland, Zurich
Tina Balzli specializes in banking, insurance, financial and capital markets law, general corporate and commercial law as well as mergers & acquisitions, with a particular focus on fintech and blockchain. She...
Sarah Busca Bonvin
Sarah Busca Bonvin
Partner
Certified Tax Expert
Switzerland, Geneva
Sarah Busca Bonvin is a lawyer specializing in tax law for both legal entities and individuals. In collaboration with Andrio Orler, she is responsible for CMS' tax department in Geneva, which she joined...
Mark Cagienard
Mark Cagienard, LL.M. VAT
Partner
Attorney at Law, Certified Tax Expert, Co-Head of Tax Group
Switzerland, Zurich
Mark Cagienard specialises in tax law, covering individual and corporate taxation both on a domestic and international level with a particular focus on corporate finance, M&A and VAT. Mark Cagienard assists...
Pierre Ducret, LL.M.
Partner
Certified Specialist SBA Inheritance Law
Switzerland, Geneva
Pierre Ducret is a Partner and Co-Head of the Private Clients and Sports Law Departments at CMS Switzerland. He advises and assists clients in complex litigation, mainly in civil and commercial matters...
Andrio Orler
Andrio Orler
Partner
Certified Tax Expert
Switzerland, Geneva
Andrio Orler is the Head of Tax at CMS Switzerland and a leading lawyer in corporate tax law. He is mainly active in M&A transactions, corporate reorganisations, cross-border transactions and the set-up...
Tobias Somary
Tobias Somary, LL.M.
Partner
Certified Specialist SBA Inheritance Law
Switzerland, Zurich
Tobias Somary heads the private client team of the firm. He specialises in estate and succession planning, prenuptial agreements, estate administration (executorship), inheritance disputes, foundations...
Louise Lutz Sciamanna
Louise Lutz Sciamanna, LL.M.
Counsel
Certified Specialist SBA Inheritance Law
Switzerland, Zurich
Louise Lutz Sciamanna is a specialist in inheritance law. She advises private clients in the areas of wealth and estate planning, estate administration, national and international matrimonial and inheritance...
Tanja Schaub
Tanja Schaub
Counsel
Certified Tax Expert
Switzerland, Zurich
Tanja Schaub is a tax lawyer and Swiss Certified tax expert with a focus on corporate tax, real estate taxation, private clients and social security matters – all on domestic and international level...
Giuseppe Sottile
Giuseppe Sottile
Counsel
Certified Tax Expert
Switzerland, Geneva
Giuseppe Sottile is a tax expert who began his career in 1992 at KPMG, initially as an auditor and later as a tax specialist. Subsequently, he joined PricewaterhouseCoopers, primarily working on international...