Our committed private client practice provides a full range of services to individuals, families and new or established entrepreneurs. Our tax experts are always ready to step in when needed. The private client group advises on all aspects of family law, residential property and estate disputes.

The team specializes in the planning of private estates and succession, the formation of foundations, the design and execution of wills as well as marriage / registered partnerships and inheritance agreements, all in close collaboration with our firm’s experienced public notaries.

The private client specialists of Kellerhals are also recognized as a leading team in the aforementioned areas of Family Law. Our attorneys bring a sophisticated, pragmatic and humane approach to all issues concerning relationship breakdown and wealth protection. The challenges arising with the breakdown of family relationships can be complex. Our work commonly involves very substantial assets, international issues and trust, tax and pension considerations. Our comprehensive services also extend to advising our clients on wealth protection issues, including pre- and mid-nuptial agreements. We have considerable expertise in this area. We advise and represent our clients in international and Swiss family law proceedings as well as in divorces and proceedings concerning children.

The quality of our tax planning advice is widely recognized as the strength of our private client practice. Clients who entrust their personal affairs to Kellerhals gain the services of a team whose tax planning expertise has received national recognition. We administer Swiss and Non-Swiss estates in an efficient and sensitive fashion, dealing with all tax issues, including the variation of wills and the implementation of post-death tax-saving strategies.