Private Client & Estate Planning

Helping individuals, families and
charities succeed in a complex and
changing world.

Private Client & Estate Planning
Helping individuals, families and
charities succeed in a complex and
changing world.
Advice that makes a difference is based on a unique mix of legal skills, interdisciplinary thinking, a deep understanding of family dynamics and generations of experience.

Our Private Clients Team has unparalleled expertise in advising clients worldwide on contentious and non-contentious matters, covering the full range of legal issues our clients face.

We advise and represent private clients and their families, entrepreneurs, family offices, closely held businesses, charitable organisations as well as service providers such as banks and trustees. Among the families we advise, many have relied on our firm's services for several decades, some of them now in the third generation.

Apart from our experience and legal expertise, our clients appreciate our responsiveness and our ability to understand family dynamics.

Matters we assist our clients with include:

  • Administration and executorship of complex estates
  • Art collections (tax and succession planning concerning art collections)
  • Philanthropy and the formation of charitable organisations, including governance and management aspects
  • Estate Planning
  • Trusts and Foundations
  • Estate & Trust Litigation
  • Real Estate planning and transactions
  • Family Law
  • Relocation to Switzerland
  • Taxation aspects in relation to all the above
Brilliant lawyers who have a commercial problem solving approach coupled with oodles of emotional intelligence - perfect for dealing with private clients.
Legal 500 2025
The private client practice of Bär & Karrer is extremely experienced, particularly in cross-border matters. The lawyers there work quickly, reliably and at an extremely high level.
Legal 500 2025
I have worked with their team for years. They have an unmatched depth in their bench of talented and experienced lawyers. They have a tremendous work ethic. They are also very practical.
Legal 500 2025
Excellent service. Outstanding team. Always on top of the market.
Legal 500, 2022
Bär and Karrer is the ‘go-to’ firm in Switzerland.
Legal 500, 2022
Working with them is a dream; I have total confidence in them, at all times
Client in Private Wealth Law of Chambers HNW 2021
We always get an exceptional service and they go above and beyond
Client in Private Wealth Law of Chambers HNW 2021
Extraordinary team! Responsive and always available to their clients.
Legal 500 2021
A very hands-on and thorough team that has an outstanding commitment to its clients.
Legal 500 2021
The breadth and depth of technical competence as well as the ability to keep an eye on the broader picture are unique.’
Legal 500 2021
Responsive, strategic and thorough.
Chambers HNW guide 2020
They are a very elegant firm with an excellent reputation.
Source in Chambers HNW guide 2020
They are the premier league.
Chambers HNW guide 2020
Is universally excellent, and is able to tackle high-value, complex matters.
Legal 500 2020
Achieving the best results for its often highly demanding clients.
Legal 500 2020
Law Firm of the Year Switzerland Award
Citywealth IFC Awards 2024, 2022 & 2021
European Private Client Team of the Year
Chambers HNW Awards 2023
Ranked in Tier 1
by Chambers HNW and Legal 500 2025
Private Client Firm of the Year Award
WWL Switzerland Awards 2021
International Private Client Team of the Year Award
The British Legal Awards 2020

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