Bär & Karrer is a renowned Swiss law firm with more than 170 lawyers in Zurich, Geneva, Lugano and Zug. Our core business is advising our clients on innovative and complex transactions and representing them in litigation, arbitration and regulatory proceedings. Our clients range from multinational corporations to private individuals in Switzerland and around the world.
Individuals and companies establish offshore trusts for reasons including privacy, tax optimisation, estate planning and asset protection. But when push comes to shove, do these structures survive judicial scrutiny?
Switzerland
IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025-4.11.2025
Individuals and companies establish offshore trusts for reasons
including privacy, tax optimisation, estate planning and asset
protection. But when push comes to shove, do these structures
survive judicial scrutiny? This session will look at whether major
onshore jurisdictions honour offshore trust structures, including
examination of scenarios in which such structures have been
disregarded, pierced or annulled.
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Bär & Karrer is a renowned Swiss law firm with more than 170 lawyers in Zurich, Geneva, Lugano and Zug. Our core business is advising our clients on innovative and complex transactions and representing them in litigation, arbitration and regulatory proceedings. Our clients range from multinational corporations to private individuals in Switzerland and around the world.
