Zurich

Speechly Bircham advises individuals, family offices, fiduciaries and financial institutions using Switzerland as a wealth management centre. We integrate our services to private clients and family offices with those to institutions in the private banking sector and other wealth management intermediaries to provide a sophisticated and distinctive approach to advising clients and intermediaries.

In Zurich, Speechly Bircham AG focuses on English law, private international law, UK and cross border taxation, and UK and EU financial services regulation in the private wealth and financial services arenas.  We advise wealthy individuals and family offices on the international structuring of wealth in order to protect it from the threats of taxation, reporting and compliance, family disputes, divorce or profligacy of family members.  We provide a centre of expertise for those requiring advice on programmes for regularising their tax affairs such as the Lichtenstein Disclosure Facility (LDF), where we have considerable expertise and experience. Our financial services specialists advise private banking institutions on the legal aspects of the financial services and products they offer to their clients and financial services regulation. We have extensive experience of advising Swiss private banking institutions on products and services offered to clients in the UK and the cross border regulatory issues that arise.

Whether you are based in a single or multi family office, a private bank, Swiss law firm, or you are a Swiss-based fiduciary company or trustee, we have the capability and experience to advise you.

As a significant adviser to the international wealth management and financial services communities, we offer a unique dimension to clients and intermediaries through combining corporate, tax, regulatory, funds and private client advice across three of Europe’s leading centres for financial services and wealth management - London, Luxembourg and Zurich.

Speechly Bircham AG is incorporated in Switzerland and is authorised to practise there as a corporate law firm by the supervisory commission for lawyers of the canton of Zurich. All of Speechly Bircham AG's lawyers, including partners, are solicitors regulated by the Solicitors' Regulation Authority, the independent regulatory body of the Law Society of England and Wales.