The CMS team has been advising individuals for many decades and is recognized as one of the prime law firms for private client matters. We strive to understand the needs of our clients and their families. 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 areas. Our expertise covers national and international aspects in the following areas:

• Estate planning and estate administration (executorship)
• Matrimonial property and inheritance agreements
• Wills and bequests
• Relocation, residence, and nationality
• Foundations, endowments, and trusts
• Tax planning (income tax, capital gains tax, and inheritance tax planning)
• Employment issues
• Charities and art
• MBO / MBI / IPO or M&A structures where no heirs exist within the family
• Dispute resolution in the aforementioned areas, in particular trust and estate litigation and arbitration

Contact

To contact one of our legal experts, please see the contact list in the right column.