English law services from our Geneva office
Our Geneva office was established to meet the growing needs of our clients in the area for
English legal services. The office is headed by partner Oliver Drennan.
Corporate and Commercial
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Major contracts, including joint ventures, alliances and major service agreements
- Outsourcing
- Petroleum Industry matters - especially downstream
- All aspects of technology law - Software, IP, IT and Telecoms
- Corporate transactions under English law or with an English law component
- Corporate finance and capital raising
- Setting up a business in Switzerland
- In-house legal services provision.
Private Client and Private Wealth Management
- Capital tax and estate planning including the use of domestic and offshore trusts
- Administration of trusts
- General tax planning and structuring
- Private banking relationships and structures
- Contentious trust and probate work
The office also draws on the expertise of our London based lawyers in each of the firm's core
practice areas and specialisations.
We have French speakers in each department and can also conduct business in German, Italian and
Portuguese.
We have now well established our Geneva office, it has excellent contacts with many of the
leading Swiss law firms as well as the banks and other professional services providers.