Kinga M. Weiss
Partner
Dr. iur., LL.M., TEP, Attorney at Law, Certified Specialist SBA Inheritance Law
Location
Contact
Direct phone: +41 58 658 56 80
kinga.weiss@walderwyss.com
Curriculum Vitae
"Kinga M. Weiss is very multicultural and industrious as a bee. She has a considerable knowledge in cross border matters and international wealth planning." - The Legal 500
"Kinga M. Weiss is the person I always refer to when dealing with Swiss succession and legal planning. She is an outstanding professional as well as being knowledgeable and always up to date technically." - Chambers and Partners
Kinga M. Weiss is a partner and co-chair of the Private Clients team of Walder Wyss. She primarily devotes her time to domestic and foreign private clients, banks and family offices. Her areas of expertise are centered around both private clients and entrepreneurs in matters of inheritance law, including marital property law, relating to estate planning, business succession and execution of wills. Cross-border cases account for the bulk of her field of action. Besides, she also supports clients with relocation, asset structuring, trust and endowment matters and tax affairs. She regularly holds speeches and publishes articles in and outside of Switzerland. Kinga M. Weiss was a member of the Expert Commission on the revision of the Swiss Private International Law Act on inheritance law. She chairs the Schulthess Forum conference and is the country correspondent for Trusts & Trustees, the leading international journal on trust law and practice and the official journal of the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law.
"Kinga M. Weiss is very multicultural and industrious as a bee. She has a considerable knowledge in cross border matters and international wealth planning." - The Legal 500
"Kinga M. Weiss is the person I always refer to when dealing with Swiss succession and legal planning. She is an outstanding professional as well as being knowledgeable and always up to date technically." - Chambers and Partners
She is a member of the Zurich Bar Association, Swiss Bar Association, International Bar Association (IBA), the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law as well as a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC).
Born in 1969, Kinga M. Weiss was educated at the University of Zurich (lic.iur. 1996, Dr.iur. 1999) and New York University School of Law (LL.M. 2003). In 2000 she passed the bar and qualified as an attorney and in 2011 she graduated as certified specialist SBA inheritance law. She has working experience as clerk at the District Court of Meilen and as attorney for several years with a major Zurich law firm.
Kinga M. Weiss speaks German, English and Hungarian. She is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and admitted to practice in all Switzerland.
International inheritance and pre-/postnuptial agreements
| Speakers Kinga M. Weiss, Jennifer Dürst and Bernhard Motal | Internationale ErbverträgeBedeutung der EUErbVO für das internationale Erbverfahrensrecht
| Speaker Kinga M. Weiss | Bedeutung der EUErbVO für das internationale ErbverfahrensrechtFamily and Wealth Planning Implications: What to Consider When Living Healthier and Longer
| Speakers Kinga M. Weiss, Paul H. Arni, Dr. Daniel Leu and Roger Stutz | The SIP-BILANZ Health & Longevity Conference 2025 | Park Hyatt ZurichTax challenges in inheritance cases
| by Kinga M. Weiss and Nicolas Bopp | in: Plädoyer - Magazin für Recht und Politik 4/2025 | pp. 36 to 41News and developments in inheritance law Translation
| Speaker Kinga M. Weiss | Schulthess Forum Erbrecht | Park HyattPredatory Marriage and other alarming circumstances
| Speakers Kinga M. Weiss and Andrea Zavos | Private Client Circle of Trust Europe | Le Mirador Resort & Spa, Vevey, SwitzerlandSpotting Mental Decline and Incapacity: What Private Client Advisors and Trustees Should Know
| Speakers Kinga M. Weiss and Michael Fischer | The SIP-BILANZ Health & Longevity Conference 2025 | Park Hyatt ZurichBreakout Discussions - Mental Capacity
| Speakers Kinga M. Weiss, Andrea Zavos and Claire Van Overdijk KC | Trust & Estates Litigation Forum 2025 | MarrakeshRelocation to Switzerland
| Speakers Kinga M. Weiss, Marius Breier and Samantha Thomann Brand | Relocation to SwitzerlandIncapacity planning under Swiss law in cross-border contexts
| by Lia Börlin and Kinga M. Weiss | in: Trusts & TrusteesSchulthess Forum on Successions Current - Matrimonial property, inheritance and property law planning prior to the JUSO estate tax initiative
| Speakers Kinga M. Weiss and Robert Desax | Schulthess Forum | Park Hyatt, ZürichNew Options for Cross-Border Estate Planning under the Revised Swiss Private International Law Act
| Speaker Kinga M. Weiss | EPN IPR Theme Day | ZurichThe Revision of Chapter 6: A View from the Practice
| Speaker Kinga M. Weiss | 6e journée de droit patrimonial international | LausanneThe new structuring options of the revised international inheritance law
| Speaker Kinga M. Weiss | Verband Solothurnischer Notare | SolothurnRevision of Swiss international inheritance law
| by Kinga M. Weiss and Michael Müller-Zhang | in: Trusts & Trustees | Oxford UniversityLegal aspects of business succession in family businesses
| Speaker Kinga M. Weiss | fisca Weiterbildung SteuerpraxisSwitzerland: The Swiss Family Foundation - revival for family wealth and estate planning?
| by Kinga M. Weiss and Andrea Tina Weber | in: Trusts & Trustees Volume 30, Issue 6, July 2024 | pp. 377 to 382International Families, Assets and Challenges for your Estate Planning
| Speaker Kinga M. Weiss | Global Female Leaders Summit | FrankfurtInternational Families, Assets and Challenges for your Estate Planning
| by Kinga M. Weiss | in: Globale Female Leaders | FrankfurtCross Border Incapacity
| by Margaret O`Sullivan, Julia Abrey, Stuart Bear and Kinga M. Weiss | Cancun, MexicoRecognitions
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