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Kinga M. Weiss

Kinga M. Weiss

Partner
Dr. iur., LL.M., TEP, Attorney at Law, Certified Specialist SBA Inheritance Law

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Location

Zurich

Contact

Direct phone: +41 58 658 56 80
kinga.weiss@walderwyss.com

Curriculum Vitae

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Areas of activity: Real Estate & Construction Private Clients Litigation Tax Philanthropy and International Organisations

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.

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.

Family 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 Zurich

News and developments in inheritance law Translation

| Speaker Kinga M. Weiss | Schulthess Forum Erbrecht | Park Hyatt

Predatory Marriage and other alarming circumstances

| Speakers Kinga M. Weiss and Andrea Zavos | Private Client Circle of Trust Europe | Le Mirador Resort & Spa, Vevey, Switzerland

Spotting 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 Zurich

Breakout Discussions - Mental Capacity

| Speakers Kinga M. Weiss, Andrea Zavos and Claire Van Overdijk KC | Trust & Estates Litigation Forum 2025 | Marrakesh

Relocation to Switzerland

| Speakers Kinga M. Weiss, Marius Breier and Samantha Thomann Brand | Relocation to Switzerland

Incapacity planning under Swiss law in cross-border contexts

| by Lia Börlin and Kinga M. Weiss | in: Trusts & Trustees

Schulthess 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, Zürich

New Options for Cross-Border Estate Planning under the Revised Swiss Private International Law Act

| Speaker Kinga M. Weiss | EPN IPR Theme Day | Zurich

The Revision of Chapter 6: A View from the Practice

| Speaker Kinga M. Weiss | 6e journée de droit patrimonial international | Lausanne

The new structuring options of the revised international inheritance law

| Speaker Kinga M. Weiss | Verband Solothurnischer Notare | Solothurn

Revision of Swiss international inheritance law

| by Kinga M. Weiss and Michael Müller-Zhang | in: Trusts & Trustees | Oxford University

Legal aspects of business succession in family businesses

| Speaker Kinga M. Weiss | fisca Weiterbildung Steuerpraxis

Switzerland: 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 382

International Families, Assets and Challenges for your Estate Planning

| by Kinga M. Weiss | in: Globale Female Leaders | Frankfurt

International Families, Assets and Challenges for your Estate Planning

| Speaker Kinga M. Weiss | Global Female Leaders Summit | Frankfurt

Cross Border Incapacity

| by Margaret O`Sullivan, Julia Abrey, Stuart Bear and Kinga M. Weiss | Cancun, Mexico

New possibilities for cross-border estate planning under the revised Federal Act on Private International Law

| by Kinga M. Weiss | Erlenbach

The impact of the EU Succession Regulation on cases linked with third countries (namely Switzerland)

| Speaker Kinga M. Weiss | Europäische Rechtsakademie Trier (ERA) | Germany

Jurisdiction in Switzerland in cross-border successions

| by Kinga M. Weiss and Michael Müller-Zhang | in: Trusts & Trustees
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Recognitions


Legal500 EMEA Recommended Lawyer 2025
Private Client Global Elite Directory 2025
Best Lawyers _ Kinga Weiss Wealth Management 2025
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