Kinga M. Weiss

Kinga M. Weiss

Associée
Dr. iur., LL.M., TEP, Avocate, Avocate spécialiste FSA en droit successoral

Site

Zurich

Contact

Téléphone direct: +41 58 658 56 80
kinga.weiss@walderwyss.com

Curriculum Vitae

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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

| Conférenciers Kinga M. Weiss, Paul H. Arni, Dr. Daniel Leu et Roger Stutz | The SIP-BILANZ Health & Longevity Conference 2025 | Park Hyatt Zurich

News and developments in inheritance law Translation

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

Predatory Marriage and other alarming circumstances

| Conférenciers Kinga M. Weiss et 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

| Conférenciers Kinga M. Weiss et Michael Fischer | The SIP-BILANZ Health & Longevity Conference 2025 | Park Hyatt Zurich

Breakout Discussions - Mental Capacity

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

Relocation to Switzerland

| Conférenciers Kinga M. Weiss, Marius Breier et Samantha Thomann Brand | Relocation to Switzerland

Incapacity planning under Swiss law in cross-border contexts

| par Lia Börlin et Kinga M. Weiss | dans: Trusts & Trustees

Schulthess Forum on Successions Current - Matrimonial property, inheritance and property law planning prior to the JUSO estate tax initiative

| Conférenciers Kinga M. Weiss et Robert Desax | Schulthess Forum | Park Hyatt, Zürich

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

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

The Revision of Chapter 6: A View from the Practice

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

The new structuring options of the revised international inheritance law

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

Revision of Swiss international inheritance law

| par Kinga M. Weiss et Michael Müller-Zhang | dans: Trusts & Trustees | Oxford University

Legal aspects of business succession in family businesses

| Conférencière Kinga M. Weiss | fisca Weiterbildung Steuerpraxis

Switzerland: The Swiss Family Foundation - revival for family wealth and estate planning?

| par Kinga M. Weiss et Andrea Tina Weber | dans: Trusts & Trustees Volume 30, Issue 6, July 2024 | P. 377 to 382

International Families, Assets and Challenges for your Estate Planning

| par Kinga M. Weiss | dans: Globale Female Leaders | Frankfurt

International Families, Assets and Challenges for your Estate Planning

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

Cross Border Incapacity

| par Margaret O`Sullivan, Julia Abrey, Stuart Bear et Kinga M. Weiss | Global Female Leaders Summit | Cancun, Mexico

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

| par Kinga M. Weiss | Global Female Leaders Summit | Erlenbach

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

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

Jurisdiction in Switzerland in cross-border successions

| par Kinga M. Weiss et Michael Müller-Zhang | dans: Trusts & Trustees

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