Philippe Pulfer is co-head of the firm’s Private Client practice. He is widely recognised as one of Switzerland’s leading private client lawyers and, for more than 20 years, has been constantly top-ranked by all major professional directories. He is, according to Chambers HNW, ‘the go-to person in Switzerland’ in his area of practice and has been described by Legal 500 as 'one of the most knowledgeable trust and private client practitioners in Switzerland'. He has been included in the ALM Private Client Global Elite since the ranking’s inaugural edition in 2012 (under the Legal Week banner) and every year since its relaunch in 2017.

Philippe Pulfer specialises in wealth structuring and estate planning with an international focus and acts in complex, mostly multi-jurisdictional, succession and trust disputes. He advises charities and charity donors in all areas of philanthropy, with a particular focus on the arts and the support to cultural institutions, and serves as a board member of several charitable foundations. He has also significant experience in private banking disputes, in particular mismanagement of funds, fraud cases and international judicial assistance.

Philippe Pulfer is a member of the Geneva Bar Association, Swiss Bar Association, International Bar Association (IBA), Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and The International Academy of Estate and Trust Law (TIAETL), as well as an International Fellow of the American College of Estate and Trust Counsel (ACTEC). He is a long-serving committee member of STEP Geneva and sat for two terms on the STEP Worldwide Council. He is a frequent speaker at international conferences and the author of publications on Swiss succession law, the practice of trusts in Switzerland, charities and art law.

Philippe Pulfer graduated from the University of Geneva in 1992 and was admitted to the Bar in 1995.

Philippe Pulfer speaks French and English. He is registered with the Geneva Bar and admitted to practice in all Switzerland.

Private Client 2023: Chapter Switzerland

| di Philippe Pulfer, Philippe Kohler e Yacine Rezki | in: International Comparative Legal Guide

Death and Taxes Are Absolute Certainties – But Litigation Doesn’t Need to Be

| Relatore Philippe Pulfer | Cambridge Forum for international Wealth Advisors | Chewton Glen, Hampshire, United Kingdom

R.I.P. Swiss Trust?

| di Philippe Pulfer | in: The Month – Private Client Global Elite

Private Client 2022: Chapter Switzerland

| di Philippe Pulfer, Philippe Kohler e Yacine Rezki | in: International Comparative Legal Guide

Structures in Crisis

| Relatore Philippe Pulfer | Legal week, Private Client Forum | Como

About elephants and other animals - Contrasting different entity types and how they drive litigation strategy

| Relatore Philippe Pulfer | Cambridge Forum, Forum on International Wealth Disputes | Athens

Private Client 2020: Chapter Switzerland

| di Philippe Pulfer e Olivier Sigg | in: "International Comparative Legal Guide" | Ninth Edition

Consigli per collezionisti in materia di pianificazione

| Relatore Philippe Pulfer | STEP LUNCH - Succession & Oeuvres d'Art | Lausanne

Guida legate comparativa internazionale su: clienti privati 2019 - Capitolo Svizzera

| di Philippe Pulfer e Olivier Sigg | Editore: Global Legal Group Ltd, London | Ed.: 8th Edition

Incompetenza internazionale

| Relatore Philippe Pulfer | Legal week, Private Client Forum | Como

Elenchi pubblici secondo la quarta direttiva UE sul riciclaggio di denaro – una violazione eccessiva dei diritti della persona?

| Relatore Philippe Pulfer | IBA, 23rd Annual International Wealth Transfer Conference | London

Ein klareres Bild

| Relatore Philippe Pulfer | Legal week, Private Client Forum | Como

Ehegüterrecht, Einbringung von Vermögenswerten in Trusts

| Relatore Philippe Pulfer | Cambridge Forum, Forum on International Wealth Disputes | Barcelona

Sorgt Den Haag für Harmonie?

| Relatore Philippe Pulfer | Transcontinental Trusts Conference | Genf

Der schlechte Klient: Wie man ihn identifiziert, wie man ihn vermeidet und inwiefern der Rechtsberater verantwortlich ist, wenn er ihn annimmt

| Relatore Philippe Pulfer | Cambridge Forum, Forum on International Wealth Disputes | Marbella

Extreme der Nachlassplanung

| Relatore Philippe Pulfer | Legal week, Private Client Forum | Como

Protektoren: Allzwecklösung oder vorprogrammierte Katastrophe

| Relatore Philippe Pulfer | Transcontinental Trusts International Conference | Bermuda

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