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Bernard Vischer, LL.M.
PAR TNER
Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd / Attorneys at Law
15bis, rue des Alpes / P.O. Box 2088
1211 Geneva 1 / Switzerland
T +41 22 707 8000 / F +41 22 707 8001
[email protected]
Bernard Vischer is a partner in Schellenberg Wittmer's Geneva office, where he
heads the Private Clients Group. He advises private clients in private banking
matters, enterprise succession, trusts, and estate planning. He also has
extensive practical experience in corporate and transactional matters, with a
focus on the shipping and aviation industries.
Bernard Vischer graduated from the School of Law of the University of Geneva
in 1978 before being admitted to the Swiss bar in 1980. He worked as a research
and teaching assistant in the area of corporation and banking regulations at the
University of Geneva from 1981 to 1983, when he obtained a Master of Laws
from the University of Pennsylvania. He joined Schellenberg Wittmer in 1984
and became a partner in 1990. He was managing partner from 2002 to 2007.
www.swlegal.ch
AR EAS O F PR ACTICE
Trusts & Estates; Private Banking; Corporate and
Commercial; Trade Finance
PER SO NAL INFO R MATIO N
Bar Admission: Switzerland 1980
Office: Geneva
Languages: French, English, German
R ECO G NITIO NS
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