Lawyers for Private Clients, Foundations, Trusts, and Establishments

Wills and Inheritance Contracts

A well-considered estate plan ensures that the wishes of the testator are carried out in the event of death and helps to prevent conflicts betweenheirs and other involved parties. Our experienced inheritance lawyers are happy to advise you on estate planning, creating wills, inheritance and gift contracts, precautionary powers of attorney, and waiver of compulsory portion agreements. We cater individually to your needs.

Asset Tracing and Recovery

Delinquents often use complex corporate or trust structures to hide unlawfully obtained proceeds from criminal activities and obscure their origins. When such assets are located, swift action is required to prevent their further transfer through criminal or civil procedural measures (especially filing for a preliminary injunction). Victims can rely on our extensive experience and comprehensive expertise in both securing and recovering unlawfully obtained assets. Given the often international context of such cases, our good network with foreign law firms is also advantageous.

Estate Planning

Careful estate planning secures the future of your loved ones and avoids legal disputes. Our inheritance lawyers advise and support you in smoothly passing on your wealth according to your wishes. The options range from wills to inheritance contracts to the formation of a foundation or a trust. Benefit from our holistic advice that seamlessly combines legal and tax expertise.

Family Offices

A family office supports you in managing your family wealth. Family offices typically handle all financial, legal, tax, and administrative matters arising from the organization and management of your family wealth. This way, you and your family gain time for personal matters.

Private Foundations: Formation and Management

The Liechtenstein private foundation is an ideal legal vehicle for asset protection. It offers individual flexibility, discretion, and asset protection. The Liechtenstein private foundation is recognized and serves as a model for foundation law in many legal systems.

The formation and management of foundations is one of our core competencies. Our foundation lawyers advise you on the formation of a foundation and show you how to set up a tailor-made foundation. This ensures sustainable asset protection across generations and creates financial security for you and your loved ones.

Formation of a Charitable Foundation

Liechtenstein offers ideal conditions in the field of charitable activities. With the formation of a charitable foundation, you can sustainably realize your social commitment in the long term.

We design your charitable foundation according to your wishes, whether to promote health, education, science, culture, animal or environmental protection. Your charitable foundation can also serve multiple purposes and pursue private goals to a limited extent (less than 50%). We take care of both the formation of your charitable foundation and its ongoing management to ensure your commitment is implemented successfully and sustainably.

Corporate Foundations

In addition to private and charitable foundations, “corporate foundations” can also be formed in Liechtenstein. The main purpose of a corporate foundation is to hold all or most of the shares in an entity operating a business. The corporate foundation embodies the legal nexus between the foundation and the business.

The advantages of the corporate foundation are clear: it avoids disputes within the entrepreneurial family about whether, how, and by whom the business should be continued. The fragmentation or splitting of businesses can be prevented across generations, ensuring business longevity.

Liechtenstein, as a foundation law location, offers optimal legal, political, and economic conditions for corporate foundations. Take advantage of these benefits, protect your entrepreneurial life’s work, and ensure the preservation of your business for generations through a Liechtenstein corporate foundation.

We accompany you every step of the way: from the initial consultation, through planning to the formation and management of the corporate foundation.

Family Trusts

Liechtenstein is the only continental European legal system that has enshrined the trust in law. The crucial difference between a trust and a foundation is that the trust is not a legal entity. Rather, it is a special contractual relationship between the settlor (trustor) and the trustee for the benefit of the beneficiaries.
Family trusts offer you the opportunity to protect, grow, and pass on your family wealth according to your wishes.

Together, we design a customized family trust structure precisely tailored to your family’s needs, creating a stable foundation for the future. In this way the family trust ensures that your wealth is managed according to your wishes and preserved for generations to come.

Purpose Trusts

Unlike other legal systems that regulate trusts, a “purpose trust” can also be established in Liechtenstein. A purpose trust does not have individuals as beneficiaries; instead, the trust assets serve a higher – typically charitable – purpose.

We work together to create a tailored purpose trust solution to establish a reliable, cross-generational structure. Always with the goal of realizing your visions and creating lasting values – for you, your family, or society.

The Establishment as a Legal Form

The establishment is a distinctive type of legal entity. It can be used as a holding company or as a commercially active company. The legal form “establishment” is characterized by its flexible design options. It can be designed in a foundation-like or corporate-like manner and adjusted to your individual needs.

Lawyers for Charitable Law

Charity is the key to a fairer and more sustainable society. You set an example and advance significant projects in the fields of health, education, science, culture, animal protection, or environmental protection. The Liechtenstein legal system provides you with various legal forms for this purpose, including the charitable foundation, the charitable trust, and the foundation-like establishment. Our lawyers for charitable law help you find the appropriate legal form for your social commitment and successfully implement your visions.

Relocation

Moving to Liechtenstein opens up new opportunities and possibilities. However, relocating also raises challenges. Whether you are moving to Liechtenstein for family, personal, or professional reasons, we are here to advise you on all legal and tax matters. Moving to Liechtenstein offers a high quality of life as well as optimal legal, tax, and political conditions for both individuals and companies.

Our lawyers advise you on the hurdles and requirements you will face when moving to Liechtenstein. If you are planning to move your business to Liechtenstein, we support you with all the necessary steps – whether it is relocating the registered office, establishing a new company, or a cross-border merger.