by Abdulla Galadari | Oct 19, 2020 | • Family business; Managing, structuring, involvement, • Foundations and trusts; structures to hold, control, protect and manage family wealth
By Abdulla Galadari, Senior Partner; Manish Narayan, Partner & Arshiya Munir, Paralegal Family Businesses (“FBS”) are significant contributors to UAE’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), wealth creation and economic stability. However, research demonstrates that the...
by Natalie Peter | Jun 15, 2020 | • Foundations and trusts; structures to hold, control, protect and manage family wealth
On a governmental level, the introduction of a Swiss law on trusts is currently being reviewed as Switzerland does not provide for a suitable instrument to be used for estate planning or asset protection purposes. Arguments for the introduction of a Swiss Trust...
by Natalie Peter | Jun 15, 2020 | • Estate planning, • Family assets; art collection, portfolio, real properties
The Family Foundation is used hesitantly in Swiss succession planning, although in recent years, the establishment of a foundation has been increasingly evaluated again. A robust estate planning ensures a reliable regulation and avoidance of conflicts amongst heirs....
by Olga Boltenko | May 7, 2020 | • Emergency measures; who decides and who will be(come) responsible, • Foundations and trusts; structures to hold, control, protect and manage family wealth, • The will or testament
How to best protect your wealth? Safety of families and their wealth is of paramount importance. To best protect that you can and should take care. To know that all is well we have made a wealth and family protection checklist. When you are forced to stay at home we...
by Philip van Hilten | Oct 20, 2014 | • Emergency measures; who decides and who will be(come) responsible, • Transfer to the Next Generation
Timely and properly transferring family assets requires careful planning and training of successors and documenting the rights and obligations of all family members. This should be based on discussions between qualifying family members in which each express their...
