Tina Wüstemann

Partner
Experience

Tina Wüstemann heads Bär & Karrer's private client team. She advises Swiss and foreign private clients as well as service providers regarding complex estate planning matters including trusts, prenuptial agreements and wills. Tina Wüstemann also advises charitable foundations and is involved in litigious trust and estate cases as well as the administration of large international estates.

Apart from trust and estate law, Tina Wüstemann represents clients in international commercial arbitration proceedings. Litigation and general corporate and commercial matters are also part of her expertise.

Tina Wüstemann has published and lectured on trust and estate matters as well as arbitration in Switzerland and abroad.

The Legal 500 (2009 and 2010) has recommended Tina Wüstemann "for her experience in litigious cases and administration of large international estates". In 2011, Tina Wüstemann was elected Runner Up of the Year in the category International Lawyer of the Year at the Citywealth Magic Circle Awards. According to Chambers Global 2012, her reputation as a strong practitioner in this area continues to grow. Sources describe her as "terrific – an absolute pleasure to deal with. She's good at distilling things down to what works for the client and she provides concise answers in a timely manner." Her arbitration and litigation prowess is also commended in Chambers Global 2012. Chambers Europe describes her as a "foremost litigator and arbitrator" (2011) and considers her to be a "truly excellent private client specialist" (2010).

Curriculum
  • Partner of Bär & Karrer (since 2004)
  • Associate at Bär & Karrer (1998)
  • Member of the New York Bar (not practicing) (2000)
  • New York University: LL.M. (1998)
  • Associate at a Swiss law firm (1994)
  • Admitted to the Zurich Bar (1994)
  • University of Zurich: lic. iur. (1994)
  • Trainee at Middletons Moore & Bevins (Sidney) (1992)
  • Law Clerk at the District Court of Zurich (1990)
Memberships and Public Offices
  • Swiss Bar Association (SAV/FSA)
  • Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
  • New York State Bar Association
  • International Bar Association (IBA) (Vice-Chair Family Law Committee 2012)
  • STEP Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
  • Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
  • Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS)
  • Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC)
Admission
  • All Swiss Courts
 
Contact Details
Tina Wüstemann
Bär & Karrer AG
Brandschenkestrasse 90
CH-8027 Zurich
Switzerland
T: +41 58 261 50 00
F: +41 58 261 50 01
tina.wuestemann@baerkarrer.ch
Assistant
Sonia Widmer
T: +41 58 261 50 00
F: +41 58 261 50 01
sonia.widmer@baerkarrer.ch
 
 
 
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