Advising private clients and their families in personal matters is a long-standing tradition at SAAS. We assist clients in all aspects of estate planning, including:

• Personal and commercial asset planning
• Inheritance law
• General and international estate planning
• Fiduciary operations, trust and estate administration, and executor-ships
• Advice on financial interests and real property transactions
• Structuring cross-border arrangements, considering matrimonial property, inheritance, bankruptcy, conflict of laws and international treaties
• Establishing legal structures for estate planning, including trusts and foreign entities, with their tax implications
• Testamentary wills and inheritance agreements
• Marriage agreements and dissolutions
• Creation of charitable or private foundations

In every case, we provide strategic, practical advice tailored to the client’s circumstances, safeguarding their wealth and family interests while ensuring compliance across multiple jurisdictions.

Experience:

• Advised the heirs of a deceased Lebanese national on Private International Law matters in relation to a dispute over a large estate in Lebanon, Canada, UK and the US.
• Advised a group of high net worth families on investments in a European country and the acquisition of citizenship.
• Advised a high net worth individual on international succession and family trusts in the Channel Islands.
• Advised a high net worth family on a trust dispute spanning the Channel Islands and several European jurisdictions.