Mark Barmes Senior Counsel
Solicitor, Registered Trust and Estate Practitioner

Mark Barmes

Senior Counsel
Solicitor, Registered Trust and Estate Practitioner
+41 58 450 70 00
mark.barmes@lenzstaehelin.com
Geneva
Route de Chêne 30
CH-1211 Geneva
www.lenzstaehelin.com
  • Expertise

    Mark Barmes is a senior counsel at our Geneva office. He remains a member of the Litigation and Arbitration and Private Clients groups. Mark continues his involvement in matters of trusts and trust disputes as well as employment disputes before the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organisation. Mark is also a director of L&S Trust Services SA.

  • Practices

  • Specialist Areas

    Private Clients, Dispute Resolution
  • Languages

    English, French
  • SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

    • Barmes M., Vijverberg L., Breitenstein S., Greter A., Relevant changes for trustees in final ordinance of the Financial Institutions Act, Lenz & Staehelin Update Newsflash, November 2019
    • Oural M., Barmes M., The Asset Tracing and Recovery Review 2018 - Switzerland, in: The Law Reviews, 6th edition, September 2018, 375-388
    • Vijverberg L., Barmes M., Modernisation of Swiss succession law under way, in: International Law Office, 11 October 2018
    • Barmes M., Neukomm F., Rüdisühli H., The Private Wealth & Private Client Review 2018 - Switzerland, in: The Law Reviews, 7th edition, October 2018, 403-415
    • Barmes M., Vijverberg L., New trustee licensing requirements on the horizon, in: The International Law Office newsletter - 20 September 2018
    • Barmes M., Greter A., Vijverberg L., Relocating to Switzerland, in: Practical Law, Global Guide 2017/18, Private Client
    • Breitenstein S., Barmes M., Private Client 2015 - Switzerland, in: The International Comparative Legal Guide to Private Client 2015, 200-207
    • Barmes M., Jurisdiction review (Switzerland) - Trusts & Trustees, in: In Focus, Volume 16, No. 4, May 2010, 253-275
    • Merkt B., Barmes M., Swiss philanthropy, in: STEP Journal, October 2008, 27-29
    • Barmes M., From Hague to eternity, in: Private Client Practitioner, June 2008, 14-17
    • Barmes M., Peyrot ., Les trusts et l'exécution forcée en Suisse, in: Thevénoz/Bovet (eds.), Journée 2007 de droit bancaire et financier, Zurich 2008, 129-206
  • Contact Details

  • Assistant

  • References

    He is particularly recognised for the cross-border nature of his practice. For international private client cases, he is a famous name, he has the know-how of international law and UK trust law.

    Chambers, 2021

    He and his team are very good and very solution oriented. Working with them is a real pleasure.

    Legal 500, 2021

    He has a strong reputation both in the professional world and with the clients who were lucky to work with him.

    Legal 500, 2021

    An excellent lawyer who stands out and has a really interesting practice in the private client field.

    Who’s Who Legal, 2020

    One of the most technical people I have met in the trust industry.

    Chambers, 2020

    He is very bright, creative, thoughtful, deeply experienced.

    Legal 500, 2020

He is particularly recognised for the cross-border nature of his practice. For international private client cases, he is a famous name, he has the know-how of international law and UK trust law.

Chambers, 2021

He and his team are very good and very solution oriented. Working with them is a real pleasure.

Legal 500, 2021

He has a strong reputation both in the professional world and with the clients who were lucky to work with him.

Legal 500, 2021

An excellent lawyer who stands out and has a really interesting practice in the private client field.

Who’s Who Legal, 2020

One of the most technical people I have met in the trust industry.

Chambers, 2020

He is very bright, creative, thoughtful, deeply experienced.

Legal 500, 2020

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