Jutta Gangsted
Associate
Attorney at Law, LL.M., Registered Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP)
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Associate Attorney at Law, LL.M., Registered Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP) +41 58 450 70 00 jutta.gangsted@lenzstaehelin.com |
Genève Route de Chêne 30 CH-1211 Genève www.lenzstaehelin.com |
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Expertise
Jutta Gangsted is a senior associate in our Private Client group based in Geneva. She advises families, trustees and family offices on cross-border estate planning matters, navigating common and civil law in matters of business succession, trusts and foundations, philanthropy, art matters and relocation. She also assists clients in trust-related disputes, including in relation to protector/trustees’ duties and beneficiaries’ information rights. Before joining Lenz & Staehelin, Jutta worked at a U.S. law firm in Brussels. She holds an LL.M. from Columbia, is admitted to the New York Bar, and earned the STEP Diploma in International Trust Management with the highest overall score in Switzerland and Liechtenstein for the diploma and individual examinations. Recognised in Lexology Index for Private Client & Offshore Services (formerly Who’s Who Legal), she was named ‘Outstanding Individual of the Year’ at the 2025 Citywealth Future Leaders Awards and is listed in the Private Client Global Elite Directory.
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Practices
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Professional Experience and Education
and Education
2017 Associate at Lenz & Staehelin 2014-15 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Brussels 2020 STEP Diploma in Trusts and Estates 2018 Admission to New York Bar 2016 Columbia Law School, New York (LL.M., Belgian American Educational Foundation Honorary Fellowship) 2014 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven (MLaw) 2012 Université Saint-Louis, Brussels (BLaw) -
Specialist Areas
Private Clients, International Private Law, Commercial and contracts, Litigation, Corporate -
Languages
French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish -
Memberships
Geneva Bar Association (OdA), Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), American Bar Association (ABA), New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) -
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Gangsted J., Wadhera J., The New Rules of Swiss Private International Law for Foreign and Swiss Dual Nationals Domiciled in Switzerland, in: Sweet & Maxwell Private Client Business, 2025 Number 1
- Gangsted J., Van Calster ., Protected Parties in European and American Conflict of Laws: A comparative analysis of indi-vidual employment contracts, in: Yearbook of Private International Law, 2016/2017, vol. XVIII, 83-141
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Contact Details
Publications
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Protected Parties in European and American Conflict of Laws: A comparative analysis of indi-vidual employment contracts
in: Yearbook of Private International Law, 2016/2017, vol. XVIII, 83-141