Switzerland
Why Switzerland?
Switzerland consistently ranks as a favored destination for international corporations and High-Net-Worth Individuals (HNWIs).
Switzerland is located in the heart of Europe, enjoys a very stable economy and has robust political and legal systems. It offers an excellent business environment with low tax rates and a very attractive network of double taxation agreements (over 80).
Switzerland also boasts a skilled, multilingual and motivated workforce, and it is known for its first-class infrastructures and excellent banking facilities, making the country a very attractive place to host wealth-planning structures for families worldwide.
Our Services
Our Swiss office, recognised as a licensed trustee by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), offers a comprehensive suite of services for owning, managing, and preserving business and personal wealth. Our expertise includes family governance advisory, strategic estate and tax planning, fiduciary and trust services, philanthropy, and relocation services.
Our Office
Alpadis Group offers a wide range of services for local and international private clients and corporations from its Zurich office in Switzerland. Our multidisciplinary team of experienced professionals provide family governance advisory, strategic estate and tax planning, fiduciary and trust services, philanthropy and relocation services.
Our Zurich office is located in the heart of the financial centre in downtown Zurich, home to some of Switzerland’s leading banks, luxury brand boutiques, world-famous confectioners, restaurants and historic buildings.
We speak English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Russian.
Meet our Core Team
Managing Director
Bruno Sidler has taken the reins in Zurich following the retirement of Ewald Scherrer as Managing Director of Alpadis Group’s Zurich office. Bruno will head the private clients services practice, including wealth planning, family office services, as well as directing the offering to corporate clients in Switzerland.
Bruno brings three decades of experience and has proven track record in wealth and trust foundation formation and administration, estate planning, and family governance. He has developed deep and longstanding relationships with private clients from Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. In addition, he has helped international small and medium-sized enterprises (SME’s) unlock growth through expansion or relocation to Switzerland.
A Swiss national, Bruno was also a founder and co-owner of a multi-family office firm headquartered in Zurich.
A career advising some of the leading international family offices and fiduciary institutions has provided Bruno with deep knowledge and brand perspective of the industry’s evolution and holistic risk management. Fluent in English and German, Bruno is a full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).
In his spare time, Bruno enjoys all winter sports and the serene mountain and lake settings during the summer months.
Senior Trust Officer
Dominik Kurt is a Senior Trust Officer at Alpadis Group‘s Swiss office in Zurich, providing legal, succession and wealth planning advice for international private clients.
Dominik has deep experience in the set up and administration of trusts, companies as well as family office services from a Swiss and international perspective.
He holds a Master’s Degree in Law at the University of Basel and an LL.M. Degree in International Business Law at the University of Zurich. Furthermore, he successfully completed the professional education of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).
After his studies, Dominik worked for companies in the trust and corporate services sector as well as for a FINMA licensed investment manager of collective investment schemes.
Dominik speaks German, English and has good knowledge in Spanish. He is an active member of the carnival in Basel and enjoys being active in sports.