Switzerland
We help families to manage and grow their wealth
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 provides a wide variety of services associated with owning, managing and preserving business and wealth, including family governance advisory, strategic estate and tax planning, fiduciary and trust services, philanthropy and relocation.
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.
Alpadis Trust（Switzerland) AG
Dianastrasse 9
CH-8002 Zürich
Switzerland
Tel: +41 44 215 1890 | Email: info.ch@alpadis-group.com
Meet our Core Team
Managing Director
Ewald J. Scherrer is the Managing Director of Alpadis Group’s swiss office. Based in Zurich, Ewald runs the wealth planning and family office services country-wide.
Ewald brings with him three decades of experience in international strategic tax planning, estate planning, family governance as well as in fiduciary and trust advisory, as well as significant leadership skills. As a swiss and US qualified lawyer, he has spent much of his career in wealth advisory for some of Switzerland’s leading private banks, family offices and fiduciary institutions. He is a member of the Zurich Bar Association, the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioner ( STEP) and the International Tax Planning Association (ITPA).
A Swiss national, Ewald speaks English, and German. In his spare time, he enjoys the visual arts, reads plenty of books, plays golf and skis in the winter months.
Senior Trust Officer
Alina supports the wealth planning and family office services at Alpadis Group’s Swiss office in Zurich.
Alina brings deep knowledge and experience surrounding compliance, KYC, tax planning, administration and the coordination of complex transactions among other skills. After studying Law at university, Alina started her legal career in both Zurich and Moscow.
She specialised in tax planning and asset protection and completed her STEP Certificate in International Trust Management/Diploma in 2016. She has worked with a number of leading firms in Switzerland including Sberbank (Switzerland) AG and Corecam Services AG, before joining the Alpadis Group team in 2019.
Alina speaks Russian, English, German and French and is resident in Switzerland where she enjoys outdoor sports and plays the piano.
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.
Accreditations and Membership
Switzerland Insights
Alpadis Group appoints Richard Davison as Legal Counsel in Zurich
Alpadis Group acquire trust and corporate services business swisspartners Marcuard Heritage AG in Zurich and Cyprus
New transparency and due diligence requirements set to be introduced in Switzerland
Swiss trust license law comes into effect
Alpadis Group bolsters Swiss team and opens branch in Neuchâtel
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A conversation on family governance with Ewald J. Scherrer
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Wealth Planning
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Interview in The Edge Malaysia: How to not lose it all
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Alpadis Group acquires KPMG’s Labuan Trust Company business
