Withers Worldwide

• Education: London School of Economics, LL.M • University of Zurich, lic.iur. (LL.B. equivalent)
• Admitted: Switzerland, 1997 • England and Wales, 2002
• Languages spoken: French • German • Italian • Swiss German
• Year joined: 2003
• Year became partner: 2006

Overview

Filippo advises internationally based clients and their family offices, trustees and private banks on international trust, tax and estate issues, with emphasis on the UK and Continental Europe.

He is particularly interested in conflict of law issues and has successfully lobbied the Swiss government in relation to the Hague Trust Convention and advises various governments on foundations, trusts and private and international law issues.

Highlights

• Advising an offshore government on the introduction of a new law on foundations
• Advising a European Government on trust and private international law issues (succession law)
• Establishing a trust for a major Italian Art Collection
• Creating wealth holding structures for substantial continental European families including Belgian, Italian, French, Greek and Russian families.

Publications and speaking engagements

• Lectured in international and comparative trust law alongside Professor Paul Matthews at King's College, London
• Lecturer in Private Wealth Management at the University of Münster
• Lecturer in Trust law at the Centro Studi Bancari, Lugano
• Contributor to Private Client Business, Trust Law International, The British Tax Review and McCutcheon on Inheritance Tax
• Currently working on a new chapter on Cross-Border Estates for Tolley’s Administration of Estates.

Memberships

The Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners