Experience
Dunja Süssli has long-standing experience in corporate law and particular experience in financial market supervision law, notably in Liechtenstein and in Swiss and international due diligence law (relating to the fight against money laundering, organised crime and terrorism financing). She mainly deals with the advice and support of high-net-worth private clients, in particular well-known entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial families. The focus is on the establishment and management of foundations, trusts and other companies. In this context, it develops customized and efficient (corporate) structures for long-term and sustainable asset management based on individual client needs. This is done with special consideration of asset protection, succession planning, tax optimization as well as charitable status.
Practice areas
- Corporate, foundation and trust law: legal advice, legal opinions, incorporation, administration, structuring
- Family Office Services
- Philanthropy
- Financial and capital markets law
- Due diligence law, compliance
CV | |
since 2008 | Associate at NSF, Vaduz |
2005-2007 | Head of the Supervision of Other Financial Intermediaries Department and executive board member at the Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority, Vaduz |
2003-2007 | Master’s in Financial Services at the University of Liechtenstein, Vaduz |
2003-2007 | Lecturer in Due Diligence Law at the University of Liechtenstein, Vaduz |
2004 | Head of department-deputy at the Due Diligence Unit, Vaduz |
2003 | Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English from Cambridge University, United Kingdom |
2002-2003 | Legal assistant in the Due Diligence Unit, Vaduz |
2001-2002 | Legal & Compliance Officer (deputy for the Head of Legal & Compliance Officer and secretary of the Board of Directors ad int.) at Redsafe Bank, Zurich, Switzerland |
1999-2001 | Junior lawyer at Hamm Higher Regional Court, Germany |
1999 | First state law examination, Germany (Diplom-Jurist) |
1994-1999 | Law studies at Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany |
Languages
German, English, French, Spanish