Our Team
Dr.iur. Jürg Zoller, Attorney-at-Law
Dr. Jürg Zoller provides services mainly to international private clients in banking and finance as well as in succession and estate planning matters. Before running his own law firm, he served as managing director of a traditional Swiss private bank for many years.
Jürg is a Swiss citizen. He earned his law degree and Ph.D. at the University of Zurich and was admitted to the bar in 1971. He speaks German, English, French and Spanish.
lic.iur. Thomas Baranzelli, Lawyer, MAES, LL.M.
Thomas Baranzelli delivers comprehensive wealth management and planning advice to private clients and family offices, mainly from Latin America. He was a managing partner and co-owner of one of the oldest Swiss fiduciary firms. Before this, he was with an international bank, both in Switzerland and New York. He is a Swiss lawyer with extensive expertise in trust matters and financial structuring for Latin American clients.
Thomas is a Swiss citizen. He received his degree in law and his Masters in Advanced European Studies from the University of Basel. In 2006, he earned his LLM at Fordham University in New York. He also holds a diploma in International Trust Management (Dip. ITM) from STEP and a CAS in Swiss Financial Market Law and he is a full member of the International Bar and the International Fiscal Association. Thomas is fluent in German, English, Spanish, Portuguese and French.
Email: baranzelli@clariga.ch
Daniel Schmid, Attorney-at-law, LL.M., M.C.L.
Daniel Schmid advises international clients on establishing and administering tailormade solutions for succession planning and wealth structuring purposes. Prior to joining Clariga AG, Daniel Schmid was a partner and member of the executive committee of one of the largest independent fiduciary companies in Switzerland where he lead the company’s legal department. Before this, he was a member of the wealth planning department of an international bank in Switzerland, an associate with one of the largest law firms in New York as well as an associate of a tier 1 law firm in Zurich, Switzerland. Daniel Schmid has extensive experience in advising private clients in succession planning and international executorship issues as well as assisting high net worth individuals
with establishing trusts and foundations.
Daniel Schmid is a Swiss citizen. He received his admission to the Bar of the Canton of Bern in 1998, a Master in Comparative Law (M.C.L.) from the University of Miami in 2004 and an LL.M. in Equity and Trusts from the University of London in 2016. He is a member of the International Bar Association. He also holds a diploma in International Trust Management (Dip. ITM) from STEP. Daniel is fluent in English, German and French.
Email: schmid@clariga.ch
Mathias Hermann, Attorney-at-law, TEP
As a board member Mathias Hermann is specialised on compliance and regulatory issues. He has a broad professional knowledge and experience of providing Legal and Compliance Services to banks and other financial intermediaries, such as External Asset Managers. Furthermore, he provides advisory services regarding tax compliance and regulations, such as QI/FATCA and CRS. Also, Mathias Hermann supports Clariga in advising private clients in banking and finance as well as in succession and estate planning matters. Mathias has a longstanding bank career with the two major swiss banks and well known private banks. Before being appointed as a board member of Clariga, he served for over 10 years as Head of Legal & Compliance for a traditional private bank.
Mathias is a Swiss citizen. He earned his law degree at the University of Basel and was admitted to the bar in 1985. As a founding member and treasurer of STEP Basel he is a full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, as well as of the International Fiscal Association. He speaks German, English, and French.
Email: hermann@clariga.ch