Ingrid Iselin

Attorney at Law, Partner, LL.M., Certified specialist SBA inheritance law, TEP

Personable trusted advisor and multi-skilled dispute resolution specialist for complex and international estates

About

Ingrid Iselin has extensive experience in estate litigation and estate planning. She represents her clients, both Swiss and foreign, in inheritance disputes, often in an international context, both in negotiations and before the Swiss courts and authorities. She also advises both Swiss and foreign private clients on their estate planning, entrepreneurs on the transfer of their businesses and the various parties involved in an estate (executor, banks, family offices, etc.) on the administration and liquidation of complex estates. She assists clients who are planning to move to Switzerland, including for tax issues. She also advises on contract law, corporate law and trusts.

She is a member of KC’s Sustainability & ESG Desk. Ingrid Iselin holds the title of Swiss Bar Association (SBA) specialist in inheritance law. She is co-moderator of the Forum of Estate Lawyers of the Geneva Bar Association and a member of the Committee of the Contentious Trusts and Estates Group of STEP. Since 2017, Ingrid Iselin has also been an expert in the Federal Expert Group for the reform of inheritance law, whose members were appointed by the Federal Office of Justice.

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Languages

  • French
  • English
  • German
“Ingrid is utterly reliable, intellectually top-notch and client-focused. You can rely on her to grasp cross-border issues with ease and invariably clients engage with her calm and assured manner.” Chamber HNW 2024
“She is an outstanding team leader. She's very flexible and always accurate.’”Legal500 2024
“Ingrid Iselin is a seasoned private client lawyer who stands out in the Swiss market for her ability to handle complex estate planning, trust and inheritance disputes.” Who's Who Legal 2024
“Ingrid Iselin garners plaudits as "a fantastic and powerful practitioner" with extensive experience handling inheritance disputes and negotiations for both Swiss and foreign clients.” Who's Who Legal 2023
“We usually work with [...] Ingrid Iselin who is fluent in German and English and one of the few French speaking Swiss lawyers which are Certified Specialists by the Swiss Bar Association in Inheritance Law. Ingrid is very responsive and quickly grasps the key issues of a case.” Legal500 2023
“Understated star”, “She is certainly one of the excellent people in Geneva” says a peer, adding: “She is a tough cookie and a real fighter.” Chambers HNW 2022
“A very thorough estate lawyer who knows the subject very well.” Chambers HNW 2021
“I like her so much - she's my toughest opponent, and a very good lawyer.” Chambers HNW 2021
“Strong, clear advice and proven ability to collaborate effectively on international matters.” Legal500 2021

Experience

Ranking & Awards
Career
Memberships
Education
Further Activities
  • Recommended by Who's Who Legal in their Switzerland jurisdiction report for Private Client.

  • Recommended by The Legal 500 in their EMEA guide for Private Client.

  • Ranked by Chambers High Net Worth in Private Wealth Law.

  • Since 2019: Partner, Kellerhals Carrard, Geneva
  • 2007–2018: Attorney at law, then partner (since 2014), Python, Geneva
  • 2003–2006: Attorney at law at Lenz & Staehelin, Geneva
  • 1999–2003: Attorney at law at Lenz & Staehelin, Zurich
  • Member of the Swiss Bar Association (SBA)
  • Member of the Geneva Bar Association
  • Member of the International Bar Association (IBA)
  • Member of the Société Romande des Avocats Spécialistes en Succession
  • Member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
  • 2017: Executive Program in Negotiation, Harvard University
  • 2012: SBA Specialist in Inheritance Law
  • 2007: SBA Mediator
  • 2003: Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP)
  • 1998: Admission to the Bar
  • 1996: LL.M., London School of Economics
  • 1995: Law degree, University of Geneva
  • Since 2019: Member of the Committee of the STEP Contentious Trusts and Estates Group.
  • Since 2018: Co-moderator of the Forum of Lawyers Specializing in Inheritance Law at the Geneva Bar Association.
  • Since 2017: Expert on the Federal Expert Panel for Inheritance Law Reform.
  • 2008 – 2012: President, Association MediationS, Geneva.
  • 2002 – 2003: Member of the Committee of the Swiss-German Branch of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.

Conferences

ConferencesSpeaking Engagements
5. May 2022

Conférencière sur le droit suisse des successions dans le cadre du International Forum on Inheritance Law organisé par l’Ordre des Avocats de Milan, 5-7 mai 2022 (programme ci-joint)

Ingrid Iselin
ConferencesSpeaking Engagements
5. November 2020

Conférencière sur « The Swiss inheritance law reform » et paneliste sur « Round Table : Hands-on experience with conventions in succession matters », Conférence sur le droit européen des successions 2020 de l'Académie de droit Européen, 5-6 novembre 2020

Ingrid Iselin
ConferencesSpeaking Engagements
19. February 2019

Conférencière sur "Planification patrimoniale", Université de Genève, 19 février 2019

Ingrid Iselin
ConferencesSpeaking Engagements
20. September 2018

Conférencière et panelliste sur "The EU Succession Regulation: The first three years", STEP Cross-border estates Seminar, 20 septembre 2018, Londres

Ingrid Iselin
ConferencesSpeaking Engagements
19. June 2018

Conférencière sur "Succession Suisse-Israël", 19 juin 2018, Grand Hôtel Kempinski, Genève

Ingrid Iselin

Contact

Geneva

Rue François-Bellot 6
CH-1206 Genf

Tel. +41 58 200 32 00

InfoKCGE@kellerhals-carrard.ch

Kellerhals Carrard

Basel ∣ Bern ∣ Geneva ∣ Lausanne ∣ Lugano ∣ Sion ∣ Zurich


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