David Wallace Wilson

David Wallace Wilson is a Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer in Geneva, where he has been a partner since 2009. He holds a Master of Law from the University of Geneva (1998) and an M.C.J. from New York University (2001), and is admitted to both the Geneva Bar (2003) and the New York Bar. He is a STEP Qualified Practitioner (2003) and holds the STEP Advanced Certificate in Mediation (2013).

His practice covers domestic and international estate planning, trust and estate litigation, wealth structuring, complex family and inheritance disputes, and fine art and philanthropic advisory. He advises private clients, trustees, banks, and family offices on Swiss and international matters including regulatory guidance on AML, CRS, FATCA, and sanctions. He is the founder of www.trusts.ch, served as STEP Geneva Chairman from 2014 to 2020, and was an expert for the Swiss Federal Office of Justice on trust law from 2018 to 2022. He is consistently ranked by Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, and Lexology as a leading private wealth practitioner.