Director – International Private Client & Family Office Tax, Romandie & Turkish Tax Desk

Lead the Growth of International Private Client & Family Office Practice

Join our International Private Client & Family Office team to advise international private individuals, families, and family offices on complex cross-border tax and wealth-planning matters. By combining Swiss expertise with a global network, you will develop solutions across relocation, investment and holding structures, succession, and estate planning. In this role, you will lead the growth of the practice in French-speaking Switzerland while strengthening the established Turkish Tax Desk and building trusted relationships with clients and key market intermediaries.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and grow the International Private Client & Family Office practice in Romandie, establishing a strong market presence and creating sustainable opportunities for growth.
• Lead the Turkish Tax Desk, advising Turkish private clients, families, and family offices on international tax matters and supporting Swiss banks serving Turkish-market clients.
• Develop trusted relationships with international private clients, families, family offices, banks, fiduciaries, lawyers, wealth managers, and other key intermediaries across French-speaking Switzerland.
• Advise international private clients and families on complex cross-border tax and wealth-planning matters, including relocation, asset and investment structures, succession, and estate planning.
• Grow the Turkish-market offering by advising foreign-owned Swiss investment companies and identifying opportunities across the local and international network.
• Shape and drive strategic client engagements from origination through delivery, collaborating with specialists across tax, legal, and other disciplines while developing the team and strengthening market position.

Required Skills and Experience

• Extensive experience in international private client taxation and cross-border wealth planning, ideally gained in a Big Four firm, leading tax advisory practice, law firm, family office, or comparable environment.
• A strong track record in business development, excellent leadership, stakeholder-management, and communication skills, with the ability to build a market presence and develop trusted relationships with HNW/UHNW clients, family offices, and professional intermediaries.
• Deep technical expertise across international private client matters such as relocation, investment and holding structures, succession, and estate planning, combined with a strong understanding of the Swiss tax environment.
• Established knowledge of the Turkish private client market and Turkish cross-border tax matters, with the credibility and market understanding required to lead and further develop the Turkish Tax Desk.
• Professional fluency in English and Turkish.
• Experience working in Turkey and in other international jurisdictions is a strong plus.
• A recognised tax, legal, or international tax qualification, such as a Swiss Certified Tax Expert, law degree, or LL.M., is a strong advantage.