Afschrift Multi Family Office

Overview

Afschrift’s Geneva office describes a specialized team providing the services of a multi family office.² The department operates within a law firm and includes lawyers with banking, financial and tax experience.² Its family office work is available to individuals or families established in Switzerland or abroad.² The website lists offices in Brussels, Antwerp, Luxembourg, Geneva, Freiburg, Lausanne, Madrid and Tel Aviv.³

History

An Afschrift announcement in 2023 said the Swiss practice had offices in Fribourg and Geneva and was opening a third Swiss office in Lausanne.⁴ The announcement described Switzerland as the group’s most important center since 1995.⁴

Timeline

1. 1995The announcement described Switzerland as the group’s most important center since 1995.
2. 2023An Afschrift announcement in 2023 said the Swiss practice had offices in Fribourg and Geneva and was opening a third Swiss office in Lausanne.

Leadership

The firm’s about page names Typhanie Afschrift as Senior Partner and a lawyer at the Geneva and Fribourg Bars.³

Services

Afschrift lists tax, civil, commercial and administrative law advice among its legal services.² It advises individuals and companies on taxation, family group structuring, legal monitoring of personal and corporate needs, and the choice of tax residence.² The department also advises on the organization of assets, matrimonial matters and succession.² Additional advice covers retirement assets, secondary residences and life insurance.²

Follow up work can include obtaining residence permits in Switzerland and abroad, negotiating tax agreements such as Swiss lump sum arrangements, and handling other rulings.² The team can operate companies, hold meetings and prepare notarial deeds.² It can prepare and defend cases before market authorities.² Other work includes bookkeeping control, tax returns and follow up on tax audits.² The firm says it can assist with acquiring or selling residences in Switzerland or abroad.²

The department says it includes or works with accountants, auditors and real estate professionals in Switzerland and other countries.² It states that asset management personnel and banks are assessed independently of Afschrift.² Afschrift also says its lawyers’ status provides professional secrecy and confidentiality toward third parties and, where necessary, within families.²

What the firm offers

• Investment management
• Tax planning
• Administration and bill pay
• Risk and insurance
• Private and alternative investments
• Retirement planning

Client focus

The firm says it advises Swiss clients on business abroad and foreign clients on business in Switzerland.³ Its broader practice covers legal and tax matters, value added tax, asset management, inheritance, donations and succession, business and commercial law, and compliance.³ Afschrift describes its client relationships as personalized and lasting, with lawyers acting as advisors and litigators.³

Investment philosophy and approach

Afschrift says asset management personnel and banks are assessed independently of the firm.² Its family office department describes its work through legal, tax, organizational and administrative coordination for individuals and families.²

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Sources

1. FINMA VVTR list , accessed 2026-10-23.
2. Afschrift Family Office , accessed 2026-10-23.
3. Afschrift About us , accessed 2026-10-23.
4. Afschrift Swiss office announcement , accessed 2026-10-23.

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