Luisa Melendez

Associate

Luisa advises on a broad range of private client issues including tax, asset structuring, estate and succession planning, wills and trusts, with a focus on complex cross-border work for internationally mobile families.

Luisa acts for high-net-worth individuals, entrepreneurs, investment professionals, family offices and trustees. Much of her work has a multi-jurisdictional dimension, including mandates with a US, European or Middle Eastern nexus. Luisa has experience advising clients on complex cross-border succession matters and sophisticated asset-holding structures, often with a family governance angle. She has assisted families, family offices and trustees design and implement structures that balance tax efficiency, asset protection and inter-generational transition, coordinating parallel workstreams across civil and common law systems.  

Fluent in French, Spanish and Italian with a Swiss and South American background, Luisa understands the value of cultural nuances and clear communication.

Luisa regularly works with overseas lawyers in multiple jurisdictions, including Italy, Switzerland, France, the UAE and the US.

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