Julien Tron, LL.M.

Partner, Geneva

65 rue du Rhône | P.O. Box 3199 | CH-1211 Geneva 3 | Switzerland

65 rue du Rhône | P.O. Box 3199 | CH-1211 Geneva 3 | Switzerland
T +41 58 552 04 40
julien.tron@mll-legal.com

Profile

Julien Tron is a partner of the private clients practice group of MLL Legal in Geneva and has been working with the firm since 2012. He has a strong focus on estate and succession law, real estate and tax issues. Julien Tron has also a valuable experience in complex and mostly international succession and collar-crime litigation with multiple parties involved.

After growing up in Italian-speaking southern Switzerland, Julien obtained a law degree at the University of Basel (magna cum laude). He eventually started his legal traineeship in Geneva, where he was admitted to the bar in 2010. Julien later obtained a LL.M. at King’s College in London specialising in trust law an in international succession law. Julien Tron advises clients in several languages and his international practice is an advantage in dealing with foreign clients with Swiss interests or with complex cases involving several jurisdictions and applicable laws.

Julien Tron is also committed to culture and he is Board member for the Verbier Festival Foundation that organises a very prestigious festival of classical music. He is also active in various boards of foundations and charitable associations managing medical infrastructures for the elderly.

Julien’s working languages are French, English, German, Italian and Spanish.

Practice Areas

Industry Groups

Country Desks

Italian Desk

Rankings & Awards

Private Client Global Elite peer nominated 2024

Who's Who Legal Switzerland Recognized in 2022

“Julien Tron is extremely responsive, technical, and empathetic. He’s a go-to lawyer in Geneva” – Legal 500 EMEA, Private Client, 2024
“Julien is great. He is very knowledgeable about the practice area, really charming and the clients love him” – Chambers and Partners, HNW, 2023
“Julien has great knowledge on tax and immigration issues and is always charming and pragmatic” – Chambers and Partners, HNW, 2022
“Julien Tron is a specialist in private client law, with a strong focus on estate and succession planning, real estate and tax issues” – Who’s Who Legal, National Leader Private Client, 2022
“Julien Tron is clear, concise, technical, charming and prompt” – Legal 500 EMEA, Private Client, 2022
“His ability to converse fluently in multiple languages and his knowledge of the different culture and business realities of where the clients come from are a definite plus” – Chambers and Partners, HNW, 2022
“An astonishingly clever man and brilliant at languages, which is a real advantage” – Chambers and Partners, HNW, 2021
“Julien is very analytical, he is very thorough and super good on the details of cases” – Chambers and Partners, HNW, 2021
“His work shows significant cross-border complexity and he often acts for clients with huge levels of wealth” – Chambers and Partners, HNW, 2021
“He is exceptionally charming, very thoughtful and speaks many languages. He is a great private client lawyer” – Chambers and Partners, HNW, 2020
“He is very approachable and dynamic. He is very personable and can work collaboratively” – Chambers and Partners, HNW, 2020
The International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA) nominates Julien Tron as Vice-President of the International Private and Family Law Commission
Julien is listed in “Ones to Watch” in Private Client GLOBAL ELITE by Legal Week
Julien is also committed in culture as he is Secretary for the Verbier Festival Foundation

Deals & Cases

Advised the executor of a highly complex and international estate facing illiquidity problems and a very large amount of assets located in various countries
Participating in a complex « class action » like matter in the context of a very significant Ponzi scheme brought to Courts
Assisted a family with the reorganisation of a complex trust structure aiming an increased asset protection and tax efficiency