Patricia Guerra, LL.M.

Partner, Zurich

Schiffbaustrasse 2 | P.O. Box | CH-8031 Zurich | Switzerland

Schiffbaustrasse 2 | P.O. Box | CH-8031 Zurich | Switzerland
T +41 58 552 04 60
patricia.guerra@mll-legal.com

Profile

Patricia Guerra is head of the private clients team in Zurich and head of the Latin-America desk of the firm. She has extensive experience in advising UHNW and HNW individuals and families in all personal matters and matters concerning family assets as well as in philanthropic endeavours. Patricia Guerra continuously deals with complex cross border issues and regularly takes on the legal leadership necessary to coordinate teams across various jurisdictions. She is fluent in English, Spanish, German and French and has command of Portuguese and Italian. Patricia is board member of several Swiss charitable foundations and of a Swiss Private Bank. She is furthermore the Honorary Consul of Ecuador in Zürich.

Practice Areas

Industry Groups

Country Desks

Latin American & Iberian Desk

Rankings & Awards

Who's Who Legal Thought Leader Switzerland 2021

“Patricia is an excellent practitioner with empathy, determination and wit who strives to provide high-quality work in a user-friendly manner” – Chambers and Partners, HNW, 2023
“Patricia cares for her clients like no other, always considering their needs and interests. She fights her client’s corner” – Chambers and Partners, HNW, 2023
“Patricia Guerra’s extremely high standards and drive are remarkable. Her extensive experience and her multilingual and multicultural skills – a very important soft factor – are highly appreciated by clients. Her interest and in person engagement in philanthropy (both with large and small institutions) is a further important element in the private client practice” – Legal 500 EMEA, Private Client, 2023
“Patricia Guerra delivers exceptional client care and guidance. She takes a fully holistic approach to her client’s needs, working with all their advisers seamlessly and naturally. She is a great team player, always focusing on the end goal while maintaining an eye for detail. She understands family dynamics in all their complexities and tailors her approach accordingly” – Legal 500 EMEA, Private Client, 2023
“She is purely solutions-driven” – Chambers and Partners, HNW, 2022
“She has a unique ability to understand complex cross-border situations” – Chambers and Partners, HNW, 2022
“Her client care is second to none; she is caring, thoughtful and supportive, but also a firm hand when needed” – Chambers and Partners, HNW, 2022
“Patricia Guerra is immaculate in her dealings with clients. She is empathetic, charming and kind whilst also giving hard advice and a firm steer where needed. She is always a pleasure to work with and a great team player, collating the best advisors for her clients across the spectrum” – Legal 500 EMEA, Private Client, 2022
“Her grasp of clients’ needs and understanding of complex situations is outstanding” – Legal 500 EMEA, Private Client, 2022
Patricia Guerra is “an excellent and diligent lawyer who is extremely proactive and cuts right to the point” – Who’s Who Legal, National Leader Private Client, 2022
Patricia Guerra is “an outstanding lawyer”, revered as “a very capable and pragmatic lawyer” with “a very strong knowledge” of private client practice – Who’s Who Legal, Global Leader Private Client, 2022
Patricia Guerra is “in the top five list of Swiss practitioners” praise sources who regard her as “an impossible opponent” and “a real asset” who “works hard for her client” – Who’s Who Legal, Thought Leaders Switzerland Private Client, 2021
Patricia Guerra is an “excellent” private client lawyer, and “one of the best in Switzerland”. She has ample experience with ultra-high-net-worth clients, including on philanthropic issues – Who’s Who Legal, Thought Leaders Private Client, 2021
“She has so much experience, she understands the unique demands of a high net worth client with family in all different parts of the world. She is able to set out the broad picture for the client and she can coordinate the international advice. She is able to present the complex information from a number of jurisdictions and put it together in a clear and concise way for the client. This is all second nature to her” – Chambers and Partners, HNW, 2021
“Patricia is a very good lawyer. She is very technically talented, she is very good with clients and she understands the issues of an international client” – Chambers and Partners, HNW, 2021

Deals & Cases

Advised international family in connection with family governance issues and restructured family assets using a Dutch trust foundation
Relocated South American UHNWI to Switzerland and restructured the family assets using Canadian International trusts
Advised UHNWI in connection with complex shareholders agreements, assets in Liechtenstein trusts and estate planning
Advised clients in connection with transfer of Swiss real estate to common law trusts
Advised parents in connection with protection of special needs children