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Business | Hess Rechtsanwälte & Notare AG

Main image: Dr. Hans Hess and daughter Simone Hess Nielsen. Above: Company’s office and former family home of Dr. Hans Hess.

Hess Rechtsanwälte und Notare AG A family business that helps you take the right route Hess Rechtsanwälte und Notare AG stands for personal and professional legal advice from one source with strong roots in the region. The family business run by father and daughter puts special emphasis on comprehensive, highly personal advice, while focussing on notarial services, such as real estate, company, marital and inheritance law.

workflow and the comprehensive range of services, which also includes a lot of tax aspects due to the Consilio Treuhand Revisions AG, which is managed by Hansruedi Hess, my brother,” Simone Hess Nielsen says.

TEXT: NANE STEINHOFF | PHOTOS: PHILIPP MÄCHLER

Based in the Canton of Obwalden and established in the 70s, lawyer and notary Dr. Hans Hess, has steadily extended the law office ever since. In 2005, his daughter Simone Hess Nielsen, also a lawyer and notary, boarded the company, which is based in the former family home of Dr. Hans Hess – a traditional Swiss chalet. Now the office manager, Simone Hess Nielsen guarantees to react flexibly and efficiently in accordance with clients’ needs, while accompanying them through all stages of proceedings. Furthermore, the law firm directs its attention to a strong regional focus. Being strongly rooted in the

local economy, as father and daughter are both active as administrative board members in companies, the duo puts their expertise into practice in a regional dimension. Their clients, mostly comprising of private individuals as well as smaller and mediumsize companies value the extensive personal advice offered. Having a big international network through long stays abroad, the duo also supports a number of clients with international backgrounds. “Our clients appreciate the personal advice of our family business, the efficient

Providing highly qualified lawyers, the law firm draws on decades of experience and can offer expertise in various fields of law. The two solicitors and one legal employee see their main task in supporting clients with personal legal advice and as notaries in real estate – and company law. “Our clients are at the heart of our activities and we focus on protecting their interests to the greatest extent possible and on arriving at efficient solutions, because the success and satisfaction of our clients is our primary motivation,” the family business agrees. www.kanzlei-hess.ch

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