Marxer & Partner Rechtsanwälte Marxer & Partner offers individual advice and representation at the highest level.

Dr. iur. Markus Summer, LL.M., MBA

Partner, Lawyer, Notary Public

Education:

  • University of Innsbruck, 1991-1996, Mag. iur. 1996, Dr. iur. 1997
  • King's College, London, 1999-2000, Post-graduate studies in European law
  • University of Texas at Austin, Master of Laws (LL.M.) 2002
  • Edinburgh Business School, Master of Business Administration (MBA), 2009-2011

Bar examination:

  • Liechtenstein 2000
  • Austria 2001
  • New York 2002

Admitted to the bar:

  • New York 2003
  • Liechtenstein 2008

Trustee Examination:

  • Additional examination for attorneys to obtain a trustee's license for special activity, Liechtenstein 2010

Notaries' examination:

  • Liechtenstein 2020

Admitted as a notary public:

  • Liechtenstein 2021

Practice:

  • Judicial clerk at several courts 1997-1998
  • Associate at a Liechtenstein law firm 1998-2005
  • Associate at Marxer & Partner 2005-2007
  • Partner since 2008
  • Full member of the "Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners" (STEP) since 2009

Languages:

German, English, French

Publications:

Summer, Markus & Inetas, Hasan: "Chapter 23: Liechtenstein”. In: Riches, John [ed.]: The Private Wealth & Private Client Review, 9th edition, London: Law Business Research, 2020, pp. 261-275.

Summer, Markus: "Chapter: Liechtenstein" In: Richmond Law & Tax (ed.): Global Financial Services Regulators: Europe. Oxford: OUP, 2005.

Summer, Markus: "The information rights of beneficiaries of a Liechtenstein foundation – an overview of recent court rulings.” In: Trusts & Trustees – Private Foundations: A World Review. Saffron Walden: Gostick Hall Publications, 2006, pp. 37-40.

Summer, Markus: "The Taxation of Legal Entities Under the New Liechtenstein Tax Law". In: Global Business Magazine. London: GBM, August 2011, p. 26.

Summer, Markus: “Vertrauen ist gut, Kontrolle ist besser – die Auskunftsrechte von Begünstigten im liechtensteinischen Stiftungs- und Treuhandrecht". In: LJZ 2 (2005): 36-53.

Assistants

Denise Lorünser

 

Esther Bombini-Ammann

 

Melanie Frei

 

Renata Werren