Weber & Frey Family Office

Weber & Frey Family Office

Weber & Frey Family Office was established in Zurich by Alex H. Weber and Dr. Markus A. Frey, two attorneys whose careers were shaped at elite Swiss institutions like Niederer Kraft & Frey and Credit Suisse. Dr. Frey also serves as Honorary General Consul of Thailand, an appointment that reflects the family office's long-standing transcontinental orientation. Their practice fuses transnational wealth transfer, estate planning, and asset management into a single, counsel-led mandate for families with complex cross-border needs. The firm operates across private equity, real estate, and philanthropic deployment—a deliberately concentrated set of capabilities rather than a wide-open mandate. Confirmed portfolio interests point to activity in FinTech and direct charitable commitments through vehicles such as the Child's Dream Foundation and the Swiss Institute for Art Research (SIK-ISEA). Geographic reach extends from Europe into Asia, managed by a compact team of seven professionals from its single Zurich headquarters. The office acts as a FINMA-licensed trustee, putting it in a rare cohort of Swiss multi-family offices that are directly supervised under the country's prudential regulatory framework. With a Board of Directors comprising Weber and Frey alongside external partners Rémi Käppeli, Marcel Walter Schmid, and Edgar H. Paltzer, the governance layer includes significant independent legal weight. Paltzer sits as Vice Chairman of Interhold AG, a related entity at the same Zurich address. The principals maintain active memberships in the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and the Zurich and Swiss Bar Associations, reinforcing a professional-network sourcing model that leans heavily on legal and fiduciary channels rather than mass-market advisor networks. What separates Weber & Frey structurally is the rare combination of a family office mandate with direct FINMA oversight as a licensed trustee. This regulatory posture subjects their advisory and fiduciary processes to statutory audit and supervisory standards that most unregulated family offices never face. For international families navigating Swiss holding structures, it creates a compliance-native operating environment that pure investment shops cannot replicate.