Thomas Nigg

Spear’s Review

Thomas Nigg, a senior partner at Gasser Partner, is a widely respected Liechtenstein-based litigator and legal practitioner in a broad range of areas of corporate law.

Fluent in German and English, Nigg is ideally suited to advising and acting on behalf of British clients on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, financial markets law, foundation and trust law, insurance law or white-collar crime.

He is equally at home litigating in the courts, where he has received much praise for his acuity, and arbitrating privately. Many of his clients particularly mentioned his speed and clarity of response, despite a very busy schedule.

Adviser Profile

Senior Partner Thomas Nigg has wide and substantial knowledge and experience in Banking & Finance. His work involves assisting clients in commercial, corporate and banking issues pertaining to both national and international affairs. He regularly advises international private banks, international trust and fiduciary service providers, high-net-worth individuals as well as family offices. 

In Finance, he focuses on secured and unsecured lending, structured finance transactions including securitisation, alternative risk transfer, RMBS, CMBS, covered bonds, factoring, project finance and asset finance. He also handles mergers and acquisition of banks, securities dealers and asset managers. In financial negotiations he represents financial institutions, corporations, foreign states and HNWIs that request his assistance for strategic matters and complex negotiations. 

He has substantial experience in corporate law and M&A, specialising in advising international and local clients regarding all matters relating to Liechtenstein corporations, foundations and trusts. As co-head of the private wealth team he regularly advises international private banks, international trust and fiduciary service providers, HNWIs, insurance companies as well as family offices. His vast experience enables him to deal with complex international matters. 

He has been advising clients concerning the creation and restructuring of sophisticated and tailor-made Liechtenstein asset protection and estate planning structures. He has led numerous litigation matters in respect of private wealth structures as well as arbitration cases, often including parties in several jurisdictions. Market participants say that ‘he has an international approach, and is quick and responsive to clients’.