The presence of trusts in civil law countries is today a fact. The routes followed by the Continental European countries that have introduced the common law trust differs but in most cases the purpose behind the legislative initiatives are primarily commercial reasons. This is striking when the focus of US laws is on the trust as a mechanism for family wealth transmission. European jurisdictions planning to legislate on trusts or reform their trusts laws would do well to consider also its many advantages as a vehicle for intergenerational wealth management and transfer. The study should analyze the utility of trusts or equivalent civil law devices in the areas of family law and inheritance law, starting from the experience of the few civil law countries that offer their citizen the possibility of resorting to trust for this purpose.
Minimal language knowledge requisite
English C1
Or English B2 and one of the following:
French C1
Italian C1
Spanish C1