Find Lawyers in Switzerland for Tax Law

Jean-Luc Bochatay is the cofounder and the chairman of the FBT Attorneys-at-law. He has broad experience in tax, finance and corporate commercial issues regarding Swiss and foreign corporations and their shareholders. He regularly advises individuals and corporate clients on complex domestic and cross-border matters. Jean-Luc Bochatay has extensive experience in handling and coordinating multi-jurisdictional projects. He is considered as a leading expert in Swiss-French regulatory and tax mat...

Sarah Busca Bonvin is a lawyer and tax expert specialised in both corporate and individual tax law. Together with M. Andrio Orler, she is responsible for CMS’ tax department in Geneva, which she joined in 2017. She worked for 15 years in the Geneva tax administration as Director of the tax affairs where she was responsible for tax rulings before being appointed Deputy Director-General in 2010. This experience has given her significant breadth and depth of knowledge and practice in many ...

Martin Busenhart is a partner in the Tax Team. He advises on national and international tax matters and is specialised in domestic and international structuring of capital market transactions, acquisitions and divestments and tax-optimized structuring for relocations of entrepreneurs, partnerships and corporate groups. Martin Busenhart was educated at Zurich University (lic. iur. 1988) and graduated as Certified Tax Expert (1994). He has working experience as tax expert and tax partner with a...

Partner Mark Cagienard specialises in tax law, covering individual and corporate taxation both on a domestic and international level with a particular focus on corporate finance, M&A and VAT. Mark Cagienard assists clients frequently in obtaining tax rulings and represents them in front of courts and tax authorities. Mark Cagienard graduated from the University of Zurich in 2006 (magna cum laude) and was admitted to the bar in 2008. In 2012 he qualified as a Swiss Certified Tax Expert. In...

Robert Desax is a partner in the tax team. He works in the fields of national and international taxation. He represents clients in controversial tax matters and assists private clients regarding the tax aspects of estate and wealth planning. He regularly advises on cross-border implications of international taxation, especially on the application of double tax treaties, on issues in connection with the refund of Swiss withholding taxes in international structures, on the Swiss tax treatment o...

Jean-Blaise Eckert is considered as a leading lawyer in tax and private client matters in Switzerland. He is the co-head and a Partner of the tax group of Lenz & Staehelin. He advises a number of multinational groups of companies as well as HNWIs. He sits on the board of a number of public and private companies. Jean-Blaise is a frequent speaker at professional conferences on tax matters. Jean-Blaise is General Secretary of the International Fiscal Association (IFA). Jean-Blaise Eckert st...

Stephanie Eichenberger is an attorney-at-law and certified tax expert. She has more than 20 years of experience working in tax, starting out with the tax chamber of the Zurich administrative court followed with the law firm of Lenz & Staehelin and Tax Partner. Her broad experience covers the advising of national and international corporate clients as well as individuals including tax litigation. Stephanie became a Partner of Tax Partner in 2015. Areas of expertise Tax advice for national ...

Pierre-Alain Guillaume is a tax partner with Walder Wyss. He specializes in Swiss and international taxation. His mission is to reduce our clients’ tax burden to the bare minimum and to prevent any tax risk at their level, while complying fully with applicable tax rules. He handles matters related to direct taxes (individual income tax, wealth tax, corporate income tax, capital tax) as well as to indirect taxes (VAT, withholding tax, gift tax and inheritance tax). He provides the follow...

A Partner at Lenz & Staehelin's Zurich office, Prof. Dr. Pascal Hinny is considered a leading specialist in the field of national and international tax planning for multinational groups of companies (M&A, restructurings, recapitalization, financing, relocation, private equity, family offices) in Switzerland. He advises regularly on international and domestic transactions. In addition, he regularly represents individuals and corporates in legal proceedings. Pascal Hinny leads the Tax p...

Markus F. Huber joined MLL as partner on 1 July 2017, after retiring from Ernst & Young where he was partner for more than 20 years. He headed the International Tax Services Group at EY for 15­ years. Markus F. Huber now has more than 35 years of experience in fiscal law and holds particular in-depth expertise in international corporate tax law, in the area of cross-border transactions and restructurings and other complex tax planning. In addition, Markus advises high net wealth indiv...

Managing Partner & Certified Tax Expert David Hürlimann’s practice focuses on tax law, in particular taxation of groups, merger & acquisition, corporate restructuring, international tax and tax accounting. Other areas of his tax practice include banking, executive compensation and tax planning for high net worth individuals.David Hürlimann graduated from the Universities Zurich and Geneva in 1998. After serving as a law clerk at the District Court of Zurich for two yea...

Miriam Kaufmann is an attorney-at-law and certified tax expert. She has over 10 years of experience in tax matters. After several years in the tax team of a leading law firm in Zurich, Miriam Kaufmann joined Tax Partner in 2012. She focuses on tax planning and tax advice for corporations and individuals in complex situations. In addition, she advises clients in tax litigation procedures. Areas of expertise Tax advice for corporations and individuals in complex situations Advice in tax litigat...

Laurent Lattmann is a certified fiduciary. His career started in the indirect tax department of Ernst & Young in 1994 and he joined Tax Partner in 1997. Laurent was promoted to Partner in 2008. He has broad experience with Swiss and International indirect taxation and advises Swiss and multinational clients in numerous industries, including the financial, insurance and real estate sectors. Area of expertise VAT and import duties for national and international corporations

Counsel Fabien Liégeois advises businesses (groups, banks and SMEs) and individuals on Swiss and international taxation matters.His practice focuses on restructurings (mergers and acquisitions, demergers or transfers of assets), cross-border transactions and setting up businesses in Switzerland. He also assists individuals in their relocation to Switzerland (wealth and inheritance planning), in particular in anticipating the legal and economic consequences of such decisions. He also de...

Alberto Lissi is an attorney at law and a certified tax expert. He has gained extensive experience over the last 20 years as an advisor for national and international taxation at Arthur Andersen and later as a Partner at Ernst & Young. Since 2012 he has been a Partner at Tax Partner. His broad experience covers national and international tax planning and reorganizations as well as all tax aspects in the banking and financial sectors. Alberto Lissi is a frequent speaker and lecturer at sel...

As Chief Executive Officer, Christian Lyk is responsible for the operational management of KENDRIS and also holds the position of Responsible Officer FATCA. He has extensive experience in regulatory and compliance matters and specialises in providing cross-border financial, tax, estate planning and family office services to ultra-high net worth individuals (UHNWIs). Christian Lyk began his career in a law firm before joining one of the Big 4 where he held a managerial position in the field of...

René Matteotti is a tax attorney and Professor of Law specialising in Swiss, European and international tax law at the University of Zurich. His areas of expertise also include transfer pricing and governmental advisory work. He represents clients before tax authorities and the courts, primarily supporting multinationals with dispute resolution arising from tax audits, tax ruling requests and mutual agreement procedures. René also routinely provides legal opinions to government ...

Thomas Meister is a partner in the Tax Team. He is working in the fields of domestic and international corporate tax, including tax optimization, corporate and real estate finance, structured finance, corporate reorganizations, transaction structuring and M&A. Since 2004 he is an adjunct professor for tax law at the University of St. Gall. Born in 1963, Thomas Meister was educated at the Universities of Lausanne and St. Gall (lic. iur. 1989, Dr. iur. 1995), New York University (LL.M. 1998...

Thomas Nabholz leads MLLs tax practice. He joined the firm as a partner in October 2019 with 14 years’ worth of experience in corporate tax consulting at a Big Four firm where he co-headed the Swiss Financial Services International Tax and Transaction Tax Services practice. In addition, Thomas Nabholz worked 6 years with a small accounting firm where he advised private and corporate clients in tax matters, including medium and long term assignments to the tax departments of Swiss Re, UB...

Frédéric Neukomm is a certified tax expert in the Geneva office. His main areas of work are company tax law and tax law for high net worth individuals. He also works in the fields of banking and finance. Frédéric Neukomm graduated from the University of Fribourg (2000) and studied Law at Georgetown University (2003). He was admitted to the Geneva Bar in 2005. Frédéric joined Lenz & Staehelin in 2005 and became a Partner in 2013.

Jan Ole Luuk is counsel in the Tax Team. He is an indirect tax specialist with a focus on Swiss and EU value added tax (VAT) and related customs and excise matters. He speaks and publishes regularly in the field of indirect taxation. Born in 1971, Jan Ole Luuk was educated at the Free University Berlin (First State Law Exam 1996) and the University of London (LL.M. 1997). He continued his legal education at the Court of Appeal Berlin (Second State Law Exam 2000). He graduated as a Certified T...

Stephan Pfenninger has over 30 years of experience in local and international tax. His career path commenced as a corporate lawyer in Zurich. Later he moved as a tax advisor to Ernst & Young. Stephan has been a Partner at Tax Partner since 1998. Besides national and international corporate tax law, Stephan’s activities are mainly focused on real estate tax matters. He is a tax advisor for listed and non-listed Swiss and foreign institutional real estate investors as well as for indi...

Floran Ponce is a lawyer and certified tax expert advising Swiss and foreign corporations, investment funds and banks on a broad range of domestic and international tax and commercial law matters. He advises them on aspects relating to mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, financing transactions and restructurings, as well as on the management of tax affairs and controversies before Swiss tax authorities. He also assists companies and corporate executives on executive compensation and private ...

Heini Rüdisühli is a partner in the Zurich office, where he leads the Private Clients practice group. His main field of activity is national and international tax planning for private individuals as well as taxation of corporate reorganizations and acquisitions. In addition, Heini Rüdisühli specializes in inheritance law and succession planning as well as executorship of estates. He has a broad knowledge of trusts. Heini Rüdisühli completed his studies in Bern an...

Fouad Sayegh is a partner in the tax team. His expertise covers most aspects of domestic and international taxation. He regularly advises high net worth families in their relocation, wealth reorganization, asset protection, estate planning and charitable projects, which often includes tax advice in relation to trusts, private foundations and investment vehicles. In the field of corporate tax, his practice includes advising on M&A transactions, corporate reorganizations, double tax treaty ...

Daniel Schafer is a certified tax expert with experience in administration, contract and commercial law. He practices domestic and international taxation, with a special focus on corporate tax (including M&A, restructuring and relocation, private equity), Swiss VAT and real estate taxation. He also advises on tax related questions in connection with private clients (UHNWIs) as well as on real estate matters (transaction, structuring, acquisition). He is the Hiring Partner at Lenz & St...

A Senior Counsel at Lenz & Staehelin's Geneva office, Prof. Dr. Henri Torrione teaches tax law at the University of Fribourg. He studied law at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland). In 2001, he studied at Georgetown University Law School where he graduated with an LLM. In 1988, he obtained a diploma as a certified tax expert. Henri Torrione joined Lenz & Staehelin in 1985. He became a partner in 1990 and a Counsel in 2008.

Dieter Weber studied law at the University of St Gallen followed by his graduation as an attorney and a certified tax expert. He joined Ernst & Young in 1988 and became a Partner in 1995. In 1997 he was one of the founders of Tax Partner. He has a broad experience in national and international corporate and private tax. Dieter is also specialized in estate planning and successions for families and individuals with an international orientation. He serves regularly as a speaker in internati...

Maurus Winzap is a partner and heads the Tax Team. Maurus' practice covers all areas of domestic and international corporate taxation. He acts for a broad range of corporate and financial clients, and has developed significant expertise in planning and advising on M&A and private equity transactions, structured financings, corporate restructurings, relocations, capital market transactions, collective investment schemes and management incentive programs. Furthermore, he focuses on advice t...