Hall of Fame
The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.
Thomas Graf specializes in national and international tax law. He has a special emphasis on the financial services industry and UHNWIs with entrepreneurial background. He has devoted a substantial amount of time to advising individual athletes and international sports organisations. Thomas Graf is distinguished as a leading tax lawyer by a number of legal directories.
Michael Nordin is a Partner in Schellenberg Wittmer's Zurich office, where he heads the taxation group. Michael focuses on transactions such as mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations and restructurings, and those related to financing and capital markets. Generally, Michael has a strong focus on the Finance Industry. Further, Michael conducts Internal Corporate Investigations focusing on tax related matters. In addition, he also advises high net worth individuals (HNWI). Experience: Counsel to a large bank on an internal business reorganization including the negotiation of the tax treatment of an offshore structure with the tax administration Counsel to a multinational Swiss company in a major acquisition and reorganization Representation of a large Swiss financial institution in major tax litigation Advising on the structuring of a complex financial transaction involving a Swiss and a foreign bank, including the coordination with foreign advisers and tax authorities
Susanne Schreiber is a partner at Bär & Karrer AG and co-heads the tax department. Susanne Schreiber has extensive experience in international corporate tax matters, in particular in domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and reorganizations. She advises on tax aspects of financing, acquisition structuring as well as capital market transactions and management incentive schemes. She frequently works on vendor or buy-side transactions, both for private equity clients, multinationals or individuals, covering due diligence, pre-deal structuring as well as carve-outs and post-merger integration from a tax perspective. Furthermore, Susanne Schreiber regularly supports Swiss multinationals in their tax planning work, including tax advice on restructurings, financing and tax litigation work. Susanne Schreiber is an attorney-at-law and tax advisor as well as a Swiss certified tax expert. Before joining Bär & Karrer she worked for an international law firm in Germany and for one of the big four companies in Zurich where she last headed the Swiss M&A tax department. She regularly speaks on tax-related topics in the area of M&A / corporate tax law and publishes specialist articles as well as commentaries in the field of taxes. Susanne Schreiber is an Officer of the IBA Taxes Committee, a member of the Exam Commission for Swiss Certified Tax Experts, the tax chapter of the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce, the International Fiscal Association and EXPERTsuisse tax commission. Susanne Schreiber won the award "Rising star: Tax" at the IFLR Europe Women in Business Law Awards 2016 and is listed as a Woman-in-Tax Leader in the International Tax Review. Legal 500 listed her as Leading Individual in the category Tax Switzerland. She has recently been awarded for outstanding quality client service with the Client Choice Award 2020 for Corporate Tax in Switzerland.
Rising stars
Rising stars with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Ruth Bloch-Riemer’s practice focuses on domestic and international tax law. She regularly advises Swiss and foreign high net worth individuals in all taxation matters. In particular, she supports clients with regard to wealth and succession planning, the structuring of charitable contributions, questions in the context of the taxation of art and artists, and questions within the field of the domestic and international structuring and coordination of their pension and social security. Furthermore, Ruth Bloch-Riemer is advising domestic and international companies and managers in all taxation and social security matters particularly in the context of compensation, i. a. within employee participation schemes, and in the development and implementation of complex domestic and cross-border pension solutions. In her areas of practice, Ruth Bloch-Riemer supports clients both in the context of compliance work and non-contentious procedures as well as in the context of litigation vis-à-vis domestic administrative and judicial authorities. Ruth Bloch-Riemer regularly publishes and speaks at conferences on tax and social security matters. She serves as an expert for the oral Swiss tax expert examinations.
Susanne Liebel-Kotz is a partner in the Baker McKenzie Zurich office. She has more than 10 years' experience in the fields of international tax planning and M&A. Susanne is a member of the Firm's Global Tax and Real Estate practice groups. She is a frequent speaker on seminars and other events regarding various taxation issues, particularly with respect to international taxation. Susanne is also a lecturer in the fields of international and real estate taxation. Susanne's work is focused on international tax planning and tax advice in connection with M&A transactions and corporate restructurings, including private equity, venture capital, real estate and capital markets transactions. She also has a strong focus on transaction-related VAT and new technologies. Susanne advises Swiss and international clients on inbound and outbound tax planning strategies. In addition, she gives advice on tax matters in all phases of a transaction process: from designing tax-optimized acquisition and joint venture structures, carrying out tax due diligence reviews to the drafting and negotiation of the transaction documentation's tax-related aspects, and implementing tax-efficient post-merger integrations.
Member of the Tax group in Zurich. Practice involves a wide range of international and domestic tax matters. Particular focus on tax planning and structuring of international M&A transactions and corporate restructurings. Broad experience in acquisitions, mergers, spin-offs, reorganizations, relocations, and tax reliefs. Practice also covers international employment and employee stock and option plans. His client portfolio varies from multinationals to small and medium-sized companies in life sciences, commodities, financial services, and other sectors.
Leading individuals
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Daniel Bader provides national and international tax, social security and legal advice to individuals and corporate clients. He comprehensively advises private clients, executives and entrepreneurs in tax and legal-related questions including successions planning, compensation plans and private wealth structures. Daniel Bader develops solutions, particularly related to cross-border structuring and to corporate and private relocations from and to Switzerland. He assists clients in questions regarding income and wealth tax, estate and gift taxes, real estate tax and social security. Daniel Bader is a frequent speaker at national and international tax and private clients conferences, and acts as board member of Family Offices. He is president of the Swiss branch of the International Fiscal Association IFA. He is listed as a leading lawyer by Chambers, Legal 500 and Citywealth. Furthermore, Who's Who Legal 2018 recognizes him as expert in the practice areas "Private Client" and "Corporate Tax".
Partner. Tax law with a focus on banking, finance (including structured, asset and project finance), capital markets, investment funds structures in relation to private equity, real estate funds, hedge funds and regulated and structured funds, M&A transactions, reorganizations and employee participation plans.
Partner of Homburger's Tax practice team. Focus: international tax law, finance transactions, capital markets, investment funds, corporate tax law (including reorganisations), M&A transactions, tax litigation.
For more than 20 years Christina Rinne has specialised in national and international value added tax, customs and excise duties. She frequently lectures on Swiss and European VAT matters. Christina Rinne is distinguished by Chambers Global as a Leading Individual in Tax and as a Tax Expert with Foreign Expertise.
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