Bär & Karrer Ltd.‘s ’professional, well-balanced, knowledgeable and productive team�� provides support to its clients in the French, German, and Italian-speaking areas of Switzerland. The team is co-led by Daniel Bader, who advises a range of private clients on tax-related issues, and Susanne Schreiber, who has expertise advising on domestic and international tax matters. Geneva team head Christoph Suter has a special focus on corporate taxation, and international tax planning and litigation. The team benefits from Raoul Stocker’s aptitude in transfer pricing, Ruth Bloch-Riemer‘s knowledge of social security and pensions, and Daniel U. Lehmann’s strength in international tax structuring. Also key are M&A tax experts Paolo Bottini and Cyrill Diefenbacher, and international corporate tax specialist Matthias Bizzarro, who made partner in January 2023.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Very professional, well-balanced, knowledgeable, and productive team with an unparalleled pace and expertise leading to great quality.’

  • ‘Kind, friendly and customer oriented, providing advice that is helpful and clearly needed.’

  • ‘Tax is a real focus area of Bär & Karrer.’

  • ‘Very good understanding of our industry, open discussions about technical and strategic matters of the cases, very open and pleasant communication style.’

  • ‘Raoul Stocker has very good analytical understanding, is strong in technical and strategical matters (competence and experience in transfer pricing matters), is very uncomplicated, and has a very friendly personality.’

Key clients

  • UBS Group AG
  • Equistone
  • Confinale
  • MET Holding AG

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Susanne Schreiber, Daniel Bader

Other key lawyers

Christoph Suter, Ruth Bloch-Riemer, Daniel Lehmann, Raoul Stocker, Cyrill Diefenbacher, Paolo Bottini, Matthias Bizzarro