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Praised for its ‘great know-how and network’, Pestalozzi combines its corporate tax and individual tax expertise to advise on a multitude of domestic and international scale mandates. The ’deeply knowledgeable’ Jonas Sigrist is well-positioned to act on the full array of tax and corporate structuring issues. Internal tax expert Silvia Zimmermann is also recommended for her considerable knowledge of inbound and outbound tax planning, M&A and financial structuring.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The Pestalozzi tax team have a very international approach to client solutions. This is refreshing as many Swiss law firms only look at matters from a Swiss tax law perspective.'

  • ‘Jonas Sigrist is highly approachable and is deeply knowledgeable on both Swiss and international tax matters. Solutions are delivered in straight forward language and conducted with ease from start to finish. Highly recommended.’

  • ‘Jonas Sigrist is an excellent tax lawyer.’

  • ‘Very reliable. Great know-how and network. Pragmatic and focused.’

  • ‘Pestalozzi provided our company with strong expertise in Swiss tax law. The tax team are strongly client-centric and their commitment to meet our needs was fully fulfilled.’

  • ‘Jonas Sigrist and his team have strong expertise in and experience of the Swiss tax eco-system which allowed us to get a tailor made solution applying exactly to our needs, allowing us to solve our case. On top of the strong professional skills demonstrated by the Pestalozzi team, I would like highlight the excellent collaboration and availability of the whole team.’

  • ‘Excellent professionals who provide practical and workable solutions.’

Key clients

  • Axa
  • Bank Julius Baer
  • Bank of America Merrill Lynch
  • Barclays Bank
  • BBVA Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A.
  • Bloomberg Industry Group
  • BP Europa SE
  • Compass Gas & Energia
  • Eden Springs
  • GE
  • Glencore
  • Hansa Investment Company
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • JPMorgan Chase
  • Klarna Bank AB
  • Leclanché
  • Peek & Cloppenburg
  • Primo Water
  • Prudential Financial Inc.
  • PureGym
  • Sao Martinho
  • Shiseido Group
  • Sony Music
  • South Pole
  • Swisscom
  • The European Investment Bank
  • The Nielsen Company
  • Viatris (formerly) Mylan Pharma
  • Westinghouse
  • AXA
  • Bank Julius Baer

Work highlights

  • Advised South Pole regarding new financing structures and regarding the implementation of a new long term incentive plan, which raised challenging and unique questions on the taxation of South Pole, of the investors involved in the new financing round, and of non-participating shareholders, and involved the obtaining of several tax rulings.
  • Acted as lead counsel for the issuance of a euro medium term note program 2024, which has the extraordinary volume of up to EUR 10bn.

Lawyers

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Other key lawyers

Jonas Sigrist, Silvia Zimmermann