Tax
Homburger
Homburger advises blue-chip clients on high-profile, cross-border matters relating to transactions and financial products. The team benefits from the strength of its dispute resolution team in tax litigation cases, with experience handling an array of complex disputes. Practice head Reto Heuberger covers tax planning, M&A transactions, and investment management structures. Tax structuring expert Dieter Grünblatt and international tax law specialist Stefan Oesterhelt are key team members. Claudia Suter provides tax advice to high net-worth individuals and entrepreneurs. Laetitia Fracheboud specialises in domestic and international tax law.
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Testimonials
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‘Stefan Oesterhelt is creative, and comes up with solid solutions, and is a very nice guy.’
‘Excellent and quick assessment of complex situations, sharp thinking, depending on the situation, right mix between going into details where necessary and being pragmatic whenever possible.’
‘Homburger's tax team definitely stands out. They offer a distinctive approach tailored to each client's specific needs, ensuring personalized solutions. They consistently deliver creative and forward-thinking solutions, staying at the forefront of trends and international regulatory and tax developments.'
‘Laetitia Fracheboud's attention to detail, diligence, and proactive approach has been instrumental in ensuring the success of our engagements.'
‘Stefan Oesterhelt proves again and again that he is THE Swiss tax expert for financial transactions.'
‘The network of the team is excellent. The proposed solutions are excellent.’
‘Stefan Oesterheld and Reto Heuberger have an excellent network in tax. The proposed solution for the restructuring was innovative and realistic. I would choose them again without hesitation. They have my trust.’
‘We work mainly with Stefan Oesterhelt who is by far the most knowledgeable and experienced expert in his field of practice. We are also always impressed by his ability to understand client needs and implement them in a pragmatic but still risk-averse manner.’
Key clients
- UBS
- CSL
- Raiffeisen
- Zürcher Kantonalbank (ZKB)
- Tiedemann Group
- AEQUITA
- Siegfried
- Kering
- Certares and Knighthead
- Nestlé
- Dufry
- GTT Communications
- Fluence
- Scaled Agile
- Valaris
- Implenia
- Clear Channel
- Santhera
- Citigroup Global Markets
- Noema Pharma
- Affective Advisory
- Globogate concept
- Clear Channel
- AMF Medical
- 21Shares
- Meyer Burger
- AMAG Leasing
- StoneX
- VectivBio
- MCH Group
Work highlights
- Advised Raiffeisen Schweiz on tax matters in incorporating its six branches in separate legal entities as new Raiffeisenbanken.
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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.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Reto Heuberger