Switzerland

Firm overview

Tax Partner AG is focused on Swiss and international tax law and is recognised as a leading tax boutique. With currently 15 partners and counsels and a total of approximately 50 tax experts, consisting of attorneys, legal experts and economists, the firm advises multinational and national corporate clients as well as individuals.

Tax Partner AG develops creative and well devised solutions in all areas of tax law and offers the full range of tax advice. The concentration of technical expertise and industry sector knowledge allows the development of tailor-made tax solutions for the clients. Tax Partner thereby offers a unique in-depth service quality to their clients. This focus has led to a continuous and increasing success of the firm.

Clients appreciate the efficient and customer-oriented set-up of the firm. The Partners are actively involved in day to day advice to the clients and have an important direct performance on the mandates.
Since its inception in 1997, Tax Partner’s strategy is to exclusively offer specialized tax advice to its clients. Over the past years Tax Partner AG has consequently developed important contacts to service providers engaged in the fields accompanying tax advice.

Tax Partner AG is independent and collaborates with various leading tax law firms globally. In 2005 the firm was a co-founder of Taxand – the world's largest independent organisation of highly qualified tax experts. Taxand currently has more than 3,000 tax advisors and around 700 tax partners from independent member firms in around 51 countries. Tax Partner is the Swiss Taxand member firm.

Firm overview

Schellenberg Wittmer is a leading full-service Swiss business law firm with more than 150 lawyers in Zurich, Geneva, and Singapore. We provide comprehensive legal services worldwide to domestic and international companies and entrepreneurs. Our Singapore office provides a gateway to the Asian market, for both inbound and outbound investments.

The firm's Taxation Group is renowned for their expertise in tax and economic matters. Most team members are Certified Tax Experts and cover the full range of advisory and contentious tax-related issues. We have extensive experience with both cantonal and federal authorities and regularly obtain advance clearances and rulings for corporations, individuals, governments and NGOs. We are experts in double taxation and mutual assistance agreements, real estate transactions, trusts, NGOs, VAT, real estate and enforcement procedures. Our team works closely with the Private Wealth Group advising and representing individuals, families and closely-held family businesses, banks, family offices and trust companies in estate and inheritance planning, and in disputes, including litigation and arbitration.

Firm overview

We accompany entrepreneurs and companies in all tax matters in the national and international environment. We already have the civil law implementation in mind during the planning phase.

As certified tax experts, we are practitioners with a quality certificate. A special guarantee for quality in tax consulting is experience. We have a great deal of that.

We advise clients on a variety of business law issues at all levels (planning and implementation). Since we are lawyers and tax experts, we have both legal and fiscal aspects in mind. We are used to thinking not only as lawyers, but also as entrepreneurs.

We advise clients in all aspects of private and public binding law, from planning through project development, construction, acquisition, financing and operation, to the sale of real estate.

Our clients have an experienced notary for comprehensive services. As a result of the approval in the cantons of Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft, we can handle all land register transactions in these cantons.

Firm overview

TAX EXPERT International AG is an unique and highly recognized practice. Our Certified Tax Experts focus on national and international taxation affecting both business entities and individuals.

We offer a comprehensive range of tax planning services that encompass tax-free mergers, spin-offs, restructuring, reorganizations, acquisitions, business formations, liquidations and - more importantly - Independent tax reviews or opinions.

In addition, to full-range corporate tax counseling, TAX EXPERT International AG has extensive experience that covers the full spectrum from all aspects of individual taxation including executive incentive compensation and employee stock ownership arrangements to inheritance, gifts, estates and real estate.

Whether it is advice on the implementation of complex national or transnational tax minimization strategies, or support in compliance matters, we help MNEs, stock-quoted companies, corporations, joint ventures, entrepreneurs, partnerships, high-net-worth individuals, expatriates and inpatriates to respond effectively, managing their exposure to tax liability and complying with regulations.

With us you have chosen "A Partnership for Success"