Private Wealth Law

Fischer Ramp Buchmann is a growing tax specialist firm with a focus on private clients. "Fischer Ramp Buchmann is in my view a unique boutique tax firm," says an international interviewee, adding: "The size of the firm enables clients to have a dedicated attention by the partners and therefore high quality of assistance and advice. I really appreciate their practical approach as well as their outstanding capability in the private clients field."

"The team has grown very organically in recent years and I keep relationships with most of them," says a source; "it is refreshing to see how they are growing as a team in the same spirit and accumulate specific competencies." This source continues: "They are very professional with clear value propositions and integrity, client need-focused and extremely knowledgeable in their specific fields."

Marc Buchmann , the firm's newest partner and another new entry to these rankings this year, is an up-and-coming tax specialist with an impressive range of personal and corporate tax mandates. One source says of their recent experience working with Buchmann: "He was extremely knowledgeable on a broad range of tax matters and challenges international clients are typically facing."

Sources describe Michael Fischer as "the most personable, charming Swiss lawyer you could meet," and "a seasoned practitioner, who is smart in understanding the needs of clients and has a very good and practical knowledge of fiscal and legal issues." Fischer is "a tax lawyer, and a great one at that," says an international interviewee; "he has been absolutely superb to work with. Michael is very thoughtful, creative and user-friendly. To be honest I was slightly nervous bringing him in as I hadn't worked with him before and this was a large project, but he was excellent. I thought Michael's thoughtfulness and creativity would be what we needed on the matter; I feel I was proved right."

Samuel Ramp enters these rankings for the first time this year. He handles some interesting work advising founders of start-up companies as part of a broad-based tax practice. "I have a very good impression of Samuel," says a source; "he is very competent and solution-oriented." Another reports that "he keeps his cool even if things get heated, and is very quick and practical in assessing complex matters and in finding solutions."