About

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The Pestalozzi Tax practice group advises clients on a complete range of Swiss tax matters and international tax issues. As tax experts working as part of a full-service law firm, we are able to render all our tax services as integrated services across any combination of legal areas.

  • Financing: We regularly assist in financing transactions, mainly as advisor to the financing banks. Several of the banks we work with are ranked within the top 50 banks in the world.
  • M&A: We frequently support domestic and international clients in acquisitions and takeovers of privately held or quoted companies and the design of new Group structures: We have profound knowledge of integrations, reorganisations and migrations, including holding, principal and finance company structures as well as branch structures.
  • Real estate: We frequently assist in real estate transactions, including the reorganisation of real estate companies, the development and sale of real estate, and transactions in connection with estate planning for corporations and wealthy individuals.
  • Private clients: We have long standing expertise in tax planning and compliance for executives and transferees working for international companies. We assist in regulatory issues (permits) and social security matters.
  • Cross border handling of corporate restructuring and tax matters on a global scale involving jurisdictions on multiple continents are one of specialties developed over many years of working with global corporations.

Chambers Review

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Tax - Switzerland
4
Band 4
What the team is known for

Pestalozzi acts on tax structuring aspects of cross-border acquisitions and restructurings. The law firm represents financial institutions, as well as clients from the telecoms and pharmaceutical sectors. The team also advises clients on transfer pricing and tax allocation questions. Team members have experience in contentious matters and in assisting with compliance questions.

Work Highlights

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  • The lawyers at Pestalozzi acted for Empira Group on the tax aspects of specialised cross-border real estate structures.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Nils Harbeke
4
Nils Harbeke
Head of Tax
4
Band 4

Nils Harbeke assists clients with transfer pricing mandates and the tax aspects of relocations. He also advises clients on compliance with tax legislation and on the tax aspects of corporate transactions.

"Nils Harbeke is a great listener and delivers on expectations and within a very short span of time."

Jonas Sigrist
U
Jonas Sigrist
U
Up and Coming

Jonas Sigrist assists clients with the tax aspects of corporate transactions. He also represents clients in tax litigation matters and acts on tax allocation questions.

"Jonas has very good and deep tax expertise and provides great out-of-the-box thinking and advice."

Ranked Lawyers at
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Nils Harbeke
4
Nils Harbeke
Head of Tax
4
Band 4
Jonas Sigrist
U
Jonas Sigrist
U
Up and Coming

Members

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Christian Roos

Ludivine Boisard

Nils Harbeke

Nils Harbeke

Head of Department

Clients

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Cott Beverages, UBS, GE, Glencore, BSI Bank, Phillips66 GmbH

Industries

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Financial services industry, Banking, Capital Markets, Commodities, Real Estate, Pharmaceutical / Life Science, IT Including Fintech