Jean-Frédéric Maraia

Practice Areas

Taxation; Corporate - reorganizations (mergers and real estate transactions, as well as on non-profit entities); Private Wealth; Tax Litigation and Enforcement matters

Career

Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer (2010); Associate in a leading law firm in Geneva (2007)

Professional Memberships

Geneva and Swiss Bar Associations; IFA

Publications

Refund Of Swiss Withholding Tax On Dividend Payments To Foreign Companies: Requirement Of Beneficial Ownership; Droit fiscal suisse et international: recueil de cas pratiques: énoncé et solutions

Languages Spoken

Languages: French, English

Experience

- Advising Foncia Groupe France and Foncia Switzerland SA in the acquisition of Brollliet Holding SA and Brolliet SA in Geneva, one of the oldest and most important real estate groups in Geneva

- Advising a multinational company and a leading Swiss bank in the sale of land and a building owned respectively by two different entities. This involved discussions on the structure and analysis of the VAT issues and the negotiation of the tax clauses in the SPA

- Providing tax analysis to a multinational construction company regarding any indirect tax responsibility in relation with the purchase of a target company