Michael Nordin

Practice Areas

Taxation; Blockchain Technologies & FinTech; Financial Services. Specializes in transactions such as mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations and restructurings, and those related to financing and capital markets. Michael also conducts Internal Corporate Investigations focusing on tax related matters and advises private clients.

Career

Member of the Management Committee of Schellenberg Wittmer (2021); Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer (2003); Tax Manager in the Tax department of a Swiss bank (2001); Tax Manager of two international "Big 4" firms (1999); Associate in a Zurich business law firm (1997)

Professional Memberships

Zurich Bar Association; IBA; International Fiscal Association

Publications

Various publications on taxation and tax litigation

Languages Spoken

Languages: German, English, Swedish

Experience

- Counsel to a large bank on an internal business reorganization including the negotiation of the tax treatment of an offshore structure with the tax administration

- Counsel to a multinational Swiss company in a major acquisition and reorganization

- Representation of a large Swiss financial institution in major tax litigation

- Representing a multinational family in a complex tax dispute, including the coordination with foreign advisers and tax authorities