Pascal Hinny

Tax

Pascal Hinny specializes in national and international tax planning both for corporates and individuals; a field spanning everything from M&A, IP-structures, financing, Pillar II questions and relocations to private equity and family offices. Pascal regularly represents taxpayers in tax ruling processes, tax audits in court- and MAP proceedings and acts as expert witness both for taxpayers and governmental bodies. 

Pascal Hinny is a full professor of national and international tax law at the law faculty of the University of Fribourg, Switzerland and a frequent speaker at professional conferences in tax matters.

University of St.Gallen (lic. iur., 1990, Dr. iur., 1995), Swiss Bar Admission (1991), Swiss Certified Tax Expert (1998), London School of Economics LSE (LL.M. Tax, 2001), Joined Lenz & Staehelin (2002), University of Fribourg (Professor of Tax Law, 2002), Partner at Lenz & Staehelin (2007)

International Fiscal Association (IFA) Swiss branch, Member of board; EXPERTsuisse Tax Chapter; Direct tax group of Confédération Fiscale Européenne (CFE), Brussels; Tax group Germany – Austria – Switzerland (D-ACH), Berlin; Co-Head of Zurich Bar Association (ZAV) tax group

Full professor of tax law at the law faculty of the University of Fribourg; Director of the Institute of Law and Economics (IDÉ), University of Fribourg; Co-editor for international tax law of University of St.Gallen tax journal "IFF Forum für Steuerrecht" (FStR); On a regular basis advisor to and member of various expert groups of Swiss governmental bodies.