Raoul Stocker

Practice Areas

Raoul Stocker is hiring Partner of Bär & Karrer AG. He is an accomplished tax advisor with over 20 years of experience in various tax firms and tax administration. He holds an outstanding academic background, as professor for tax law at the University of St.Gallen. Raoul possesses comprehensive knowledge in all areas of tax law, in particular taxation of multinational, small and midsize companies. His focus lies on complex tax matters, including cross-border structuring of corporate transactions and businesses, taxation of private equity, financial institutions like banks, asset managers and insurance companies as well as transfer pricing in general. As former head of transfer pricing at the Swiss Federal Tax Administration, he is specifically experienced in international tax litigation such as mutual agreement procedures and advanced pricing agreements.

Raoul is professor for tax law at the University of St. Gallen and director at the Institute for Financial Law and Economics (IFF) at the University of St.Gallen. He regularly publishes articles on corporate and international tax topics, in particular transfer pricing, OECD BEPS 2.0, is author of several leading commentaries and a regular speaker at Tax conferences. He organizes the most prominent tax seminars in Switzerland for inhouse tax experts, , advisors, and tax administration (ILE seminars).

Career

Partner at Bär & Karrer AG (since June 2020)

Partner and Tax Advisor of a Big Four Firm in Switzerland (2015-2020)

Partner at Bär & Karrer AG (2011-2015)

Partner (from 2010) and Tax Advisor of a Big Four Firm in Switzerland (2008-2011)

Head of Transfer Pricing at the Swiss Federal Tax Administration (2003-2007)

University St. Gallen: PhD Degree in Law (2006)

Certified Tax Expert (2002)

University St. Gallen: Master in Law (1999)

University Berne: Master in Business Administration (1996)

Professional Memberships

Honorary Professor of Tax Law, University St. Gallen

Member of the Board of Trustees of the Law & Economics Foundation

Languages Spoken

German, English, French