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Dr. Ruth Bloch-Riemer is a partner in Bär & Karrer's tax practice group. Throughout her more than 15 years of experience, she has gained significant expertise and recognition both as trusted advisor to private clients, their families and their ecosystem as well as a specialist in cross-border and domestic pensions and social security law, leading Bär & Karrer’s social security and pensions practice and focusing on transactional pensions work, C-level advisory and further employer-related social security and pensions topics.
Ruth Bloch-Riemer regularly publishes and speaks at conferences on tax and social security matters. She co-authored a large Swiss pension law commentary as well as a large Swiss inheritance and gift tax commentary, serves as an expert for the oral Swiss tax expert examinations and teaches i.a. within the University of Zurich’s LLM program on international tax law.
Chambers High Net Worth (HNW) 2022 ranks Ruth in Band 4 and she is acknowledged by Legal 500 2023 as "Next Generation Partner". Additionally, she has been awarded Gold as 'Lawyer of the Year, Switzerland' at the IFC Awards 2023 and the Euromoney Legal Media Group's Rising Star Award 2019.
She additionally is a member of the Steering Committee of the International Pension and Benefits Lawyers’ Association (IPEBLA).
Partner at Bär & Karrer (since 2019)
Certified Tax Expert (2014)
University of Berne: Dr. iur. (2012)
Associate at Bär & Karrer (2011-2018)
Admitted to the Zurich Bar (2010)
Trainee at a Swiss law firm (2008-2009)
University of Zurich: lic. iur. (2006)
The International Academy of Estate and Trust Law (TIAETL)
Member of the Steering Commitee of IPEBLA
Member of the International Fiscal Association Swiss Branch (IFA Switzerland)
Member of the International Pension & Employee Benefits Lawyers Association (IPEBLA) and of its Executive Compensation Committee
STEP Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce
Swiss Bar Association (SAV/FSA)
Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
German, English, French, Italian
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Ruth Bloch-Riemer is well placed to advise clients on the tax structuring of corporate and real estate transactions, in addition to social security and pension issues. Alongside her experience in corporate tax work, she additionally assists private clients with tax advice.
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She is very pragmatic in her approach, which helps in explaining things to clients.
Ruth Bloch-Riemer has technical skills and a good approach to handling mandates.
She was outstanding from my point of view.
Ruth Bloch-Riemer is very pleasant to work with.
Ruth Bloch-Riemer is so technically minded but also completely commercial. She understands all the details inside out.
She is very pragmatic in her approach, which helps in explaining things to clients.
Ruth Bloch-Riemer has technical skills and a good approach to handling mandates.
She was outstanding from my point of view.
Ruth Bloch-Riemer is very pleasant to work with.
Ruth Bloch-Riemer is so technically minded but also completely commercial. She understands all the details inside out.
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