International Corporate Finance

INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE FINANCE RANKINGS

SWITZERLAND BEST LAW FIRMS

Corporate Tax

The firms are listed alphabetically within each band

FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS

LEADING

Bär & Karrer Susanne Schreiber

Homburger Dieter Grünblatt, Stefan Oesterhelt, Reto Heuberger

Lenz & Staehelin Pascal Hinny, Jean-Blaise Eckert

Oberson Abels Xavier Oberson, Pierre-Marie Glauser

EXCELLENT

Baker & McKenzie Hans-Andre Koch

Froriep Michael Fischer

Niederer Kraft & Frey Thomas Graf

Schellenberg Wittmer Pietro Sansonetti, Michael Nordin, Jean-Frédéric Maraia

Walder Wyss Thomas Meister

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

FBT Avocats Jean-Luc Bochatay, Michel Abt

Ludwig + Partners Hubertus Ludwig

Meyerlustenberger Lachenal David Brönimann

Python Etienne von Streng

RECOMMENDED

ADB Altorfer Duss & Beilstein Marco Duss, Jürg Altorfer, Fabian Duss

BCCC Attorneys-at-law Fabrice Kuhn, Joseph Merhai

Bratschi Wiederkehr & Buob Reto Kuster

Burckhardt Rolf Wüthrich

CMS Von Erlach Poncet Andrio Orler, David Hürlimann

Gillioz Dorsaz & Associés Pierre Gillioz, Nicole Fragnière Meyer

Loyens & Loeff Beat Baumgartner

Pestalozzi Nils Harbeke

Tax Partners Dieter Weber, Stephan Pfenninger, Alberto Lissi

Wenger & Vieli Stephan Hürlimann, Barbara Brauchli Rohrer

VALUABLE EXPERTISE

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Jonathan Ivinson

Altenburger Leonard Toenz

Bonnard Lawson Thierry Boitelle

Bourgeois Avocats Olivier Weniger

Kellerhals Carrard Ivo P. Baumgartner

MME Andreas Müller

Jean-Blaise Eckert

L eaders:

Jean-Blaise Eckert and

Pascal Hinny

E stablished:

1917

Track record: The leading firm has the oldest

tradition in tax among Swiss law firms. A

large team of experts are able to deal with

all aspects of tax planning and represent

the clients before court and within the frame

of tax proceedings. Lenz & Staehelin provi-

des a full service advising on matters from

inter-cantonal to cross-border.

Team & differentiation: The team is composed

of six partners spread between the Zurich

office (2 partners) and Geneva/Lausanne

(4 partners), and twenty associates. Jean-

Blaise Eckert and Pascal Hinny both head

the tax teams, in Geneva and Zurich respec-

tively. The team has developed strong ties

with the tax administration throughout the

years and all team members are Certified

Tax Experts.

LENZ & STAEHELIN:

TIME-HONORED AND THOROUGH TAX EXPERTISE

Thomas Graf

L eaders:

Thomas Graf, Philippe A.

Weber, Philipp Haas

E stablished:

1936

Track record: Niederer Kraft & Frey is one of the

oldest top-tier Swiss law firms. The Tax practice,

headed by Thomas Graf, has four partners. The

team deals with all tax aspects, ranging from

individual tax, real estate, transfer prices to

corporate tax. The lawyers mostly work for the

financial services industry (private equity & real

estate funds) and for high-net-worth individuals,

owning at least one major industrial asset.

Team & differentiation: Philippe A. Weber,

Managing Partner, is also Co-Head of the Cor-

porate/M&A with Philipp Haas. All partners

belong to several practices and the Tax and

Corporate/M&A practices have been working

together for SIX-listed clients for years. All

partners have an international background.

The firm is made up of foreign lawyers (US, UK

and Italian), and recently hired a COO, Marcel

Amrein, himself a lawyer.

NIEDERER KRAFT & FREY:

EXCELLENT EXPERTISE AND AN INCLUSIVE APPROACH