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The Pestalozzi Tax practice group advises clients on a complete range of Swiss tax matters and international tax issues. As tax experts working as part of a full-service law firm, we are able to render all our tax services as integrated services across any combination of legal areas.

  • Financing: We regularly assist in financing transactions, mainly as advisor to the financing banks. Several of the banks we work with are ranked within the top 50 banks in the world.
  • M&A: We frequently support domestic and international clients in acquisitions and takeovers of privately held or quoted companies and the design of new Group structures: We have profound knowledge of integrations, reorganisations and migrations, including holding, principal and finance company structures as well as branch structures.
  • Real estate: We frequently assist in real estate transactions, including the reorganisation of real estate companies, the development and sale of real estate, and transactions in connection with estate planning for corporations and wealthy individuals.
  • Private clients: We have long standing expertise in tax planning and compliance for executives and transferees working for international companies. We assist in regulatory issues (permits) and social security matters.
  • Cross border handling of corporate restructuring and tax matters on a global scale involving jurisdictions on multiple continents are one of specialties developed over many years of working with global corporations.

Chambers Review

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Tax - Switzerland

4
Band 4

What the Team is Known For

Pestalozzi acts on the tax structuring aspects of cross-border acquisitions and restructurings. The law firm represents financial institutions, as well as clients from the telecoms and pharmaceutical sectors. The team also advises clients on transfer pricing and tax allocation questions. Team members have experience in contentious matters and in assisting with compliance questions.

Work Highlights

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  • Pestalozzi assisted South Pole with Swiss tax rulings in connection with the close of a new investment round with other investors.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Jonas Sigrist
5
Jonas Sigrist
5
Band 5
Jonas Sigrist assists clients with the tax aspects of corporate transactions. He also represents clients in tax litigation matters and acts on tax allocation questions.

He is always in a good mood and has a sense of humour, which actually helps deal with complicated problems.

Jonas Sigrist has in-depth knowledge and is able to find pragmatic solutions. He is extremely flexible, supportive and client-oriented.

I really like working with Jonas Sigrist because he is technical but also eager to help and is quick in his responses.

You see that he has fun in his work.

I appreciate Jonas Sigrist every time we work together as he always has a simple solution to tricky problems. He comes up with good ideas, gets to good results and does not overcomplicate issues.

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Jonas Sigrist
5
Jonas Sigrist
5
Band 5

Members

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Clients

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Cott Beverages, UBS, GE, Glencore, BSI Bank, Phillips66 GmbH

Industries

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Financial services industry, Banking, Capital Markets, Commodities, Real Estate, Pharmaceutical / Life Science, IT Including Fintech