Floran Ponce
Global Guide 2024
Band 3 : Tax
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About
Provided by Floran Ponce
Practice Areas
Floran Ponce is a partner based in Geneva, where he is a member of the Tax group and is a certified tax expert. He specialises in all aspects of corporate tax including private equity, fund structuring, public and private M&A, restructurings, complex financings and tax disputes. His experience includes acting for private equity funds, fund managers, multinational companies, banks, management teams and prominent families or family offices. Floran is also a regular speaker on tax-related topics and a member of a number of tax professional organisations.
Career
Universities of Lausanne and Lucerne (lic. iur., 2006), Admission to Geneva Bar (2009), Joined Lenz & Staehelin (2010), Certified Tax Expert (Akademie der Treuhand-Kammer Award, 2012), Harvard Law School (LL.M., 2014), Partner at Lenz & Staehelin (2017)
Professional Memberships
Member of the Geneva Bar Association (OdA), Swiss Bar Association (FSA), International Fiscal Association (IFA), Swiss Association of Certified Tax Experts (ASEFID / SVDS), Western Switzerland Association of Certified Tax Experts (OREF), Harvard Club of Switzerland, Harvard Law School Association of Europe
Personal
Languages: French, English, German, Spanish
Chambers Review
Global
Floran Ponce is well placed to represent clients before the Swiss Supreme Court in tax law disputes and also to advise on withholding tax issues and voluntary tax disclosures. He also assists clients with the tax aspects of internal restructurings and investment rounds.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Floran Ponce has an acute business mindset. He combined facts and precedents elegantly with solid, concise and practical advice."
"He is pleasant to work with, very technically strong but pragmatic and explains things clearly."
"Floran Ponce has an acute business mindset. He combined facts and precedents elegantly with solid, concise and practical advice."
"He is pleasant to work with, very technically strong but pragmatic and explains things clearly."