Pietro Sansonetti
Europe Guide 2024
Band 3 : Tax
Email address
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About
Provided by Pietro Sansonetti
Practice Areas
Taxation; Corporate - reorganizations (mergers and real estate transactions, as well as on non-profit entities); Private Wealth; Tax Litigation and Enforcement matters
Career
Member of the Management Committee of Schellenberg Wittmer (2009-2013)
Founder and Head of the Geneva Tax Department of Schellenberg Wittmer (1999-2021)
Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer (1999)
Chief Tax Officer at the Geneva Tax Authority (1993)
Tax Manager at Arthur Andersen (1988)
Tax Consultant at Fides (now KPMG) (1985)
Professional Memberships
Geneva and Swiss Bar Associations. International Fiscal Association, IBA, Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce (Tax Chapter). EXPERTsuisse - formerly Swiss Fiduciary Chamber (Tax Chapter)
Publications
La jurisprudence fiscale du Tribunal féderal 2015-2016 (2017); Various publications on the corporate tax reform acts and regular lecturer in Swiss taxation law
Personal
Languages: French, English, German, Italian
Chambers Review
Europe
Pietro Sansonetti represents clients in disputes with the tax authorities and advises on changes to tax legislation. He also has experience in matters involving tax treaties and the tax aspects of reorganisations. Sansonetti assists charitable organisations with tax exemptions.