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Baker & McKenzie

RUE PEDRO-MEYLAN 5, 1208 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
Zurich, Washington DC, Warsaw, Vienna, Valencia, Toronto and 73 more

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Baker & McKenzie

Work Department

Tax.

Position

Partner.

Career

Baker & McKenzie (since 1997, Partner since 2002). Independent Expert for the Federal Administrative Court, 2006. Teacher at the Swiss Tax Academy (addresses the future tax experts, 1999 - 2010). Author of four books in the matter of VAT. Teacher at the University of Geneva (post-graduate tax courses, 2004). Senior Tax Consultant at Deliotte, 1994 - 1997. Personal Assistant to Mr Gilles Petitpierre, Swiss Senator, 1994. Law Clerk at Combe, DeBavier & De Senarclens, 1991 - 1993. Auditor at KPMG Zurich, 1990 - 1991. Founder and President of the board of Serap SA, 1986 - 1988.

Languages

French, English, German, Swedish.

Member

OREF Prize for tax practitioner, member of the jury. Ordre Romand des Experts Fiscaux (OREF). Member of the Executive Committee. Member of Swiss Tax Experts Association. Member of the International Fiscal Association (IFA). Member of the Chambre Fiduciaire.

Education

Certified Tax Expert, Bern, 1998. D.EA in EU Law, Geneva, 19995. Bar exam, Geneva, 1993. Master of Law, Geneva, 1990. Master of Science in Economics, 1998.

Leisure

Ski, badminton, hiking, fame of go.

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  • The New Turkish Code of Obligations: Important Changes for Leases of Residential & Business Premises

    For decades, the primary Turkish laws governing leases of residential and business premises have been the Law on Leasing Real Property dated May 27, 1955 (the “Lease Law”) and the Turkish Code of Obligations No. 818 dated April 22, 1926 (the “Obligations Code”). Both of these laws, however, will be repealed and replaced with the new Turkish Code of Obligations No. 6098 dated January 11, 2011 (the “New Obligations Code”), which will enter into force on July 7, 2012.
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  • Dividing estates: Auction of a property by heirs or by the State?

    Dividing an estate can be - depending on its complexity and on the behavior of the heirs - quite complicated. Swiss Law gives a possibility to heirs and/or executors to call upon the State authorities to assist them in liquidating the deceased person's estate.
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  • Foreign insolvency administrators in Switzerland: The narrow and rocky path to claim recovery

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  • Collaboration between the communities in the Canton of Zurich

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  • Inheritance contracts under Swiss law: A valuable and binding instrument for international estates

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  • Provisional measures in Swiss Patent and other intellectual property Laws

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  • Cash Pooling - Options to optimize financing

    Als Cash Pooling wird der Liquiditätsausgleich innerhalb einer Unternehmensgruppe bezeichnet. Durch die koordinierte Verwendung von überschüssiger Liquidität von Gesellschaften innerhalb der Gruppe kann die Beanspruchung von Fremdkapital minimiert werden. Ferner können durch das koordinierte Auftreten gegen aussen, insbesondere infolge des grösseren Volumens, bessere Konditionen (Zinsvorteile) erzielt werden. Weniger Fremdkapital zu besseren Konditionen mit entsprechender Senkung der Fremdfinanzierungskosten ist die Folge. War Cash Pooling bis vor einigen Jahren vor allem ein Thema für Multinationals, haben mittlerweile mehr und mehr KMU's die Vorteile des zentralen Finanzmanagements für sich entdeckt. ...
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  • From the tighter control of the general terms and conditions to the reforms in e-commerce

    Am 17. Juni 2011 hat das Parlament der Revision des Bundesgesetzes über den unlauteren Wettbewerb zugestimmt, wodurch unlautere Geschäftspraktiken konsequenter unterbunden werden sollen. Die Revision umfasst einerseits Bestimmungen zu den sog. «Adressbuchschwindeleien», führt die erforderlichen Angaben beim elektronischen Geschäftsverkehr auf und schränkt die Verwendung missbräuchlicher Geschäftsbedingungen gegenüber Konsumenten strikter ein. Das vorliegende Kurz & Bündig gibt einen Überblick über die wichtigsten Neuerungen, welche gemäss Bundesratsbeschluss vom 12. Oktober 2011 am 1. April 2012 in Kraft treten werden, mit Ausnahme der Bestimmung über die allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen (AGB), welche erst auf den 1. Juli 2012 in Kraft gesetzt werden. ...
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