Tax

Bär & Karrer is pleased to announce that partner Paolo Bottini has been recognized by Lexology and the International Law Office (ILO) as the Client Choice Winner 2019 in the Corporate Tax category in Switzerland. Since 2005, Client Choice recognizes law firm partners that stand out for the excellent client service they provide. The criteria for this recognition focus on the ability to add real value to clients' businesses over and above other players in the market. Uniquely, only corporate counsel can nominate lawyers for these awards. The winners for the Client Choice Awards 2019 were chosen from more than 2'500 nominations. Paolo Bottini manages Bär & Karrer's Lugano office and is part of the tax team consisting of 7 partners and about 20 associates. The team's exceptional performance has recently been confirmed by Chambers and Partners by elevating it to the top tier in Switzerland. Co-Head of the tax team Susanne Schreiber comments: "Congratulations to Paolo for winning this prestigious award! I am proud to be part of such dynamic tax team whose top performance is internationally recognized – as demonstrated by this award and the recent rankings."

The owners of Briner AG Winterthur sold the company. Briner is a leading family-owned trading and service company operating in the fields of construction services, steel services, supply systems and building services as well as heating and energy systems. Bär & Karrer acted as legal advisor to the Sellers in this transaction. The team included Daniel Bader and Corinna Seiler (both tax), Christoph Neeracher, Luca Jagmetti, Philippe Seiler and Elisabeth Rinderknecht (all M&A), Corrado Rampini and Oliver Rüdlinger (both Real Estate).

The Swiss National Council approves the proposed tax reform package! On 12 September 2018 the larger chamber of parliament adopted the proposal of the Economic Affairs and Taxation Committee of the Council of States on the Federal Act on Tax Reform and AHV Financing (formerly Tax Proposal 17), which is largely in line with the legislative bill adopted by the Council of States, the smaller chamber of parliament. Although slight differences regarding the capital contribution principle remain to be settled, the majority of member of the National Council sees the adopted text of the bill as a viable compromise. For further information please click here: /developments/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/10/Briefing_SwissTaxReformPackageApproved_Update20and20Outlook.pdf