Mr Daniel Bader > Bär & Karrer Ltd. > Zurich, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile
Bär & Karrer Ltd. Offices
BRANDSCHENKESTRASSE 90
8027 ZÜRICH
Switzerland
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Mr Daniel Bader
Work Department
Tax | Private Clients | Mergers & Acquisitions | Real Estate | Employment | Social Security & Pension
Position
Daniel Bader provides national and international tax, social security and legal advice to individuals and corporate clients.
He comprehensively advises private clients, executives and entrepreneurs in tax and legal-related questions including successions planning, compensation plans and private wealth structures.
Daniel Bader develops solutions, particularly related to cross-border structuring and to corporate and private relocations from and to Switzerland. He assists clients in questions regarding income and wealth tax, estate and gift taxes, real estate tax and social security.
Daniel Bader is a frequent speaker at national and international tax and private clients conferences, and acts as board member of Family Offices. He is president of the Swiss branch of the International Fiscal Association IFA. He is listed as a leading lawyer by Chambers, Legal 500 and Citywealth. Furthermore, Who’s Who Legal 2018 recognizes him as expert in the practice areas “Private Client” and “Corporate Tax”.
Career
- Partner of Bär & Karrer (since 2010)
- Associate at a Swiss law firm (2008)
- Director and tax advisor at a Swiss bank (2007)
- Associate at a Swiss law firm (2005)
- Research and Teaching Assistant to Prof. Dr. H.P. Wehrli (2000-2004)
Languages
German, English, French.
Memberships
- President of the International Fiscal Association, Swiss Branch
Education
- Swiss Tax Expert (2008)
- University of Zurich: lic. oec. (2003)
Lawyer Rankings
Switzerland > Private client
The private client practice at Bär & Karrer Ltd. is headed up by Tina Wüstemann, who is described by clients as a ‘leading lawyer’ and ‘one of the top trusts and estates litigators in Switzerland‘. The firm offers assistance to national and international clients on wealth and succession planning issues, cross-border structuring work, inheritance claims and trust disputes, international migration issues, family offices, and tax mandates. Other ‘outstanding’ names at the firm include Daniel Bader, Daniel Leu, Daniel Hochstrasser, and Ruth Bloch-Riemer.
Switzerland > Tax
Bär & Karrer Ltd.‘s ‘responsive, business focused and pragmatic‘ team assists with the tax elements of M&A, capital markets, financing and real estate matters, and is recognised in the market for its advice on corporate tax law and private client matters. The department has additional expertise in tax litigation and transfer pricing work. Susanne Schreiber and Daniel Bader co-lead the team, with Schreiber focusing on the tax elements of restructurings, cross-border and domestic M&A transactions, and financings, while Bader provides comprehensive tax guidance to private clients. Ruth Bloch-Riemer and Raoul Stocker are also key names, as is Cyrill Diefenbacher, who made partner in 2022.
Switzerland > Real estate and construction
Bär & Karrer Ltd.‘s team covers the full spectrum of real estate transactions, including asset deals, individual sales, and share deals, as well as capital market transactions. The group also has strength in development projects, and covers public and private construction law. Department head Corrado Rampini has expertise in financing, enforcements, and restructurings in the real estate sector, and also covers asset deals and large-scale portfolio transactions. Daniel Bader advises individuals and corporate clients on tax matters related to real estate. At the associate level, Rocco Rigozzi and Kilian Müller are names to note.
Switzerland > Leading firms: German-speaking Switzerland
Bär & Karrer Ltd. is able to service German-speaking clients from its Zurich and Zug offices, with Daniel Bader and Christoph Neeracher heading the Zurich office. Key areas of advice for German-speaking clients encompass capital markets, dispute resolution, banking and finance, M&A, private clients, and tax. Industries covered include life sciences, technology, energy, sports, and others. Key names include Tina Wüstemann for private clients, Eric Stupp for banking, Mariel Hoch for public M&A, Corrado Rampini for real estate, and Michele Bernasconi and Jan Kleiner for sports, media, entertainment, and TMT.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading firms: German-speaking Switzerland Switzerland
- Private client Switzerland
- Real estate and construction Switzerland
- Tax Switzerland
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance: Zurich
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: arbitration
- Dispute resolution: litigation
- Employment
- Fintech
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Insurance
- Leading firms: German-speaking Switzerland
- Leading firms: Italian-speaking Switzerland
- Private client
- Public law
- Real estate and construction
- Regulatory, compliance and investigations
- Sports law
- Tax