Paolo Bottini > Bär & Karrer Ltd. > Zurich, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile
Bär & Karrer Ltd. Offices
BRANDSCHENKESTRASSE 90
8027 ZÜRICH
Switzerland
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Paolo Bottini
Work Department
Mergers & Acquisitions
Position
Paolo Bottini has broad experience in advising large multinational corporations on tax and legal matters, particularly in establishing and moving international and regional headquarters in and out of Switzerland.
Furthermore, he is very experienced in coordinating legal and tax advice in M&A projects, in particular due diligence procedures and the preparation of contractual documentation. He also regularly assists private clients in legal and tax matters.
Paolo Bottini is a Board member of Helsinn Holding SA, a privately held pharmaceutical company and worldwide leader in supportive cancer care products, where he serves as chairman of the audit committee.
Career
- Resident Partner of Bär & Karrer Lugano (since 2001)
- Lecturer on Executive Master in International Taxation at the Université de Neuchâtel (2011)
- Partner of Bär & Karrer (2000-2001)
- Associate at Bär & Karrer in Zurich and Lugano (1996-2000)
- Lecturer on legal and tax matters at Centro di Studi Bancari, Vezia (since 1996)
- Lecturer Istituto di Diritto Tributario, Lugano (1999-2004)
- Lecturer on legal and tax matters SUPSI Ticino (1999-2004)
- Certified Tax Expert (1994)
- Tax and legal consultant at an international accounting firm (1992-1996)
- Admitted to the Ticino Bar (1992)
- Articling at a Swiss law firm (1990-1992)
Languages
Italian, English, German, French
Memberships
- International Fiscal Association (IFA)
- Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce
- The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
- British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce
- Treuhandkammer
- Ticino Bar Association (OATI)
Education
- University of Berne: lic. iur. (1990)
Lawyer Rankings
Switzerland > Commercial, corporate and M&A
Bär & Karrer Ltd. fields dedicated teams covering private M&A and private equity, public M&A, and corporate transactions and governance. The department is frequently active on complex multinational matters, and is praised for its ‘calm and focused’ manner and ‘out of the box solutions’. Senior partner Rolf Watter leads the practice, and has broad experience across M&A transactions, including defence mandates. Mariel Hoch and Dieter Dubs co-lead public M&A, Ralph Malacrida is team head for corporate transactions, and Christoph Neeracher leads the private M&A and private equity team, which includes Raphael Annasohn. Also key are Martin Anderson, who is head of M&A in Geneva, and Paolo Bottini, who leads in Lugano.
Switzerland > Leading firms: Italian-speaking Switzerland
Bär & Karrer Ltd.‘s Lugano office services its Italian and Ticino clients, and its key practice areas include transactions, tax and private clients, and dispute resolution. The practice is headed by Paolo Bottini, who has extensive experience in coordinating legal and tax advice, particularly within M&A projects and advising multinational corporations on establishing headquarters both inside and outside Switzerland. Other individuals to note include Massimo Vanotti, who is skilled in M&A transactions within the banking industry, and Cesare Jermini, who specialises in arbitration and court litigation.
Lawyer Rankings
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