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Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd Offices

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
5bis, rue des Alpes
P.O. Box 2088
1211 Geneva 1
Switzerland
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Dr Jean-Frédéric Maraia

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+41 22 707 8000 jean-frederic.maraia@swlegal.ch View profile

Work Department

Geneva / Taxation

Position

Jean-Frédéric Maraia is a partner in Schellenberg Wittmer’s Taxation Group in Geneva. He advises clients on all tax matters, at both domestic and international levels. His areas of expertise include M&A and real estate transactions, lump-sum taxation, estate planning, taxation for art related matters and tax litigation.

Experience:

  • Advising Foncia Groupe France and Foncia Switzerland SA in the acquisition of Brollliet Holding SA and Brolliet SA in Geneva, one of the oldest and most important real estate groups in Geneva
  • Advising a multinational company and a leading Swiss bank in the sale of land and a building owned respectively by two different entities. This involved discussions on the structure and analysis of the VAT issues and the negotiation of the tax clauses in the SPA
  • Providing tax analysis to a multinational construction company regarding any indirect tax responsibility in relation with the purchase of a target company

Career

2010 – Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer

2007 – Associate in a leading law firm in Geneva

Languages

  • French
  • English

Memberships

  • Lecturer at the Universities of Geneva and Neuchâtel, as well as the Swiss Accountancy Academy
  • Executive director of LL.M. Tax program at the School of Law at the University of Geneva (since 2010)
  • Member of the International Fiscal Association (IFA), Geneva Bar Association and Swiss Bar Association

Education

2007 – Dr. iur., University of Geneva

2004 – DEA in International Tax Law

2002 – Bar Admission in Switzerland

1999 – lic. iur., University of Geneva

Lawyer Rankings

Switzerland > Tax

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd is skilled in an array of contentious and non-contentious matters, with extensive experience working with tax authorities, at both the federal and cantonal levels. Jean-Frédéric Maraia, who advises individual and corporate clients on all tax matters both at the domestic and international level, and Michael Nordin, whose focus is transactions such as mergers and acquisitions, reorganisations, and restructurings, head the Geneva and Zurich teams, respectively. Pietro Sansonetti has skill in negotiating with tax authorities on delicate and high-value matters. Danielle Hostettler‘s key focus is on private client taxation. At the associate level, Roland Wild and Arthur Magnin are key names.

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