Mr Pietro Sansonetti > Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd > Geneva, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd Offices

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
5bis, rue des Alpes
P.O. Box 2088
1211 Geneva 1
Switzerland
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Mr Pietro Sansonetti

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+41 22 707 8000 pietro.sansonetti@swlegal.ch View profile

Work Department

Geneva / Taxation

Position

Pietro Sansonetti is a Partner in Schellenberg Wittmer’s Geneva office, where he heads the Taxation Group. He advises clients on all tax matters, both domestic and international. He has in-depth knowledge of complex tax situations and extensive experience in dealing with tax authorities and enforcement matters including international exchange of information. He is active in corporate matters, in particular reorganizations such as mergers and real estate transactions, as well as on non profit entities including international non-governmental as well as official organisations. He also works with individuals on family businesses, on partnership and private clients-related tax matters such as trusts and inheritance related issues as well as on tax litigation including investigations and enforcement procedures.

Career

1999 – Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer
1993 – Chief tax officer at the Geneva Tax Authority
1988 – Tax Manager at Arthur Andersen
1985 – Tax Consultant at Fides (now KPMG)

Languages

  • French
  • English
  • German
  • Italian

Memberships

  • Lecturer at international and Swiss seminars
  • He belongs to the faculty of the Executive master in advanced studies in international taxation at the University of Lausanne (formerly Neuchâtel) and also lectured on criminal tax law at the Swiss Tax Academy
  • He is involved in the tax community (Swiss Fiduciary Chamber, International Fiscal Association and Tax Chapter of the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce in particular).
  • He was the chairman of the Swiss examination commission for tax experts between 1999 and 2004

Education

1990 – Swiss Certified Tax Expert
1985 – Bar Admission in Switzerland
1982 – 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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