2009 – Full Professor of Swiss and International Tax Law, University of Zurich
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Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
5bis, rue des Alpes
P.O. Box 2088
1211 Geneva 1
Switzerland
5bis, rue des Alpes
P.O. Box 2088
1211 Geneva 1
Switzerland
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Prof Dr Madeleine Simonek
Work Department
Zurich / Taxation
Position
Madeleine Simonek is an emeritus professor of law at the University of Zurich where she held the Chair for Swiss and International Tax Law for many years. She is Of Counsel in Schellenberg Wittmer’s Taxation Group in Zurich. She regularly provides clients as well as tax authorities with tax legal opinions on unsolved question and mainly serves clients in complicated tax litigation cases and tax structuring.
Experience
- Extensive experience in all aspects of tax law, particularly corporate and international tax law
- Special fields: tax controversies and litigation in domestic and international matters, tax legal opinions and international tax planning
Career
2004 – Of Counsel at Schellenberg Wittmer
2004 – Professor of Tax Law, University of Lucerne
Languages
- German
- English
Memberships
- Numerous books and publications mainly in the field of corporate taxation and international tax law
- Numerous speaking engagements at national and international congresses
- For several years, she was a member of the Permanent Scientific Committee of the International Fiscal Association and of the Academic Committee of the European Association of Tax Law Professors and acted as Academic Head of the Postgraduate Program on International Tax Law at the University of Zurich
Education
1996 – Certified Tax Expert
1994 – Dr. iur., University of Bern
1989 – Bar Admission in Switzerland
1986 – lic. iur., University of Bern