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Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd Offices

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
Löwenstrasse 19
P.O. Box 2201
8021 Zurich
Switzerland
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Dr Michael Nordin

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+41 44 215 5252 michael.nordin@swlegal.ch View profile

Work Department

Zurich / Taxation / Internal Corporate Investigations / Blockchain Technologies & FinTech

Position

Michael Nordin is a Partner in Schellenberg Wittmer’s Zurich office, where he heads the taxation group. Michael focuses on transactions such as mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations and restructurings, and those related to financing and capital markets. Generally, Michael has a strong focus on the Finance Industry. Further, Michael conducts Internal Corporate Investigations focusing on tax related matters. In addition, he also advises high net worth individuals (HNWI).

Experience:

  • Counsel to a large bank on an internal business reorganization including the negotiation of the tax treatment of an offshore structure with the tax administration
  • Counsel to a multinational Swiss company in a major acquisition and reorganization
  • Representation of a large Swiss financial institution in major tax litigation
  • Advising on the structuring of a complex financial transaction involving a Swiss and a foreign bank, including the coordination with foreign advisers and tax authorities

Career

2007-2014 – Member of the Management Committee of Schellenberg Wittmer
2003 – Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer
2001 – Tax Manager in the Tax department of a Swiss bank
1999 – Tax Manager of two international “Big 4” firms
1997 – Associate in a Zurich business law firm

Languages

  • German
  • English
  • Swedish

Memberships

  • International Fiscal Association
  • Zurich Bar Association
  • International Bar Association

Education

2000 – Swiss Certified Tax Expert
1997 – LL.M. in International Taxation, New York University
1996 – Dr. iur. HSG, University of St. Gallen
1993 – Bar Admission in Switzerland
1991 – lic. iur. HSG, University of St. Gallen

Lawyer Rankings

Switzerland > Tax

(Hall of Fame)

Michael Nordin – Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

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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