- Natural persons taxation (including tax engineering and wealth management, transmission and protection of assets, delocalisation et tax status)
- Companies and managerial taxation
- Property taxation (including structuration of real estate investments, and their financing)
- Collective investment schemes taxation
- Tax procedures (including unsolicited announcements and tax amnesties)
Me Michel Abt > FBT Attorneys-at-Law > Geneva, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile
FBT Attorneys-at-Law Offices
RUE DU 31-DÉCEMBRE 47
CASE POSTALE 6120
1211 GENEVA 6
Switzerland
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Me Michel Abt
Work Department
Tax Law, Banking and Financial Law, Family Estate Law
Position
Michel Abt is the co-head of FBT’s Tax Group and a member of the Banking & Finance Group. He has a longstanding experience in all Swiss tax-related issues, with particular expertise in private client’s taxation notably advising high net worth individuals on their wealth and estate planning, assisting them with multi-jurisdictional projects and counselling on specific acquisitions. He also specializes in tax disclosures. Moreover, he is a recognized expert in Swiss regulatory and tax issues relating to investors and Swiss or foreign collective investment schemes.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Career
Since 2010 : Partner, FBT Avocats SA, Geneva
2001-2010 : Associate, FBT Avocats SA, Geneva 1998-2000 : Trainee Lawyer, FBT Avocats SA, Geneva
Languages
French, English, German and Swiss-German.
Memberships
Geneva Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Association Genevoise de Droit des Affaires (AGDA)
Association of International Business Lawyers (AIBL)
Swiss Fund Association (SFA)
International Bar Association (IBA)
Estate Planning Skill Group (EPSG).
Education
1998 : Law degree, University of Geneva 1994-1998 : Litigation department of a Real Estate agency, Geneva 1991 : 3/4 degree in Humanities (General History), University of Geneva 1990 : Half degree in Humanities (English, History and German), University of Geneva
Lawyer Rankings
Switzerland > Private client
Boutique firm FBT Attorneys-at-Law has a specific focus on cross-border issues between France and Switzerland, with particular expertise in international tax issues. Other key areas include handling individual relocations, succession planning and estate management issues, and restructurings. The practice includes Jean-Luc Bochatay, Michel Abt and Pascale Cano, and clients include names from the asset management and banking industries, as well as family offices.
Switzerland > Tax
FBT Attorneys-at-Law advises high-net-worth individuals, banks, investment managers, trust companies and family offices on a variety of tax matters, and has notable expertise in cross-border matters. Jean-Luc Bochatay specialises in tax proceedings, assisting banks and their clients before tax authorities. Bochatay co-leads the practice with Michel Abt, who has additional experience in banking and finance work.
Switzerland > Leading firms: French-speaking Switzerland
FBT Attorneys-at-Law‘s Geneva office fields a team of ‘genuine experts in their fields‘. Serge Fasel, head of the litigation and arbitration team, is ‘always reliable’ and an ‘excellent lawyer’. Other key names include banking and finance head Frédérique Bensahel, tax practice heads Michel Abt and Jean-Luc Bochatay, and Marco Villa, who heads the corporate and commercial team.