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Walter Frei > MME Legal | Tax | Compliance > Zurich, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

MME Legal | Tax | Compliance Offices

MME Legal | Tax | Compliance company logo
MME Legal | Tax | Compliance
ZOLLSTRASSE 62
PO BOX 1758
CH-8031 ZURICH
Switzerland
Email firm Visit website 41 41 726 99 66 41 41 726 99 60
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Walter Frei

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+41 44 254 99 66 walter.frei@mme.ch View profile View profile

Work Department

Relocation | Migration Employment | Immigration Individual Tax Inheritance Law | Succession Company Law Real Estate Taxation International Tax Law Litigation Tax Reform (TRAF) Tax Controversy Transactions | M&A Corporate Tax Contract Law

Position

  • Domestic and international corporate tax law
  • Relocations, migrations and transfers of assets and functions inbound as well as outbound
  • Advice for business owners, family offices and high networth individuals (HNI) in tax matters
  • Negotiation of advance tax rulings with cantonal and federal tax authorities
  • Appeal proceedings and representation in complex tax audits
  • Real estate companies, real estate transactions as well as asset swaps (capital gain tax, real estate transfer tax)
  • Corporate LawAcquisitions and restructurings of privately held and publicly listed companies (M&A, due diligence, integration, contractual clauses, succession planning)
  • Contract Law
  • Employment Law and Data Protection Law
  • Inheritance Law / Estate Planning / Execution of Wills
  • International Mutual Legal and Administrative Assistance
  • Foundation Law

Career

Due to his many years of practice as a business lawyer with a focus on tax and civil law (in particular corporate law, restructurings, contract law, inheritance law and succession planning), Walter Frei has broad experience in advising and representing individuals and legal entities on the relevant issues.

Walter Frei regularly publishes in the field of tax law and is a co-author of the commentaries on the Zurich Tax Act and on the Federal Tax Act (DBG).

Languages

  • German
  • English

Memberships

  • Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)

Education

1995
University of Zurich (Dr. iur.)
1990
Admitted to the Bar
1986
University of Zurich

Lawyer Rankings

Switzerland > Private client

MME Legal | Tax | Compliance acts for a range of private clients as well as for financial institutions in relation to their private client issues and is particularly adept at advising on cross-border estate, tax and inheritance planning, family business and succession matters as well as financial aspects of matrimonial law. The ‘very competent‘ team has a further specialism in advising on real estate issues, including construction, for private individuals. ‘Excellent private clients lawyer‘ Balz Hösly, Christoph Nater, Alexandra Geiger and Walter Frei are the practice heads.

Lawyer Rankings

  • Private client - Switzerland

Top Tier Firm Rankings

  • Fintech

Firm Rankings

  • Employment
  • TMT
  • Transport
  • Data privacy and data protection
  • Tax
  • Private client
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A
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