MME Legal | Tax | Compliance

• Domestic and international corporate tax law
• International tax planning, with focus on value chain management (VCM), IP and financing
• Relocations, migrations and transfers of assets and functions inbound as well as outbound
• Negotiation of advance tax rulings with cantonal and federal tax authorities
• Appeal proceedings and representation in complex tax audits
• Acquisitions and restructurings of privately held and publicly listed companies (M&A, due diligence, integration, contractual clauses, succession planning)
• Real estate companies, real estate transactions as well as asset swaps (capital gain tax, real estate transfer tax)
• Advice for business owners, family offices and high networth individuals (HNI) in tax matters
• Assistance of employers and employees with regard to international assignments and tax assessment of employee stock option plans
• Estate and gift tax planning
• Year-end tax planning from a tax point of view and calculation of the tax provisions according to IFRS and local GAAP (current and deferred taxes)
• Tax compliance (tax returns, monitoring of deadlines, documentation requirements) 

Christoph Rechsteiner has over 25 years of experience in providing tax advice to individuals, medium-sized companies, their owners and family offices.

He also assists employers and employees with cross-border assignments, drafting of employee stock ownership plans, expense and home office regulations, and withholding taxes.

His expertise covers all key areas of taxation for individuals, including tax-optimized real estate investments, family business succession, estate planning, foundation and trust structures, lump-sum taxation and wealth planning.

Christoph Rechsteiner is an experienced negotiator of rulings and tax revisions. He regularly lectures and publishes on current tax topics.

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• EXPERTsuisse
• Swiss Branch International Fiscal Association (IFA)

2000 Certified tax expert 1996 Certified Fiduciary (Treuhänder mit eidg. Fachausweis