Main areas of activity
Preparing expert opinions and advising and representing individuals, companies and authorities regarding Swiss and international tax law, constitutional law and international treaties.
Profile
Long-standing experience in tax and administrative law as a professor of tax law, president of the tax law department of the Administrative Court of Zurich, part-time Federal Supreme Court judge in the department of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court dealing with tax issues, president of the tax appeals commission (Tax Appeals Court) and tax commissioner.
Career
| 2017 | Dean of the Kalaidos Law School, Zurich, and Director of the Departement of public law and legal foundation courses (- 2020) |
| 2017 | Professor for tax law at Kalaidos Law School (Kalaidos FH), Zurich |
| 2013 | Independent lawyer and Counsel of Tax Advisors & Associates AG, Zurich |
| 2011 |
President of the Administrative Commission on the Canton of Zurich highest courts (to 2012 and 2006-2007) |
| 2011 |
President of the Administrative Court of the Canton of Zurich (to 2013, 2004-2007 and 1995-1998) |
| 1985 |
Full-time administrative judge/president of the 2nd department of the Administrative Court of Zurich dealing with tax issues (to 2013) |
| 1996 |
Part-time Federal Supreme Court judge on the Swiss Federal Supreme Court, in public law department (in charge of tax law issues) (to 2002) |
| 1995 |
Honorary professor of tax law at the University of Zurich |
| 1988 | Private lecturer of tax law at the University of Zurich |
| 1987 |
President of the diploma dissertation commission for the Swiss tax specialist examinations (to 2001) |
| 1979 |
Full-time president of the tax appeals commission (Tax Appeals Court) of the Canton of Zurich (to 1985) |
| 1978 |
Tax commissioner with special duties for the Zurich cantonal tax office (department for construction and real estate companies) |
| 1975 |
Called to the bar of the canton of Zurich |
| 1973 | Court clerk, head court clerk and full-time special assistant judge for the District Court of Meilen |
| 1973 | Awarded doctorate (Dr. iur) from the University of Zurich |
| 1971 | Obtained law degree (Lic. iur); assistant to Prof. Dr. Arthur Meier-Hayoz for trade and corporate law at the University of Zurich |
Honours
| 2017 | Honorary professor at Kalaidos University of applied sciences |
| 2017 | Honorary member of of the institute for Swiss and International Tax Law (ISIS) |
| 1995 | Regular guest of EXPERTsuisse, the Swiss Expert Association for Audit, Tax and Fiduciary |
Other activities I functions
| 2009 | President of the foundation board Werner Weber Foundation, Rüschlikon |
| 2008 | Advisory board president at the SIST Swiss Institute for Tax Studies (- 2020) |
| 2008 |
Lecturer at the SIST Swiss Institute for Tax Studies |
| 2004 |
Editor of the series "Grundzüge des Steuerrechts" (published by Schulthess Verlag, Zurich) |
| 2001 |
Swiss Association of Tax Law Professors (SATLP) executive board member (to 2013) |
| 2000 |
President of the institute for Swiss and International Tax Law (ISIS) (to 2017) |
| 1997 |
Co-editor "Kommentar zum Schweizerischen Steuerrecht" (published by Helbing Lichtenhahn Verlag, Basel) |
| 1987 | President of the certification work commission at the advanced qualifying examinations for tax experts |
Board membership
| 2015 | TechSearch AG, Zurich |
Membership
Zürcher Anwaltsverband (bar association of Zurich)
Schweizerischer Anwaltsverband (bar association of Switzerland)
Swiss Association of Tax Law Professors (SATLP)
International Fiscal Association (IFA)
Schweizerischer Juristenverein (Swiss lawyers' association)
Zürcherischer Juristenverein (Zurich lawyers' association)
Languages
German, English, French and Italian