Schellenberg Wittmer is a highly versatile firm. It is recognised for advising on complex tax cases and providing innovative solutions. The team focuses on assisting in corporate tax, M&A, banking and finance, real estate, and litigation cases for private clients, NGOs, and corporations. The practice offers full tax services. The team is comprised of head of tax Michael Nordin and counsel Pietro Sansonetti. Fellow partner and head of the Geneva office, Jean-Frédéric Maraia works with counsel Danielle Hostettler.  

The firm acted as lead counsel for BNP Paribas on the placement of tax efficient bond issuance consisting of notes valued at CHF 245m. It also assisted a prominent Swiss Bank in tax planning on the reconciliation between Swiss tax rules and OECD Pillar II cost liability mitigation.  

Partner Laïla Rochat joined the practice from EY on March 1st, 2025, and practitioner Roland Wild was promoted from senior associate to partner on January 1st, 2024.  

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