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Stephan Pfenninger

Tax Partner

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Position: Tax Partner
Rating:
  • Highly Regarded
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
German
English
French
Biography

Stephan Pfenninger has over 30 years of experience in national and international tax law.
Stephan’s activities are mainly focused on real estate tax matters. He advises listed and non-listed Swiss and foreign institutional real estate investors as well as individual investors. Stephan is a speaker and lecturer at significant tax seminars and has published various articles on real estate taxation.

Recent matter highlights
  • Advising Real Estate investment funds and companies with regard to current tax optimisation (tax account planning, management fees, financing structure) and restructurings (e.g. merger) etc. 
Practice areas

Corporate tax matters

  • Cross-border project management
  • Restructuring
  • Transactions
  • M&A

Other

  • Real Estate Taxation
Sector specialisations
  • Banking
  • Financial services
  • Food and beverage
  • Investment management
  • Real estate
Association memberships
  • Swiss Circle
  • International Real Estate Marketing
Academic qualifications
  • Dr iur (1995), attorney at law (1990)
Address:
Zurich
Tel:+41 44 215 77 77 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:https://taxpartner.ch/en/team-member/stephan-pfenninger/