The Switzerland Business & Investment Handbook covers all key aspects of doing business, investing and living in Switzerland.
It is a unique reference manual featuring over 30 separate chapters, each of them concise and to the point, providing the information that really matters. Besides an introduction to Switzerland’s historical, political, social and economic framework, the book covers the Swiss legal system, company and contract law, competition law, intellectual property law, taxation of personal income and investments, corporate taxation, VAT, international tax aspects, real estate, residence, the social security and pension system, Swiss annuities and life insurance, corporate and private banking, financial market regulation and other important subjects. Overview tables, useful check lists, portraits of the Swiss cantons, a bibliography, a comprehensive facts and figures section as well as a clearly organized address section make the handbook user-friendly and practice-oriented.
The complete handbook on investment and business in Switzerland
The book is aimed at:
- Company executives who need a clear overview of the legal, tax and economic framework in Switzerland
- Investors and entrepreneurs interested in investing and doing business in Switzerland
- International tax and legal advisors
- Business consultants and fiduciaries
- English-speakers living, working and doing business in Switzerland
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The following is an overview of all authors and chapters featured in the book:
Editor
Christian H. Kälin
Henley & Partners, Zurich
Foreword by
Joseph Deiss
Federal Councillor and Minister of Economic Affairs, Berne
Authors of the individual chapters
Switzerland – An introduction
Prof. Clive H. Church
University of Kent, Canterbury
Why Switzerland?
Christian H. Kälin
Henley & Partners, Zurich
The Swiss economy
Dr. Eric Scheidegger
Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, Berne
Switzerland and the European Union
Barbara Beck
The Economist, London
Switzerland and the United States
Martin Naville
Swiss-American Chamber of
Commerce, Zurich and Geneva
The Swiss legal system
Dr. Peter Max Gutzwiller
Lenz & Staehelin, Zurich
Contract law
Dr. Roberto Dallafior /
Peter Schatz Hess Dallafior, Zurich
Withholding tax
Dr. Maja Bauer-Balmelli
Pestalozzi Lachenal Patry, Zurich
Value added tax
Dr. Mathias Bopp / Dr. Niklaus Honauer
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Zurich and Basel
International taxation
Prof. Dr. Xavier Oberson
Oberson & Associates, Geneva
Corporate law
Gudrun Bürgi-Schneider
Bürgi Nägeli, Zurich
Labor market and employment law
Dr. Rolf P. Jetzer / Michaela Zehnder
Niederer, Kraft & Frey, Zurich
Social security and pension system
Dr. Urs H. Schaffner
Mercer Benefit Consulting SA, Zurich
Competition law
Prof. Dr. Rolf Watter / Dr. Mani Reinert
Bär & Karrer, Zurich
Intellectual property law
Dr. Mathis Berger
Hess Dallafior, Zurich
Real estate law
Christian H. Kälin
Henley & Partners, Zurich
Matrimonial property and inheritance law
Ingrid Iselin
Lenz & Staehelin, Geneva
Swiss companies in international tax planning
Christian H. Kälin
Henley & Partners, Zurich /
Cees Jan Quirjins
MeesPierson Intertrust, Zug
Corporate banking
Urs P. Gauch
Credit Suisse, Zurich
Private banking
Dr. Arthur Vayloyan
Credit Suisse, Zurich
Ordinary income and wealth taxes
Renato Bloch
Bloch Law Offices, Lugano /
Luca Moretti
T&L Tax & Legal Advisors SA, Lugano
Lump-sum taxation and private residence
Christian H. Kälin
Henley & Partners, Zurich
Inheritance and gift taxes
Otmar Huber
Tax Partner AG, Zurich
Corporate income and capital taxes
Prof. Dr. Xavier Oberson
Oberson & Associates, Geneva
Taxation of holding and domicile companies
Andrin Waldburger
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Zurich
Taxation of partnerships and branches
Dr. Robert Danon / Denis Berdoz
Baker & McKenzie, Geneva
Swiss annuities and lifeinsurance
Marco Gantenbein
SIP Swiss Insurance Partners, Zurich
Financial marketregulation
Prof. Jean-Baptiste Zufferey
Federal Banking Comission, Berne
Anti-money-laundering
Judith Schmidt
Money Laundering Control Authority, Berne
Authors of the Facts & Figures chapter
Switzerland in European Comparison
Charles Jenkins
Economist Intelligence Unit, London
Regional economic structures
Martin Eichler
BAK Basel Economics, Basel
Salary levels and purchasing power
Dr Robert W. Kuipers, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Zurich
Switzerland and the Swiss tax system
Dr. Christoph Schaltegger
Federal Tax Administration, Berne
Higher education, research and development in Switzerland
Prof. Dr. Konrad Osterwalder
ETH, Zurich
Switzerland in Knowledge Competitiveness
Dr. Robert Huggins
Robert Huggins Associates, Pontypridd
The Swiss media landscape
Sandra Willmeroth
Wüest & Partner AG, Zurich
Switzerland and Networked Readiness
Dr. Irene Mia
World Economic Forum, Geneva
Quality of living
Carlos A. Mestre, Mercer Human Resource Consulting, Geneva
Location quality within Switzerland
Fredy Hasenmaile
Credit Suisse Economic & Policy Research, Zurich
The Swiss Real Estate Market
Dieter Marmet
Wüest & Partner AG, Zurich
Switzerland in WorldCompetitiveness
Prof. Stephane Garelli
IMD International, Lausanne
Global and Regional Headquarters in Switzerland
Dr. Herbert Wanner
Arthur D. Little (Switzerland), Zurich
Switzerland: a globalized nation
Paul A. Laudicina
AT Kearney Global Policy Research, Washington D.C
