Dr. Jan Seltmann
Tax Associate | Attorney at law | Swiss Certified Tax Expert
T. +41 44 244 06 64 | +41 77 435 40 70
jan.seltmann@advestra.ch
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Jan Seltmann is an attorney-at-law and advises companies and individuals in national and international tax matters.
He focuses on tax matters of foundations, associations, collective investment schemes as well as executives and private individuals. Further, he provides tax advice in real estate transactions.
Corporate
- Advising privately held Swiss companies regarding tax neutral de-merger
- Advising listed multinational company regarding financing of Swiss subsidiary through foreign issued bonds
- Advising Swiss subsidiary of US parent company regarding transfer pricing
- Individuals
- Advising regarding establishment of family foundations and trusts
- Advising private individual regarding set-up and sale of IP-company
- Advising several HNWI regarding personal tax planning and tax compliance (incl. tax returns)
- International
- Advising and represented Swiss subsidiary of US parent company regarding information exchange
- Advising and coordinated foreign tax advisors in connection with restructuring of a listed Swiss group regarding foreign real estate investments
- Advising a US company regarding accruals for real estate gains tax on Swiss real estate
Disputes and Proceedings
- Represented Swiss company regarding intercantonal double taxation
- Represented associations regarding tax exemption
- Represented Swiss subsidiary of a US parent company regarding automatic exchange of information
- Represented Swiss bank regarding administrative assistance upon request
VAT
- Advising Swiss company regarding VAT opportunities to improve liquidity
- Real Estate
- Advising buyer on purchase of shares in a real estate company
- Advising insurance company on intra-group restructuring of shares in a collective investment scheme for real estate investments
- Advising pension fund and investment foundation on foreign real estate investments
- Advising multinational company on transfer pricing
Real Estate
- Advising buyer on purchase of shares in a real estate company
- Advising insurance company on intra-group restructuring of shares in a collective investment scheme for real estate investments
- Advising pension fund and investment foundation on foreign real estate investments
- Advising multinational company on transfer pricing
- Swiss Certified Tax Expert (2023)
- University of Zurich: Dr. iur. (2023)
- Tax Associate/Attorney-at-Law at Riedweg & Partner (2021)
- Corporate Legal Counsel at AXA Versicherungen AG (2020-2021)
- Associate / Attorney-at-Law at Homburger (2018-2020)
- Admitted to the Zurich Bar (2018)
- Junior Associate / Support Lawyer at Homburger (2016-2017)
- University of Zurich MLaw (2016)
- Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
- Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA)
- Anschlussvertrag, Diss., Zürich 2023
- Ausfinanzierungspflicht, Rechtliche Grundlagen und Verhältnis zu Sanierungsmassnahmen, Jusletter 20. September 2021
- Real Estate Investment Structure Taxation in Switzerland, in: Giuseppe Andrea Giannantonio/Tobias Steinmann (eds.), The Real Estate Investment Structure Taxation Review, 1. edition, Milan/Brussels 2019 (with Stefan Oesterhelt)
- Die Verfügung in der Praxis, Ein Leitfaden für Behörden, Adressaten und Anwälte, 2. Auflage, Zürich 2016 (with Jürg Martin and Silvan Loher)
- German
- English
- Admitted to all Swiss courts
- Advestra advises the founders of Supercar Owners Circle on its acquisition by duPont REGISTRY Group LLC
- Advestra advises Liberta Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in Avenir
- Advestra advises LOGEX on the acquisition of INMED
- Advestra advises the sellers on the sale of IntiQuan AG to ProductLife Group
- Advestra advises Cactus Life Sciences on the acquisition of nspm and eluSCIdate
- Advestra advises the shareholders of RMB Group on the strategic partnership with eevolve
- Advestra advises PANOLIN on the sale of its ECL business to Shell