Laurent Riedweg, LL.M.
Tax Partner | Attorney at law I Swiss Certified Tax Expert
T. +41 44 244 06 65 | +41 79 416 18 90
laurent.riedweg@advestra.ch
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Laurent Riedweg advises corporate clients as well as private clients in national and international tax matters.
He provides ongoing tax support to national and multi-national companies and develops tax solutions, in particular, related to reorganizations (mergers, demergers, asset/business transfers), mergers and acquisitions, structuring of capital market transactions as well as tax compliance.
Further, he advises entrepreneurs, executives and private clients in complex tax issues and personal tax planning.
Laurent Riedweg is a Swiss certified tax expert and attorney-at-law. Legal500 includes him in its rankings in recognition of his work.
Corporate
- Advised Patrimonium and Credit Suisse on financing the acquisition of Dietzgen Corporation by Sihl
- Advised Swiss Prime Site on comprehensive refinancing
- Advised Aebi Schmidt on the financing of the acquisition of Monroe Truck Equipment
- Advised J.P. Morgan and the other syndicate banks on Molecular Partners AG's initial public offering in the United States and its listing on NASDAQ
- Advised LEA Partners on acquisition of Base-Net Informatik
- Advised Avaloq Group on the sale of Avaloq Group to NEC Corporation
Individuals
- Advised a Swiss investor group on the acquisition of Geschenkidee.ch GmbH
- Advised the sellers on the sale of Katadyn Group
- Advised Swiss entrepreneurs regarding establishment/reorganisation of Swiss management company
- Advised wealthy individual regarding personal tax planning and tax compliance, incl. tax return procedure
International
- Advised international group regarding sale of group and coordination of Swiss, Netherlands, Luxembourg tax issues (incl. VAT)
- Advised Swiss subsidiary of German start-up in transfer pricing matters.
Disputes and Proceedings
- Competent Authority Procedure for Swiss affiliate of North American listed company
- Tax proceeding before tax authority regarding income from employee participations
- Certified Swiss tax expert (2020)
- University of San Diego: LL.M. with Honors (2019)
- Associate at Bär & Karrer (2016-2020)
- Zurich Bar Exam (2016)
- Junior Associate / legal emplyoee at Bär & Karrer (2014-2016)
- University of Zürich: MLaw (2014)
- Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
- International Fiscal Asscociation (IFA)
- ExpertSuisse
- Investing In... 2024, Switzerland Chapter, Chambers Global Practice Guide (with Alexander von Jeinsen, Beda Kaufman and Daniel Raun)
- Investing In... 2023, Switzerland Chapter, Chambers Global Practice Guide (with Alexander von Jeinsen, Beda Kaufman and Daniel Raun)
- Ausgliederung – Neuste Entwicklungen und Diskussionspunkte Kreisschreiben 5a, Vortrag am Expert Suisse Seminar im Mariott Zürich on 17 November 2021 with Andreas Remund (Federal Tax Administration)
- Steuerneutrale Ausgliederung von juristischen Personen, Kommentar zum Schweizerischen Steuerrecht: Umstrukturierungen, 2022, III. Kapitel, § 7; Helbing Liechtenhahn Verlag, with Peter Riedweg
- Corresponding and Secondary Adjustments in Transfer Pricing Matters in Switzerland, Global Tax Weekly, 04/2014, S. 32 ff. (with Raoul Stocker)
- German
- English
- All Swiss courts
- Advestra advises Cactus Life Sciences on the acquisition of nspm and eluSCIdate
- Advestra advises funds affiliated with Perceptive Advisors on the launch of Neurosterix
- Advestra advises the shareholders of RMB Group on the strategic partnership with eevolve
- Advestra advises Ironwood on the cash tender offer for VectivBio
- Advestra advises Ardian on the acquisition of a stake in the Mimacom Flowable Group
- Advestra advises FMA Group on the acquisition of NOX
- Advestra advises Shift4 on the acquisition of SecurionPay
- Advestra advises Patrimonium on refinancing of BOGNER
- Advestra advises PANOLIN on the sale of its ECL business to Shell
- Advestra advises Gnothis on financing rounds