Switzerland

Legal Financial Services 

You work for a bank, a fund management company, a  securities dealer, an insurance company, an asset manager, a representative of foreign collective investment schemes, an investment foundation or an investment company? What are your individual expectations from your legal advisor?

 

 

If you think about the implementation, organization or enforcement of approval procedures or if an internal body of rules and regulations shall be worked out, maybe in order to establish self-regulation rules or Anti-Money Laundering Regulations or in conjunction with the incorporation of an appropriate ICS, risk management and Compliance, at KPMG`s Legal you`ve come to the right place.

Our particular strengths include multidisciplinary collaboration with colleagues from the departments of Tax, Audit and Real Estate. On an international level we are in regular exchange with our competent colleagues from other European and global offices of KPMG. This intensive internal teamwork is the basis for our extensive experiences in leading interdisciplinary and international projects, a fact you as a multinational client will appreciate.

KPMG`s Legal FS gives advise in all legal and regulatory questions in the field of Investment Management, Banking and Securities Dealers, Insurance Law and Anti-Money Laundering.

Compared to other law firms specialized on Financial Services we offer a real added value: Our specific professional competences are a deep insight into internal processes and the organization of regulated financial institutions. These experiences enable us to customize and restructure your internal comprehensive body of regulation.

 

Investment Management

We support you in implementing legal and regulatory rules as well as in the development of new investment products for collective and individual wealth management.

Banking and Securities Dealers

Gladly we help you with your national and international regulatory law projects and your approval procedures, the incorporation of an internal organization and specific legal and regulatory questions.

Insurance Law

We assist you in the implementation and regulatory compliance along the Swiss or Liechtenstein law as well as international Insurance regulatory law and insurance contract law.

We establish a business model aligned to your internal organization for money-laundering protection and compliance with due diligence.

Armin Kühne

Armin Kühne

Partner, Attorney-at-Law

+41 58 249 28 37

Jürg Birri

Jürg Birri

Head of Legal

+41 58 249 35 48

Lars Schlichting

Lars Schlichting

Partner, Attorney-at-Law, LL.M.

+41 58 249 32 59

The tax agreements of Switzerland and Liechtenstein

Teaserimage The new treaties with Germany and the United Kingdom
Switzerland has completed agreements with UK and Austria which provide proper taxation of assets held in Switzerland by investors taxable in this countries. Liechtenstein has also concluded a tax agreement with Austria. What do these agreements entail?

Tax Conference

At the yearly Tax Conference of the Swiss Institute of Certified Accountants and Tax Consultants on 29/30 November 2012 in Lucerne, Jürg Birri highlights the key aspects of the current debate on the final withholding tax.

 

Further information and registration (in German)