Madeleine Simonek
Zurich

Prof. em. Dr. Madeleine Simonek

Of Counsel, Certified Tax Expert

+41 44 215 3643

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Melanie Berger

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melanie.berger@swlegal.ch

Madeleine Simonek is an emeritus professor of law at the University of Zurich where she held the Chair for Swiss and International Tax Law for many years. She is Of Counsel in Schellenberg Wittmer's Taxation Group in Zurich. She regularly provides clients as well as tax authorities with tax legal opinions on unsolved question and mainly serves clients in complicated tax litigation cases and tax structuring.

Expertise

Experience

  • Extensive experience in all aspects of tax law, particularly corporate and international tax law
  • Special fields: tax controversies and litigation in domestic and international matters, tax legal opinions and international tax planning

Career

Professional Experience
2009
Full Professor of Swiss and International Tax Law, University of Zurich
2004
Of Counsel at Schellenberg Wittmer
2004
Professor of Tax Law, University of Lucerne
Education and Admission
1996
Certified Tax Expert
1994
Dr. iur., University of Bern
1989
Bar Admission in Switzerland
1986
lic. iur., University of Bern
Additional Professional Activities
  • Numerous books and publications mainly in the field of corporate taxation and international tax law
  • Numerous speaking engagements at national and international congresses
  • For several years, she was a member of the Permanent Scientific Committee of the International Fiscal Association and of the Academic Committee of the European Association of Tax Law Professors and acted as Academic Head of the Postgraduate Program on International Tax Law at the University of Zurich
 

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