| Education and Professional Background |
| 1975 - 1980 |
Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Zurich |
| 1980 |
Law degree, University of Zurich |
| 1980 - 1983 |
Law clerk trainee and law clerk at Zurich District Court |
| 1983 - 1984 |
Acting Clerk of the 1st Civil Division of the Zurich Cantonal Court |
| 1985 - 1990 |
Clerk of the Zurich Cantonal Building Appeals Boards |
| 1988/89 |
Admitted to the Zurich Bar |
| 1990 - 1997 |
Special Clerk at the Zurich Cantonal Administrative Court |
| 1997 |
Joined the firm of Luther Künzli Truog as an associate attorney |
| 1999 |
Became a partner in the firm, later renamed Künzli Kaufmann & Partner |
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| Other Activities |
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Alternate member of the Zurich
Cantonal Tax Appeal Board II from January 1, 1996 to December
31, 1998; serving since 1998 as substitute judge at the Zurich
Cantonal Administrative Court (elected on January 29, 1998);
various engagements as expert speaker, lecturer and co-author
of tax opinions, Board activity; Managing Director of the association Bellevue and Stadelhofen, Zurich |
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| Preferred Areas of Practice |
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Tax and fiscal law |
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Succession law |
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Administrative law (general) |
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Corporate and partnership law |
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Public construction law |
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Employment and labor law |
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| Professional - / Networking Memberships |
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Zurich Bar Association (ZAV) |
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Swiss Bar Association (SAV/FSA) |
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Member of the ZAV Tax Law Panel |
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Globogate Migration and Business Network (www.globogate.org) |
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| Publications |
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Commentary on Swiss federal tax
law «DBG» (Bundesgesetz über die Direkte Bundessteuer;
Richner/Frei/Kaufmann, Verlag Zürcher Steuerrecht, 2. Edition Zurich 2009)
Commentary
on Zurich’s harmonized tax law of June 8, 1997 (Richner/Frei/Kaufmann/Meister,
published by Verlag Zürcher Steuerrecht, 1999); supplement,
Zurich 2000; Richner/Frei/Kaufmann/Meuter, 2th Edition, Zurich 2006
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| Language |
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German, English, Norwegian |
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| Affiliations and Hobbies |
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Liberal Democratic Party (FDP) of the Canton of Zurich (Winterthur) |
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Family and friends |
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Alaska, salmon fishing |
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Baroque music |
