{"id":117888,"date":"2026-08-20T11:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T11:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/117888\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T11:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T11:21:10","slug":"schellenberg-wittmer-scoops-tax-expert-in-geneva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/117888\/","title":{"rendered":"Schellenberg Wittmer scoops tax expert in Geneva"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The firm\u2019s latest hire has over 16 years of experience of providing tax advice to UHNWIs and corporations in Switzerland and internationally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Swiss law firm <a href=\"https:\/\/iclg.com\/firms\/schellenberg-wittmer-ltd-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Schellenberg Wittmer<\/a> has announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/iclg.com\/practice-areas\/corporate-tax-laws-and-regulations\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tax<\/a> lawyer Nicolas Candaux has joined its Geneva office, the firm announced on 17 August. Candaux joins as partner in the tax group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Candaux\u2019s appointment marks the end of 16 years in the tax and corporate department of Swiss law firm Borel &amp; Barbey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With a practice centring on tax law, Candaux advises Swiss and international clients, including <a href=\"https:\/\/iclg.com\/practice-areas\/private-client-laws-and-regulations\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">families and ultra-high-net-worth individuals<\/a> (UHNWIs) on a vast range of tax-related matters, such as estate planning, Swiss relocation, asset protection and wealth structuring (trusts and private foundations).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, Candaux also boasts significant experience of corporate tax issues relating to M&amp;A transactions, reorganisations, and employee incentive planning, as well as tax disputes and mutual assistance proceedings, which requires the negotiation of tax rulings with Swiss tax authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Managing partner Pascal Hubli said of the appointment: \u201cWe are delighted to welcome Nicolas, a practitioner with a distinctive profile spanning transactional tax, private client tax and tax controversy. As a member of several boards of directors, he is familiar with the commercial and governance challenges faced by businesses and their leadership teams and delivers clear and effective solutions to sophisticated tax issues. He is an excellent fit for our client base.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The firm\u2019s latest hire has over 16 years of experience of providing tax advice to UHNWIs and corporations&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[57335,65,57336,29782,57337,178],"class_list":["post-117888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-geneva","tag-contributor-news","tag-geneva","tag-nicolas-candaux","tag-private-client","tag-schellenberg-wittmer","tag-tax"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/117127576597943676","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}