Fabienne Limacher

Fabienne Limacher

Partner
MLaw, LL.M., Attorney at Law, Certified Tax Expert

Location

Zurich

Contact

Direct phone: +41 58 658 52 81
fabienne.limacher@walderwyss.com

Curriculum Vitae

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Areas of activity: Start-ups & Venture Capital Tax

She breaks down complex tax problems into comprehensible and practicable solutions. - WWL, Corporate Tax 2024

Fabienne Limacher is a partner in the Tax Team. She advises companies and private clients in national and international tax matters. Fabienne Limacher has extensive experience in corporate taxation, in particular in the area of national and international reorganisations, real estate transactions, cross-border relocations as well as M&A and private equity transactions. She is also an expert in tax issues relating to financial and insurance products, structured financing as well as CRS and FATCA. A further focus of her practice is advising managers, companies and start-ups on tax and social security issues regarding employee incentive plans and cross-border employee transfers.

She breaks down complex tax problems into comprehensible and practicable solutions. - WWL, Corporate Tax 2024

Born in 1986, Fabienne Limacher was educated at the University of Bern (MLaw 2010) and the University of Sydney (LL.M. 2018), was admitted to the Bar in 2012 and graduated as certified tax expert in 2016. She worked as a research assistant for the Institute of Tax Law at the University of Bern and as a trainee with Walder Wyss. In addition, she gained working experience as a trainee at the cantonal court and the public prosecutor's office of Canton Nidwalden. Fabienne Limacher regularly publishes and lectures on relevant tax topics.

Fabienne Limacher's professional languages are German and English. She also speaks French. She is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and admitted to practise in all of Switzerland.

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Tax relief on employee shares in start-ups and other non-listed companies

New tax credit regulation introduced

Tax relief on employee shares in start-ups and other non-listed companies

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Tax treatment of debt waivers and other debt-to-equity swaps

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