Maurus Winzap
Associé
lic. iur., LL.M., Avocat, Expert fiscal diplômé
Site
Contact
Téléphone direct: +41 58 658 56 05
maurus.winzap@walderwyss.com
Curriculum Vitae
Maurus Winzap is a partner and heads the Tax Team. Maurus Winzap’ practice covers all areas of domestic and international corporate taxation. He acts for a broad range of corporate and financial clients, and has developed significant expertise in planning and advising on M&A and private equity transactions, structured financings, corporate restructurings, relocations, capital market transactions, collective investment schemes and management incentive programmes. Furthermore, he focuses on advice to high-net-worth individuals, family offices and companies in connection with succession and estate planning.
Maurus Winzap is a Member of the Executive Committee of the International Fiscal Association (“IFA”) and a Member of the Executive Board of the Swiss Tax Law Association (Swiss branch of the IFA). He regularly lectures and publishes in his areas of practice.
Maurus Winzap has been recommended by several international directories such as Chambers, The Legal 500, Who’s Who Legal and Best Lawyers as a leading lawyer. Clients appreciate that he is “exceptionally strong”, “very dynamic”, “commercially-minded” and “practical” (Chambers 2018).
Born in 1972, Maurus Winzap received his degree in law from the University of Zurich in 1997 and his Master of Laws from the University of Virginia in 2002. He was admitted to the Zurich Bar in 1999 and became a Swiss certified tax expert in 2004.
Maurus speaks German and English.
Swiss Life – CHF 600 million Senior Bonds
UBS Switzerland AG – Financing for EGS Beteiligungen AG’s acquisition of SERTO Group
u-blox – CHF 140 million Syndicated Revolving Credit Facility
Walder Wyss advised CRISPR Therapeutics (NASDAQ) on USD 280 Million Equity Issuance
BOBST GROUP SA porcède à une émission obligataire senior non garantie de CHF 200 millions
Nordic Infrastructure AG completes EUR 215m Green Financing
UBS Switzerland AG and Zürcher Kantonalbank – Financing of the Acquisition of Iconia Group
ABB acquires Sevensense Robotics
Sandoz successfully issues EUR 2.0 billion inaugural Eurobonds
Walder Wyss advised Ionisos group
Zusammenschluss von SETEX und Datatex mit Elvaston
SkyCell AG - USD 57m financing round
deskbird closes USD 13 million Series A financing round
Walder Wyss advised AMAG Leasing AG on its issuance of CHF 365m Green Bonds
UBS Switzerland AG – EUR 100 million revolving credit facility agreement for Zehnder Group
TP24 raises CHF 400m of additional funding from Barclays and M&G
Cornèr Banca SA issues Senior Unsecured Bonds with a volume of CHF 150 m
UBS Switzerland AG – CHF 700 million multicurrency credit facility agreement for On (NYSE:ONON)
UBS Switzerland AG - Financing for Capvis' acquisition of Schurter Group
Walder Wyss advised AMAG Leasing AG on its issuance of CHF 170m Green Bonds
CHF 150 million credit facility agreement for Bauwerk Group
Reata closes secured term loan financing for up to USD 275 million
DSM and Firmenich have completed their EUR 35 bn merger, becoming the leading creation and innovation partner in nutrition, beauty and well-being
CABB group – EUR 670 million senior secured floating rate notes and 8.75% senior secured fixed rate notes due 2028 and new EUR 110 million revolving credit facility
UBS Switzerland AG – CHF 1.4 billion multicurrency syndicated revolving credit facility for Maus Frères SA
Legalcommunity.ch Awards: Walder Wyss Receives Awards as Market Leading Firm and Labour Law Firm of the Year
CHF 450 million sustainability-linked facility agreement for Clariant AG
Inflexion acquires majority stake in dss+ from Gyrus Capital
Bavarian Nordic Acquires Emergent BioSolutions’ Travel Vaccines Portfolio
Porsche SE invests in ABB E-mobility’s CHF 325m Pre-IPO Private Placement
Hakan Koç and Pyrros Koussios complete acquisition of eSIM and compliance technology leader Truphone
Swiss Life – CHF 600 million Senior Bonds
UBS Switzerland AG – Financing of the Acquisition of a Majority Stake in CSD Group
UBS Switzerland AG – CHF 150 million Credit Facilities Agreement for ORIOR Group
Sagard NewGen Acquires a Minority Stake in Unit8
Swiss Life – CHF 500 million Syndicated Revolving Credit Facility
DPE closes EUR 708 million continuation fund
UBS Switzerland AG – CHF 150,000,000 Credit Facility for Auto-Interleasing AG
Credit Suisse (Switzerland) Ltd. - Financing of Unlimitrust Campus
Swiss Life – EUR 700 mio. Senior Bond
Clariant places CHF 175m Green Bond
UBS Switzerland AG – USD 175m Credit Facility for Dätwyler Group
Elvaston sells Magnolia International AG to GENUI
Astorg sells AutoForm to Carlyle
Scott Sports SA - CHF 150m Term and Revolving Credit Financing
Hotel Saratz Pontresina has new owner
Helvetia – CHF 400 Mio. Dual Tranche Senior Bond
Riverside Acquires ACTANDO
UBS Switzerland AG – Financing of Rhystadt AG (Klybeckareal)
DSM and Firmenich to merge in EUR 42bn transaction, becoming the leading creation and innovation partner in nutrition, beauty and well-being
UBS Switzerland and Credit Suisse – EUR 250m financing of Guess Europe
Yokoy raises USD 80 million in series B financing round
Athlon sells Swiss leasing fleet to Arval
Polhem Infra and Nordic Infrastructure acquire additional stake in Solör Bioenergy Group
Sale of Datatrans AG to Planet Payment Group
Yokoy raises USD 26 million in series A financing round
Frontify raises USD 50 million in series C financing round
Nautilus acquires Swiss motion tech company VAY
Swiss Life – EUR 600 mio. Senior Green Bond
MKS Instrument acquiert Atotech
La Banque cantonale de Glaris place un emprunt obligataire de catégorie 2 de CHF 150 millions
Naxicap Partners acquiert myStromer AG
wefox conclut un tour de financement de série C de USD 650 millions
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, acquiert une participation dans MoonLake Immunotherapeutics AG
Naxicap acquiert Stromer
Swiss Life émet pour CHF 500 millions d’emprunts hybrides
Introduction en Bourse de Montana Aerospace AG
Walder Wyss conseille Relio dans le cadre du tour Pre-Seed
EMZ Partners prend une participation dans le capital du groupe Assepro
AMAG Leasing: Swiss Car ABS 2021-1 AG
Nordic Infrastructure SA obtient un financement de EUR 200 millions
Nordic Infrastructure acquiert une nouvelle participation dans le capital du groupe Solör Bioenergy
Osterwalder vend la branche produits pétroliers
Walder Wyss conseille CRISPR sur le programme de vente d’actions « ATM » de 600 millions USD
PureFacts Financial Solutions achète Quartal Financial Solutions et devient un acteur mondial majeur de la WealthTech
Walder Wyss conseille CRISPR sur le programme de vente d’actions « ATM » de 350 millions USD
Ford Credit émet un emprunt de 230 millions.
AMAG Leasing: Swiss Car ABS 2020-1 AG
AWK Group reprend TALOS
La Mobilière finance une partie de la flotte automobile de Carvolution à hauteur de 50 000 000 CHF
Afinum investit dans l’application de messagerie Threema
Proman / Consolidated Energy SA
Walder Wyss conseille CRISPR dans le cadre d’une offre d’actions à USD 520 millions
wefox Group étend de 110 millions USD supplémentaires le tour de financement de série B de 125 millions USD
Walder Wyss conseille CRISPR concernant l’émission d’actions pour une valeur d’USD 310 mio
UBS Switzerland AG acquired a mortgage loan portfolio from Bank Julius Bär & Co AG
Swiss Life: premières obligations vertes senior (Senior Green Bonds) pour un montant de CHF 600 mio
Polhem Infra prend une participation dans le groupe Solör Bioenergy
Walder Wyss est conseiller pour la mise en place de l’Operational Technology Cyber Security Alliance (OTCSA)
Walder Wyss advises Nestlé on CHF 10.2 billion sale of Skin Health Business
Vente de «Lista-Office Group»
Walder Wyss conseille CRISPR dans le cadre du programme de vente d’actions «ATM» pour une valeur d’USD 200 mio
Ardian acquires majority in Sintetica
Castleton clôt un crédit total d’une valeur de 2.775 milliards USD
IPO von Aluflexpack AG
PSA Finance Suisse SA closed a multi-million secured lending transaction
Swiss Life: obligation senior de CHF 250 mio
Swiss Life – Programme de rachat d’actions
AMAG Leasing: Swiss Car ABS 2018-2
Walder Wyss advised 40 North in the acquisition and subsequent sale of shares in Clariant AG
AMAG Leasing: Swiss Car ABS 2018-1
Cembra Money Bank conclut un partenariat avec la Startup Lendico Schweiz AG
Swiss Life émet pour CHF 600 mio d’emprunts hybrides
Glarner Kantonalbank émet avec succès un emprunt subordonné d’un montant de CHF 100 mio Additional Tier 1
DPE acquiert AWK Group
Multilease: Swiss Auto Lease ABS 2017-2
Le groupe Bâloise effectue une première émission d'obligations hybrides de 500 millions CHF
Cembra Money Bank refinance les portefeuilles de crédits privés d’eny Finance
Castleton obtient un crédit total d’une valeur de 3,6 milliards USD
Baloise achète Movu
Multilease: Premier leasing automobile suisse ABS 2017-1
First Quantum Minerals Ltd. annonce l'émission d'emprunts obligataires seniors
Unigestion acquiert Akina et crée ainsi un leader du private equity dans le domaine «small et middle market», avec 6 milliards USD d'actifs sous gestion
Les emprunts d'une somme de CHF 300 mio. de gategroup
FinanceFox successfully completes Series A financing round
Swiss Life – Prêt hybride de 600 millions d'euros
Auris Medical launches ATM Offering
Castleton closes refinancing facility
AMAG Leasing: deuxième émission de titres pour la transaction Auto Leasing CHF 515m ABS (dual tranche 2016-1/2016-2)
Swiss Life - CHF 600 mio. Hybrid Bonds
Succession Plan DT Swiss
Chequers Capital rachète Spandex à Gilde Buy Out Partners
Castleton aquires Morgan Stanley's Global Oil Merchanting business
AMAG Leasing: première opération de titrisation
La Banque cantonale de Glaris lance un emprunt perpétuel de 100 millions
GetYourGuide lève 50 millions de dollars dans un tour de financement de série C
Swiss Life: obligation hybride de EUR 750 millions
Avanade acquiert KCS.net
P&I Personal & Informatik AG rachète la branche RH de Soreco SA
Refinancing of Constellium group
Solør Bioenergy Group
Financing of acquisition of Vat Holding AG
Alcatel-Lucent Switzerland Ltd. sells its Zurich based headquarter
NZZ acquires Moneyhouse
EQT invests in self-service bakery business BackWerk
Swiss Life Holding AG issued CHF 500 million Convertible Bonds
IPO Cembra Money Bank
Adello merges with HStreaming
Sale of Hospital Villa im Park to Genolier Group
AUCTUS invests in Beck Transport AG
Swiss Life Holding AG issued two Senior Bonds in the amount of CHF 425 million
Glarner Kantonalbank issued CHF 70 million additional tier 1 subordinated bonds
Swiss Life closed CHF 800 million Loan Exchange Transaction
Mobiliar establishes investment management company
Swiss Life AG issued a CHF 300 million hybrid bond
First Swiss Auto Lease Securitisation Transaction
Riverside Exits Swiss EMC Testing Firm
Financing of the acquisition of Bureau Van Dijk by Charterhouse Capital Partners
Intra-group debt financing: updated safe haven rates and thin capitalization rules
Corporate Tax Laws and Regulations Switzerland 2024
Federal Supreme Court confirms strict practice of Federal Tax Administration concerning stamp duty restructuring relief
Offset of losses is to be extended
Swiss electorate votes in favour of global minimum tax
Federal Council opens consultation on the taxation of home offices abroad
Structuring of private equity acquisitions in Switzerland
Structured Finance & Securitisation - Chapter Switzerland
Securitisation 2023 - Chapter Switzerland: Trends & Developments
Intra-group debt financing: updated safe haven rates and current thin capitalisation rules
Tax-optimised employee share plans for privately held Swiss companies and start-ups
Corporate Tax 2023: Chapter Switzerland
The Acquisition and Leveraged Finance Review
Employee Share Plans in Switzerland: Regulatory Overview
Swiss reject tax reform aiming at strengthening domestic debt capital markets
Employees working from home: Permanent establishment risks in a Swiss intercantonal context
Securitisation 2022 - Chapter Switzerland
Withholding tax and securities transfer tax reform aims to strengthen debt capital market
Swiss Withholding Tax and Securities Transfer Tax Reform to Strengthen the Swiss Debt Capital Market
Swiss electorate rejects planned abolition of stamp duty on companies
Intra-group debt financing: updated safe haven rates and thin capitalization rules
Swiss Federal Administrative Court’s ruling of 29 November 2021: A welcome relief for distressed Swiss companies
The Acquisition and Leveraged Finance Review
Corporate Tax 2022: Chapter Switzerland
Banking & Finance 2022: Switzerland - Trends and Developments
Banking & Finance 2021: Switzerland - Trends and Developments
Besteuerung von Patenten und Lizenzerträgen
L’abolition du droit de timbre à l’émission doit stimuler encore l’économie suisse
Piani di partecipazione dei collaboratori in Svizzera: rassegna dei quadri normativi
Securitisation 2021 - Chapter Switzerland
Financement structuré et titrisations 2021 – Chapitre Suisse
La première convention en matière de double imposition entre la Suisse et le Brésil deviendra réalité en 2022
Les crypto-sociétés suisses sont-elles soumises à la loi fiscale américaine «Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act» (FATCA) et à l’échange automatique d’informations?
Taxe au tonnage suisse
New capital band: greater flexibility in capitalisation of Swiss companies and necessary changes to tax law
Trends and Developments in the Swiss Securitisation Market
Corporate Tax 2021 - Chapter Switzerland
Federal Council to request Parliament to abolish withholding tax on bonds
Tax Newsletter - Swiss Federal Council to request Parliament to abolish withholding tax on bonds
Tax relief on employee shares in start-ups and other non-listed companies
Introduction du nouveau règlement sur le crédit fiscal
Allègement fiscal des actions de salariés dans des start-ups et autres sociétés non cotées
Comment les groupes internationaux basés en Suisse sont-ils affectés par la directive européenne relative à la coopération administrative ?
Obligation de déclaration d’accords transfrontaliers : Comment les groupes internationaux basés en Suisse sont-ils affectés par la 6e directive relative à la coopération administrative (DAC 6)?
Cartolarizzazione 2020 - Capitolo Svizzera
Tax treatment of debt waivers and other debt-to-equity swaps
Employee share plans in Switzerland: regulatory overview
New step-up on migration instrument introduced
Nouvelle étape suisse dans la transposition
Taxation de l’économie numérique: la réponse suisse à une déclaration récente de l’OCDE
Corporate Tax 2020: Chapter Switzerland
Cambiamenti fondamentali nell’imposta preventiva svizzera sui pagamenti di interessi
Chapter Switzerland
Structured Finance & Securisation - Chapter Switzerland
Tax Newsletter - Switzerland adopts new corporate tax reform
Benvenuto all’allentamento delle disposizioni relative all’imposta preventiva svizzera sulle obbligazioni estere garantite dalla casa madre svizzera
Financement par emprunt intragroupe: mise à jour des taux de valeurs refuges et règles relatives à la sous-capitalisation
“The Acquisition and Leveraged Finance Review”, capitolo 18: Svizzera
Decisioni finali sulle società principali svizzere e sul settore finanziario
Suisse: la chambre basse du Parlement suisse approuve la réforme de l’imposition des entreprises
Suisse: La Chambre haute de Suisse publie une proposition révisée relative à une réforme de l’imposition des entreprises («Projet fiscal 17»), texte qui doit être soumis à la Chambre basse
Cartolarizzazione 2018: Svizzera
Utili esenti da imposta nella vendita di società
La Suisse et le Brésil signent un accord de double imposition
Taxing Token - Una prospettiva svizzera sulla tassazione delle Initial Coin Offering e dei token basati sulla blockchain
Le gouvernement suisse adopte la proposition pour une réforme fiscale des entreprises («Projet fiscal 17») et soumet son projet au Parlement
Initial coin offering: des cryptodevises au financement entrepreneurial
Swiss GAAP e interazione con le convenzioni di doppia imposizione prima e dopo BEPS
Initial coin offering: plus de clarté sur les retombées fiscales
Réglementation des placements collectifs de capitaux en Suisse
Employee share plans in Switzerland: regulatory overview
Initial Coin Offerings in Switzerland
Swiss Government publishes new detailed draft for a corporate tax reform («Tax Proposal 17»)
The Securitisation & Structured Finance Handbook 2018
Government publishes detailed draft for corporate tax reform
Structured Finance & Securitisation
Venture capital investment in Switzerland: market and regulatory overview
Recent developments in the Swiss ABS market 2015/16
Practical Law: Structured finance and securitisation in Switzerland: overview
Finance structurée & titrisation 2016
Wealth Tax on Shares in Start-ups – New Rules in the Canton of Zurich
Venture capital investment in Switzerland: market and regulatory overview
Developments in Swiss debt capital markets – 2015
Recent developments in the Swiss ABS market – 2015
Übernahmen und Leveraged Finance
Venture capital investment in Switzerland: market and regulatory overview
2014: a very good year
The relevance of FATCA in Swiss finance transactions
Understanding Acquisition Finance in Switzerland
The Acquisition and Leveraged Finance Review
Leveraged Acquisition Finance in der Schweiz: Neuste Trends in der Strukturierung
Venture capital investment in Switzerland: market and regulatory overview
Aktuelle Rechtsprechung des EuGH, EuGH Report 2/10
Aktuelle Rechtsprechung des EuGH, EuGH Report 1/10
Aktuelle Rechtsprechung des EuGH, EuGH Report 4/09
Taxation of collective capital investments
Aktuelle Rechtsprechung des EuGH, EuGH Report 3/09
Aktuelle Rechtsprechung des EuGH, EuGH Report 2/09
Aktuelle Rechtsprechung des EuGH, EuGH Report 1/09
Besteuerung kollektiver Kapitalanlagen und ihrer Anleger (2. Teil)
Besteuerung kollektiver Kapitalanlagen und ihrer Anleger (3. Teil)
Aktuelle Rechtsprechung des EuGH, EuGH Report 4/08
Aktuelle Rechtsprechung des EuGH, EuGH Report 3/08
Aktuelle Rechtsprechung des EuGH, EuGH Report 2/08
Aktuelle Rechtsprechung des EuGH, EuGH Report 1/08
Quellensteuern bei hypothekarisch gesicherten Kreditverträgen
Besteuerung kollektiver Kapitalanlagen und ihrer Anleger (1. Teil)
Aktuelle Rechtsprechung des EuGH, EuGH Report 4/07
Opco/Propco Strukturen unter Schweizer Recht
Aktuelle Rechtsprechung des EuGH, EuGH Report 3/07
Aktuelle Rechtsprechung des EuGH, EuGH Report 2/07
Aktuelle Rechtsprechung des EuGH, EuGH Report 1/07
Aktuelle Rechtsprechung des EuGH, EuGH Report 4/06
Abkommensmissbrauch/Dänemark-Entscheid zum Treaty Shopping
Anmerkungen zum Entscheid des Bundesgerichts vom 28.11.2005 [BGE 2A.239/2005] betreffend Abkommensmissbrauch
Aktuelle Rechtsprechung des EuGH, EuGH Report 3/06
Aktuelle Rechtsprechung des EuGH, EuGH Report 2/06
Aktuelle Rechtsprechung des EuGH, EuGH Report 1/06
Commentary to Art. 12 of the Federal Stamp Tax Act
Repatriation of Swiss source dividends to EU corporate shareholders free of withholding tax
Withholding tax-free dividends, interest and royalty payments under Article 15 of the Swiss-EU Savings Agreement
Supreme Court decision eases tax-free intra-group transfers of qualifying participations
Abzugsfähigkeit von Steuern bei juristischen Personen
International Tax and Investment Service – Switzerland
Reconnaissances
Autres avocats
-
Lorenzo Barbieri
Trainee Lawyer
Zurich -
Clarissa Berta
Trainee Lawyer
Zurich -
Nicolas Bopp
Associate
Zurich -
Marius Breier
Associé
Zurich -
Martin Busenhart
Associé
Zurich -
Janine Corti
Counsel
Zurich -
Robert Desax
Associé
Zurich -
Ursina Gremminger
Managing Associate
Zurich -
Gabrielle Guye
Senior Associate
Genève -
Daniela Hottiger
Associate
Zurich -
Vangelis Kalaitzidakis
Senior Associate
Zurich -
Fabienne Limacher
Associée
Zurich -
Jan Ole Luuk
Counsel
Zurich -
Thomas Meister
Associé
Zurich -
Michael Müller-Zhang
Associate
Zurich -
Yacine Rezki
Managing Associate
Genève -
Natascha Rizzi
Associate
Zurich -
Fouad G Sayegh
Associé
Genève -
Kinga M Weiss
Associée
Zurich