Avvocati Thomas Meister
Thomas Meister

Thomas Meister

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Dr. iur., LL.M., Avvocato, Dipl. Esperto fiscale

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Telefono diretto: +41 58 658 55 73
thomas.meister@walderwyss.com

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Aree di attività: Immobili e costruzioni Diritto fiscale

Thomas Meister is a partner in the Tax Team. He is working in the fields of domestic and international corporate tax, including tax optimization, corporate and real estate finance, structured finance, corporate reorganizations, transaction structuring and M&A. Since 2004 he is an adjunct professor for tax law at the University of St. Gall.

Born in 1963, Thomas Meister was educated at the Universities of Lausanne and St. Gall (lic. iur. 1989, Dr. iur. 1995), New York University (LL.M. 1998), and graduated as certified tax expert (1996). For his doctoral thesis he received the 1995 Blumenstein Award. He has working experience as trainee in a Zurich law firm and District Court clerk, general secretary at the Zurich Revenue Service, tax associate in Zurich, Geneva and Washington D.C. law firms and tax partner in a Zurich law firm.

Thomas Meister speaks German, English and French. He is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and also admitted in New York.

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Cornèr Banca SA Covered Bond Programme

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Doing Business in Switzerland – A Practical Guide

 | di Ramona Wyss, Andrea Haefeli, Gion Giger, David Vasella, Davide Cerutti, Marco Galli, Roger Staub, Manuel Bigler, Reto Jacobs, Monique Sturny, Thomas P. Müller, Nadja D. Leuthardt, Adriano Antonietti, Valentine Schnyder, Stefan Knobloch, Dimitrios Berger, Dominik Hohler, Letizia Schlegel, Stéphanie Oneyser, Urs P. Gnos, Dario Galli, Michael Kündig, Markus Vischer, Urs Schenker, Christian A. Schmid, Patrick W. Vogel, Alexander Sorton, Samuel Lieberherr, Daniel Dedeyan, Nico Bernhard, Theodor Härtsch, Tervel Stoyanov, Lukas Wyss, Markus Pfenninger, Valentin Wiesner, Rafal Szala, Thiemo Sturny, Roger Ammann, Hubertus Hillerström, Ken Savioz, Simone Wetzstein, Valentina Eichin, Irène Suter-Sieber, Olivier Sigg, Laura Luongo, Francis Nordmann, André Kuhn, Davide Jermini, Christian Eichenberger, Matthieu Seydoux, Thomas Meister, Janine Corti, Robert Desax, Fabienne Limacher, Dieter Hofmann, Rodolphe Gautier, Roxane Allot, Micha Bühler, Michael Feit, Maurice Courvoisier, Oliver M. Kunz e Pascale Köster | Editore: Urs P. Gnos, Theodor Härtsch | Ed.: 2nd edition

The Securitisation Law Review - Chapter 10 Switzerland

 | di Johannes A. Bürgi, Thomas Meister e Roger Ammann | Law Business Research Ltd | "The Law Reviews" | Ed.: 4th edition

The Securitisation Law Review - Chapter 10 Switzerland

 | di Roger Ammann, Johannes A. Bürgi e Thomas Meister | in: Michael Urschel (Editore) | "Law Business Research Ltd" | London, UK

Doing Business in Switzerland – A Practical Guide

 | di Urs P. Gnos, Theodor Härtsch, Ramona Wyss, Andrea Haefeli, Gion Giger, David Vasella, Davide Cerutti, Marco Galli, Roger Staub, Benno Fischer-Siddiqui, Reto Jacobs, Monique Sturny, Thomas P. Müller, Nadja D. Leuthardt, Adriano Antonietti, Valentine Schnyder, Stefan Knobloch, Dimitrios Berger, Dominik Hohler, Jenny Süess, Stéphanie Oneyser, Dario Galli, Michael Kündig, Markus Vischer, Urs Schenker, Rafael Zemp, Patrick W. Vogel, Laurent Schmidt, Christian Lütolf, Daniel Dedeyan, Nico Bernhard, Tervel Stoyanov, Lukas Wyss, Markus Pfenninger, Valentin Wiesner, Rafal Szala, Thiemo Sturny, Roger Ammann, Hubertus Hillerström, Ken Savioz, Ueli Sommer, Simone Wetzstein, Christoph Stutz, Nadine Mäder, Olivier Sigg, Laura Luongo, Francis Nordmann, André Kuhn, Davide Jermini, Christian Eichenberger, Théo Meylan, Thomas Meister, Janine Corti, Robert Desax, Fabienne Limacher, Dieter Hofmann, Rodolphe Gautier, Olivia Sistovaris, Micha Bühler, Michael Feit, Maurice Courvoisier, Oliver M. Kunz, Albane de Ziegler e Pascale Köster | Editore: Urs P. Gnos, Theodor Härtsch

Squeeze-out of minority shareholders in Swiss companies

| di Urs P. Gnos e Thomas Meister | in: ALM Media Properties, LLC. (Editore) | "American Lawyer (ALM)" | USA

Positive Auswirkungen von neuen steuerrechtlichen Bestimmungen auf den schweizerischen Bondmarkt

| di Johannes A. Bürgi [Co-autore], Thomas Meister [Co-autore] e Thomas Müller [Co-autore] | in: European Tax Service 01/2013

Erlass der Stempelsteuer begünstigt den schweizerischen Bondmarkt

| di Johannes A. Bürgi [Co-autore], Thomas Meister [Co-autore] e Thomas Müller [Co-autore] | in: "The Euromoney International Debt Capital Markets Handbook 2012" | pag. 28–32

Rückkehr von Verbriefungstransaktionen in der Schweiz

 | di Johannes A. Bürgi [Co-autore], Thomas Meister [Co-autore] e Thomas Müller [Co-autore] | in: "The Euromoney Securitisation & Structured Finance Handbook 2011/12"

Schweiz – Sitzverlegungen in die Schweiz aus gesellschaftsrechtlicher und steuerlicher Sicht

| di Urs P. Gnos [Co-autore], Thomas Meister [Co-autore] e Luc Defferrard [Co-autore] | in: "Euromoney Yearbooks: International Mergers & Acquisitions Review" | Colchester | pag. 184–188

Grenzüberschreitende Finanzierungen; Grundlagen und die neue Ausgangslage

| di Thomas Meister, Kevin M. Keyes [Co-autore], Stale R. Kristiansen [Co-autore], Kimberly S. Blanchard [Co-autore], Andreas Risi [Co-autore], Patrick Mears [Co-autore] e Clemens P. Schindler [Co-autore] | in: "Tax Planning Strategies US and Europe" | Copenhagen

Schweiz – Ausschluss von Minderheitsaktionären aus kotierten Gesellschaften

 | di Luc Defferrard [Co-autore], Urs P. Gnos [Co-autore] e Thomas Meister [Co-autore] | in: "Euromoney Yearbooks: International Mergers & Acquisitions Review" | Colchester

Haftung im Steuerrecht

| Relatore Thomas Meister | Treuhandkammer Seminar | Zürich

Tax Planning in M&A Transactions - Loopholes & Pitfalls

| Relatore Thomas Meister | ACC M&A Seminar | Zürich

Kommentar zu Art. 671–674, 725–725a des Schweizerischen Obligationenrechts

| di Thomas Meister | in: Handkommentar Schweizerisches Obligationenrecht

Structured Finance and Securitisation 2009/10: Switzerland

| di Thomas Meister [Co-autore] | in: "A multi-jurisdictional guide to structured finance and securitisation"

Alternative Financing Sources in Switzerland

| di Thomas Meister [Co-autore], Johannes A. Bürgi [Co-autore] e Lukas Wyss [Co-autore] | in: "IFLR Financial Crisis Guide 2009"

Haftung im Steuerrecht

| Relatore Thomas Meister | Treuhandkammer Seminar | Zürich

Cross-Border Mergers and Reorganizations

| Relatore Thomas Meister | IFA Swiss-Italian Branch Meeting | Stresa

An overview of securitisation in Switzerland

| di Thomas Meister [Co-autore], Johannes A. Bürgi [Co-autore] e Evan Spangler [Co-autore] | in: "Euromoney Yearbooks: Global Securitisation Review 2008/2009"
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