Aliasghar Kanani

LL.M. in International Taxation MAS in Business Law

Aliasghar

Kanani

LL.M. in International Taxation MAS in Business Law

Tax Partner, Leax Avocats Sàrl, Geneva, Switzerland

• More than 15 years of experience in rendering tax advice in Swiss and international tax law.
• Essentially focused on group structuring and restructuring, financing, IP, real estate, commodity trading companies.
• Tax advice and planning for HNWI.
• Tax litigation, including exchange of information procedures.
  

• Tax Partner with BONNARD LAWSON International Law Firm, in Geneva, Switzerland.
• Lecturer in Swiss Corporate tax law & Restructurings – at the University of Neuchâtel and at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Western Switzerland.
• Frequent speaker on Swiss and international law topics for different organizations, such as AIJA (www.aija.org), IBA and IBSA (www.istructuring.com).
• Author of various publications in tax law in specialized magazines, such as Tax News International (TNI) in the USA.
• Regular national reporter for the Tax Law Committee of AIJA (award in 2009 – national report on « Thin capitalization regulations and similar tax limitations on leverage buy-outs»).
• Past tax associate in renowned law firms, such as Baker & McKenzie, as well as with Ernst & Young and Arthur Andersen.
• LL.M. in International Business Taxation, University of Lausanne (Neuchâtel) (2011),
• Admitted to the Swiss Bar (2004)
• MAS in Business Law (MBL), University of Geneva (2002)
• Lic. iur., University of Neuchâtel (2000)
  

• Swiss and Geneva Bar Associations
• Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA)
• International Fiscal Association (IFA)
• International Business Structuring Association (IBSA)
• International Bar Association (IBA)

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