Biography: Corporate Tax

Pietro Sansonetti is a partner in Schellenberg Wittmer's taxation group in Geneva. He specialises in domestic and international corporate tax matters, with a focus on complex situations requiring discussions with tax authorities. He is also advising individuals - especially in partnerships - and private clients on tax issues and assisting clients in enforcement matters, including international exchange of information.

Pietro Sansonetti is the head of the Geneva taxation group at Schellenberg Wittmer and a member of the firm's management committee.

Pietro Sansonetti was admitted to the Bar in Switzerland in 1985, after graduating from the University of Geneva, where he obtained a law degree in 1982. He became a Swiss certified tax expert in 1990 while working as a tax manager with Arthur Andersen. Pietro Sansonetti has been the director of tax affairs (chief tax officer) at the Geneva Tax Authority before joining Schellenberg Wittmer as a partner in 1999. In addition, he has been the chairman of the Swiss Examination Commission for Tax Experts until 2006. He regularly publishes on a range of tax and legal issues and is active in various think tanks in the field of tax policy, legislation and practice.

Pietro Sansonetti lectures regularly at international and Swiss seminars sponsored by the IFA and various Swiss tax and law societies. He is a member of the faculty of the executive master in advanced studies in international taxation at the University of Neuchâtel.

Schellenberg Wittmer is one of the leading business law firms in Switzerland. Over 130 specialised attorneys in Zurich and Geneva advise domestic and international clients on all aspects of business law. The firm's areas of expertise include: banking and finance, competition and antitrust, dispute resolution and international arbitration, intellectual property/information technology, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital, private clients, trusts and estates, foundations, real estate and construction, restructuring and insolvency, taxation, white-collar crime and compliance.