Michael Nordin, LL.M.

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Michael Nordin is a partner in Schellenberg Wittmer’s Zurich office, where he heads the Taxation Group. Apart from providing general tax advice, he focuses on transactions such as mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations and restructurings, and those related to financing and capital markets. He also conducts Internal Corporate Investigations focusing on tax related matters. In addition, Michael Nordin also advises private clients.

Michael Nordin studied law at the University of St. Gallen, where he completed a first degree in 1991 and, after admission to the Swiss bar in 1993, a doctorate in 1996. He also attended New York University, where he graduated with an LL.M. in International Taxation in 1997. In 2000 he qualified as a Swiss Certified Tax Expert. Before joining Schellenberg Wittmer he worked in the group tax department of a major Swiss bank, in the tax departments of two international «Big Four» audit firms, and for a large business law firm in Zurich.

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd / Attorneys at Law

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Education:

  • Degree (cum laude) in Law (University of Bologna) 1991
  • Four-year degree from the Italian Tax Police Academy 1988

Membership:

  • Admitted to the Italian Bar Association 1995
  • Admitted to the Supreme Court 2007
  • Italian Accountant Auditor (Revisore Contabile) 1996

Career:

  • Partner of Tremonti Romagnoli Piccardi e Associati since 2000
  • Tremonti Romagnoli Piccardi e Associati since 1993
  • Previous experience in another leading Italian tax firm
  • Tax police officer

Practice:

  • Tax litigation and tax ruling, Corporate and M&A

Publications:

  • Author of many articles published in the main Italian tax scholar magazines

Languages:

  • Italian
  • English

Tax Litigation Practice:

The firm has a long standing and solid tradition of handling tax disputes both nationally and internationally.

All the firm’s lawyers and accountants participate in resolving tax controversies both during the audit process and in cases where litigation is unavoidable, such cases being handled by litigators who are tax lawyers, fully experienced in transactional planning as well as in litigation procedures, up to and including those heard before the Italian Supreme Court.