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Daniel Gatenby

LL.M. Tax, attorney-at-law

Daniel Gatenby advises Swiss and international entrepreneurs and high-net-worth individuals on wealth structuring, tax and estate planning and philanthropy. He acts in complex cross-border successions and has a considerable experience in coordinating multi-jurisdictional legal advice. Daniel Gatenby also assists clients in tax litigation and in all matters relating to their relocation to Switzerland.

Location

Lausanne Av. C. F. Ramuz 80 P.O. Box
1009 Pully/Lausanne Switzerland +41 21 721 04 40

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Expertise

Languages

English
French
German

Experience

2024	Partner, valfor
2021–2024	Partner, PYTHON
2016–2020	Associate, PYTHON
2013–2015	Legal adviser, Service du personnel de l'Etat de Vaud, Lausanne
2012	Legal adviser, Obudscom, Berne
2011–2012	Junior Associate, LexPublica, Fribourg

2019–2020	LL.M. Tax, University of Geneva
2008–2010	Master of Laws, Universities of Fribourg and Cologne
2005–2008	Bachelor of Laws, University of Fribourg

Vaud Bar association
Swiss bar association
International fiscal association

Institute for Swiss and International Tax Law (ISIS) - round table on cantonal practices regarding lump sum taxation - speaker
Estate planning skill group - Congres 2024 Enghien - round table on bare ownership/usufruct on financial assets - speaker
Inheritance in cross border settings between Switzerland and UK, in collaboration with Philippe Kenel in BSL, 2024
Acquiring real estate in Switzerland - Legal and tax considerations, in collaboration with Philippe Kenel in BSL, 2024
Relocation to Switzerland Immigration and tax law considerations, in collaboration with Philippe Kenel in BSL, 2024
Professio juris : an estate planning tool for foreign nationals living in Switzerland, in collaboration with Philippe Kenel in BSL, 2024
Transposition - an exception to the private capital gains exemption, in collaboration with Philippe Kenel in BSL, 2024
Lump sum taxation: a regulated and durable system, in collaboration with Philippe Kenel in BSL, 2024
Suisse - Fiscalité du patrimoine 2023, in collaboration with Philippe Kenel in Revue de planification patrimoniale belge et internationale, 2023
Swiss companies and corporate taxation in Switzerland, in collaboration with Marc Angst (Gestrust SA), in BSL, 2022-2023
Confiscatory taxation and the tax shield mecanism, in collaboration with Philippe Kenel in BSL, 2022-2023
Can a taxpayer who is subject to lump sum taxation take advantage of double taxation agreements?, in collaboration with Philippe Kenel in BSL, 2022-2023
The tax treatment of real estate company shares in international contexts, in collaboration with Philippe Kenel in BSL, 2022-2023
Suisse - Fiscalité du patrimoine 2022, in collaboration with Philippe Kenel in Revue de planification patrimoniale belge et internationale, 2022
Valuation of unlisted shares for wealth tax purposes, in collaboration with Philippe Kenel in BSL, 2021-2022
Real estate companies a renewed attractiveness?, in collaboration with Philippe Kenel in BSL, 2021-2022
The new forced heirship rules of Swiss law, in collaboration with Philippe Kenel in BSL, 2021-2022
Lump-sum taxation: the control calculation, in collaboration with Philippe Kenel in BSL, 2021-2022
The benefits of gifts in Swiss tax law, in collaboration with Philippe Kenel in BSL, 2020-2021
Inheritance tax in relations between Switzerland and the UK, in collaboration with Philippe Kenel in BSL, 2020-2021
The concept of absence of gainful activity in Switzerland in relation to expenditure-based taxation, in collaboration with Philippe Kenel in BSL, 2020-2021
Obligation to report aggressive cross-border tax arrangements, in collaboration with Philippe Kenel in BSL, 2019-2020
Flat-rate Taxation and Administrative Assistance on Tax Matters, in collaboration with Philippe Kenel in BSL, 2019-2020
International Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters, in collaboration with Philippe Kenel in BSL, 2018-2019
Recent developments concerning lump-sum taxation, in collaboration with Philippe Kenel in BSL, 2018-2019
International Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters Group Requests, in collaboration with Philippe Kenel in BSL, 2017-2018