Tax Advisers - Deloitte

Switzerland
Peter R Altenburger
Altenburger Attorneys at Law
Seestrasse 39
CH-8700 Küsnacht
Switzerland
Tel: (41) 44 914 88 88
Fax: (41) 44 914 88 80
Email: altenburger@altenburger.ch
Website: www.altenburger.ch
A founding member of Altenburger & Partners, Peter R Altenburger is specialized in
international taxation and domestic corporate taxation, and has dealt extensively with
tax matters relating to international corporate restructurings, mergers and
acquisitions, international manufacturing and real estate entities. He co-founded the
firm in 1978 and became a partner in 1981. Before starting his legal practice, he
worked for one of the large chemical firms in Basle.
Mr Altenburger is a member of the Zurich Bar Association, the Swiss Bar Association,
the International Fiscal Association; he is an associate member of the American Bar
Association, a founding member of the tax chapter of the Swiss-American Chamber of
Commerce and a contributing member to the BNA Tax Management International
Forum. He is on the executive committee of the MBL-HSG, an executive
postgraduate international business law programme at the University of St Gallen. He
writes and speaks frequently on tax topics, an example of which is his contribution to
the BNA Tax Management Foreign Income Portfolio on Business Operations in Switzerland
3rd edition (2007).
Mr Altenburger graduated from Zurich University in 1968, obtained a masters degree
in comparative law from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, an MBA from
INSEAD, the European Institute of Business Administration in Fontainebleau, France
and a Dr iur degree from the University of Basle.
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