Expert Guides Tax - ITR 2020

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Tina Zetterlund
KPMG
Vasagatan 16
SE-101 27 Stockholm
Sweden
Tel: (46) 70 3999284
Email: tina.zetterlund@kpmg.se
Website: www.kpmg.se
Jean-Blaise Eckert
Lenz & Staehelin
Route de Chêne 30
CH-1211 Geneva 6
Switzerland
Tel: (41) 58 450 70 00
Email: jean-blaise.eckert@ lenzstaehelin.com
Website: www.lenzstaehelin.com
Tina Zetterlund is the senior partner and head of tax at KPMG and is
one of the leading tax advisers in Sweden. Tina has advised Swedish
and foreign companies in a wide range of sectors for more than 15
years. Her client relationships focus on Swedish and foreign
multinationals and she has extensive experience of tax advising.
Recent matter highlights
With Tina as the head of tax, the tax department at KPMG has reached
all-time highs in both revenue and number of practitioners and has
received the award as the Swedish Tax Firm of the Year by International
Tax Review for for five consecutive years, 2016–2020.
With Tina’s combined skills in accounting and tax, she is appreciated
by her clients for her ability to see the full spectrum of tax-related
issues and questions and is regularly consulted on tax issues with
financial statements impacts.
Practice area: Tax, Private Clients, Succession Law, Commercial and
Contracts, Investigations
Languages: French, English, German
Jean-Blaise Eckert is considered as a leading lawyer in tax and private
client matters in Switzerland. He is the co-head of the tax group of
Lenz & Staehelin. He advises a number of multinational groups of
companies as well as HNWIs. Jean-Blaise Eckert is a frequent speaker
at professional conferences on tax matters. He is Secretary General of
the International Fiscal Association (IFA). Jean-Blaise Eckert studied
law at the University of Neuchâtel and was admitted to the Bar of
Neuchâtel in 1989 and to the Bar of Geneva in 1991. He studied
business administration in the US (Berkeley, Haas Business School)
where he acquired an MBA in 1991. He acquired a diploma as a
Certified Tax Expert in 1994. Since 2016, he is a Certified Specialist
SBA in Inheritance Law.
Practice areas
• Business model optimisation
• Policy design
• Restructuring
• Tax consulting
• International tax advisory
Sector specialisations
• Accounting
• Consumer goods and service
• Energy
• Industrials
• Tech and telecoms
Association memberships
• Certified tax adviser with FAR, The professional institute for
authorised public accountants
Academic qualifications
• Master of Science degree in economics & business from the
Stockholm School of Economics
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