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 Contact email hidden; JavaScript is required Assistant email hidden; JavaScript is required
1009 Pully/Lausanne Switzerland +41 21 721 04 40 Contact email hidden; JavaScript is required Assistant email hidden; JavaScript is required
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