Michael Fischer is a founding partner of Fischer Ramp Buchmann AG.
He advises private individuals on national and international tax and social security matters, estate planning and asset structuring as well as in connection with philanthropic projects and governance issues. He advises foreign lawyers on Swiss legal issues and is a recognized expert in the tax treatment of trusts and other structures. He also supports family businesses and family offices in legal and tax matters. And he represents his clients in tax proceedings before all authorities and courts.
He is a member of the board of directors of various companies and the board of trustees of non-profit foundations.
Michael Fischer is a regular speaker at national and international conferences and congresses. He teaches international tax law at EXPERTsuisse (Course for qualified Tax experts), where he is head of the International Tax Law module.
He studied at the universities of Zurich and Vienna (lic. iur., 1999) and at the London School of Economics (LL.M., 2003). He has been a lawyer since 2002 and a qualified tax expert since 2010. Before founding Fischer Ramp Buchmann AG, Michael Fischer was an employee and partner of an international Swiss law firm in London (2003 to 2006) and in Zurich (from 2006) for 13 years.
It is regularly published by the leading ranking organizations, e.g Chambers HNW (Band 1), Legal 500 (Leading Individual), Who’s Who Legal und Best Lawyers recommended as a “Leader in the field of Private Client”. According to Legal 500: „One of the A-list private client lawyers in Switzerland, immense experience in cross-border matters, unique know-how on trust and estate law and how it works in Switzerland, very well connectedcreative, fun to work with“ (2021) and “a brilliant strategist at the intersection of corporate law and taxation with individual and entrepreneurial settings and set-ups.” (2020)
„He is very, very quick on facts and figures. He gets it very quickly and finds the relevant information.“ (Chambers 2020)
In 2019 he was named “Leading Adviser Individual” at the Wealth Briefing Awards in Geneva and was elected to the “The International Academy of Estate and Trust Law” chosen. In 2021 he was named “Lawyer of the Year – Switzerland”. Citywealth IFC Awards.
Michael Fischer is a member of the Private Client Global Elite and figures on the list of Who’s Who Legal Thought Leaders„those who truly stand out as being leaders and who are held in the highest esteem by their clients and fellow practitioners.“
He is a member of the Swiss and Zurich Bar Associations, the Steering Committee of the International Tax Specialist Group (ITSG), der Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and in the Swiss Committee of Philanthropy Impact.
His working languages are German, English and French.
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