Angelica M. Schwarz

Certified Tax Expert and Attorney at Law, Partner About Dr. Angelica M. Schwarz has many years of expertise in advising companies and private individuals on complex issues of national and international tax law. She advises in particular on all tax aspects of restructurings, M&A transactions, employee stock option programs (ESOP & VSOP), financing transactions, real estate structuring, financial products, tax litigation, succession planning, digitization and the digital economy. Through her part-time work as a judge at the Administrative Court of the Canton of Aargau, Dr. Angelica M. Schwarz has acquired broad and in-depth expertise, which she skillfully applies for the benefit of her clients. She wrote her doctoral thesis on the treatment of data under commercial and tax law. One of Dr. Angelica M. Schwarz's core areas of expertise is advising on the eligibility of data for recognition in the balance sheet and on the optimization of data-driven business models under tax law. She regularly gives lectures, participates in panel discussions, and publishes scientific articles in her areas of expertise. In addition, Dr. Angelica M. Schwarz provides both internal and external training sessions and considers sharing knowledge an important way to foster essential debate in the research arena. Her interdisciplinary approach, which combines entrepreneurial thinking with a flair for numbers, makes her an expert in her field · Kellerhals Carrard

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About

Dr. Angelica M. Schwarz is a partner at Kellerhals Carrard and a certified tax expert advising companies and private clients on complex national and international tax matters, including restructurings, M&A, ESOP/VSOP and tax litigation. She is also a part-time judge at the Administrative Court of the Canton of Aargau and has particular expertise in the tax treatment and balance-sheet recognition of data and in optimising data-driven business models.

Practice areas

TaxCorporate / M&ARestructuringEmployment & BenefitsBanking & FinanceReal EstateLitigationData & Privacy

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Switzerland

Kellerhals Carrard · Certified Tax Expert and Attorney at Law, Partner About Dr. Angelica M. Schwarz has many years of expertise in advising companies and private individuals on complex issues of national and international tax law. She advises in particular on all tax aspects of restructurings, M&A transactions, employee stock option programs (ESOP & VSOP), financing transactions, real estate structuring, financial products, tax litigation, succession planning, digitization and the digital economy. Through her part-time work as a judge at the Administrative Court of the Canton of Aargau, Dr. Angelica M. Schwarz has acquired broad and in-depth expertise, which she skillfully applies for the benefit of her clients. She wrote her doctoral thesis on the treatment of data under commercial and tax law. One of Dr. Angelica M. Schwarz's core areas of expertise is advising on the eligibility of data for recognition in the balance sheet and on the optimization of data-driven business models under tax law. She regularly gives lectures, participates in panel discussions, and publishes scientific articles in her areas of expertise. In addition, Dr. Angelica M. Schwarz provides both internal and external training sessions and considers sharing knowledge an important way to foster essential debate in the research arena. Her interdisciplinary approach, which combines entrepreneurial thinking with a flair for numbers, makes her an expert in her field

Switzerland

Expertise

Data-driven business models and tax recognition of dataEmployee stock option programs (ESOP & VSOP)Restructurings and M&A tax adviceTax litigationReal estate structuringFinancial products and financing transactionsSuccession planningDigitization / Digital economy

Education

Certified Tax Expert, EXPERTsuisse, Zurich (2023)
Dr. iur., University of Zurich (2016–2019)
Visiting Researcher and Scholarship Holder, Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Munich (2016–2017)
Visiting Researcher, University of Edinburgh (2017)
Mobility program, University of Zurich (2012–2013)
MLaw, University of Lucerne (2010–2012)
Bachelor of Science in Business Law, Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Winterthur (2007–2010)

Admissions

Certified Tax Expert, EXPERTsuisse (2023)
Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)

Languages

GermanEnglish