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OBERSON ABELS is once again recognized as a top Tax law firm by the Legal 500 EMEA 2023 Guide. Xavier Oberson is listed in the “Hall Of Fame” for his standout contribution.
The firm has been recommended in the following practice areas : Banking & finance, Commercial, Corporate and M&A and data Privacy/data Protection.

OBERSON ABELS figure à nouveau comme une des meilleures études de Suisse dans le domaine fiscal dans l’édition mondiale (2022) du prestigieux classement Chambers.

Dans ce domaine, Pierre-Marie Glauser et Xavier Oberson s’inscrivent dans les premiers cercles des avocats suisses de la catégorie. Jérôme Meyer et Marcel Meier y ont également été reconnus pour la qualité de leur travail.

Antoine Amiguet et Philipp Fischer ont été reconnus individuellement comme leaders dans les domaines des placements collectifs et du droit bancaire et financier et Stefan Eberhard dans celui du droit des sociétés et des fusions et acquisitions.

Source : Accès aux classements

We are pleased to announce that Sonia De la Fuente will become Counsel as of July 1, 2022.

Sonia De la Fuente holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law (UNIGE, 2006) and a Master’s degree in international and European Law (UNIGE, 2008). She was admitted to the Geneva Bar in 2010.

Following her legal internship, she joined ABELS Avocats as an associate in 2011, and then OBERSON ABELS SA in February 2016. After obtaining an LL.M. from Columbia Law School (New York) in 2019 and working as legal counsel to the ICRC in Geneva, Sonia De la Fuente returned to OBERSON ABELS SA in November 2020.

Sonia De la Fuente practices in the field of business law with a specialization in the areas of banking and finance law as well as sustainable finance.

OBERSON ABELS SA is pleased to announce that Joël Pahud joined the firm as a Counsel on 1 April 2022.

A lawyer, PhD and former prosecutor at the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland, Joël Pahud will advise clients in the context of criminal tax law proceedings and, more generally, white-collar crime matters. His interest for internal investigations, civil litigation and debt collection will be an important asset in litigation matters.

His arrival aims at strengthening our team, which is already advising and representing clients in the framework of audits by the tax authorities or criminal tax law proceedings. It also reflects our firm’s willingness to expand our services to key areas of business law.

We look forward to counting on his expertise.

Sofia Bassova

Sofia Bassova holds a Master’s degree in Economic Law (UNIGE, 2009) and an LL.M. (UNIGE, Hans Wilsdorf Foundation Award 2012), and obtained her federal diploma of tax expert in 2014. She also completed the Executive Program in Transfer Pricing at UNIL in 2016.

In June 2018, Sofia Bassova joined the law firm OBERSON ABELS SA. She practices all areas of Swiss and international tax law while specializing in the tax aspects of legal entities. Sofia Bassova also has an expertise in criminal tax law.

Rebecca Lauchenauer

Rebecca Lauchenauer holds a law degree (University of Lausanne, 1998) and was admitted to the Geneva Bar in 2000 after having completed her legal internship in a renowned law firm in the Geneva area.

She has followed various training courses in inheritance law, in Switzerland and abroad, and has in addition obtained a CAS in inheritance law (Universities of Lausanne, Fribourg and Neuchâtel, 2016). She is an FSA specialist in inheritance law.

Rebecca Lauchenauer joined OBERSON ABELS SA in Lausanne in November 2019. Her practice area is inheritance law. She advises her clients mainly on matrimonial and estate planning, on civil and tax aspects.

Emiliy Mizrahi-Meller

Emily Mizrahi-Meller holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law (UniNE 2007), a Master’s degree in Business Law (UniNE 2008) and a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Legal Professions (UniGE 2011). Emily Mizrahi-Meller was admitted to the Geneva Bar in 2012 after completing her legal internship with the law firm Oberson Avocats. Following her internship, Emily Mizrahi-Meller joined Oberson Avocats as an associate in 2012, and then OBERSON ABELS SA in February 2016.

Emily Mizrahi-Meller practices all areas of Swiss and international tax law in French and English. Her practice is primarily focused on Swiss and foreign private clients, particularly with respect to tax and estate planning issues, including trusts and relocations to Switzerland. Her practice also includes administrative assistance and tax litigation.

Emily Mizrahi-Meller is a member of the Vaud Bar Association and the International Fiscal Association (IFA).

We are pleased to announce that OBERSON ABELS has once again been recognized as one of the leading Swiss law firm by the Legal 500 professional directory in the Tax field (TOP TIER).

The firm has also been well ranked in the field of Banking & Finance, Data Privacy & Data Protection and Corporate & M&A.

We are also proud that six of our partners have been recognized for their outstanding contribution to their field of practice, including several with excellent rankings in the areas of Tax, Banking & Finance, Data Privacy & Data Protection and Corporate & M&A.

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We are pleased to announce that Vanessa Déglise has successfully passed her federal diploma as specialist in social insurances. This diploma covers all fields of the Swiss social security system including occupational pension plans and coordination with EU social insurances.

OBERSON ABELS’ team would be delighted to assist you in all matters related to social insurances and more generally employment law.

The 2021 edition of the Chambers Global ranking was recently published and we are pleased to announce that OBERSON ABELS has once again been recognized as one of the leading Swiss law firms.

We have indeed been ranked in Band 1 in the Tax field. We are also proud that several of our partners are very well ranked in their various fields of practice in Tax, Banking & Finance, Investment Funds and Corporate & M&A.

We owe these recognitions to our clients and our colleagues! Thank you!

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