TEAM
We are a team of authentic, dynamic and solution-oriented specialists with excellent legal expertise and profound experience. Thanks to our many years of practice as external consultants and as internal employees, we know the needs of national and international companies from the outside and from the inside. "We develop pragmatic and realistic solutions for complex legal issues."
Barbara Stillhart-Zimmermann
lic.oec. HSG I Certified Tax Expert
E-Mail: b.stillhart@affinitytax.ch
«We develop pragmatic and realistic solutions for complex legal issues»
Regina Arquint
Regina Arquint acts in an advisory capacity, supports clients in contract negotiations, offers customized in-house seminars and represents clients before courts and authorities. In addition, she serves as an executive board member and acts as an external data protection officer (DPO).
As a lawyer, she acquired extensive professional and industry-specific knowledge in her core areas. Her many years of experience as in-house counsel in an international group in the luxury and costume jewellery industry enabled her to additionally deepen her knowledge and expertise of business and strategic interests as well as operational processes and to implement pragmatic and realistic solutions for complex legal issues.
Her clients appreciate her clear, conscientious, pragmatic and goal-oriented approach.
- Data Protection, Privacy and Technology
- Employment Law
- Contract and Corporate Law
- Intellectual Property, Advertising and Competition Law
Languages
German, English, Romansh, French, Italian
2022
Co-Founder and Partner at Affinity Law and Tax in Zürich
2017
Partner in a Business Law Firm in Zürich
2008
Inhouse Legal Counsel at Swarovski, Männedorf, since 2012 as Director Corporate Counsel
2006
Attorney at Law at Badertscher Dörig Poledna in Zurich
2005
Assistentin bei Prof. Dr. Markus Müller-Chen, Professor für Privat- und Handelsrecht an der Universität St. Gallen
2003
Judicial internship at the District Court Rheintal in Altstätten and legal internship at Müller Eckstein Attor neys at Law in Staad (SG)
2000
Assistant to Prof. Dr. H. Vest, Professor for Criminal Law at the University of St. Gallen
Education
2018
Certified International Privacy Professional (CIPP/E) (International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
2006
Since passing the bar, ongoing professional development in her preferred practice areas and various negotiation and leadership management programs.
2005
Bar exam, admitted to the bar of the Canton of Zurich, admitted to all Swiss courts
2002
Law school at the University of St. Gallen (lic. iur. HSG)
Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
Member of the International Association for Data Protection (IAPP)
Lecturer for data protection law at the University of Applied Sciences St. Gallen in Eastern Switzerland (OST) in the course CAS Leadership and Control of IT.
Participation in the WEKA/SIB certified course data protection expert WEKA/SIB for data protection experts, leading the practical seminars "Successfully implementing data protection in the company" and "Correctly handling requests for information and deletion as well as data protection violations".
Author and legal expert at WEKA Business Media AG.
Barbara Stillhart
Barbara Stillhart-Zimmermann is a proven tax expert with over 25 years of experience in national and international tax consulting. She specialises in particular in advising wealthy private clients, family businesses, legal entities, and succession planning as well as inheritance matters. She acts as a board member and liquidator.
Her clients particularly appreciate her solution-oriented and pragmatic approach.
• Tax planning for private individuals and legal entities
• Advice in connection with trusts and foundations
• Compliance in the areas of profit tax, withholding tax and stamp duties
• Real estate gains tax and transfer tax
German, English, French
2022
Co-Founder and Partner at Affinity Law and Tax in Zürichch
Tax Counsel of a business and tax consulting companyt
2016
Partner in a Business Law Firm in Zürich
2008
Tax expert in a large business law firm in Zurich
2006
Tax expert in the wealth planning department of a major Swiss bank in Zurich
1996
Steuerexpertin bei einer grossen Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft in Zürich
Ausbildung
2000
Swiss certified tax expert
1995
Tax expert with a big 4 in Zurich
Barbara Stillhart-Zimmermann has recently advised and assisted clients in the following matters:
Negotiations with Zurich tax authorities regarding the tax consequences for a Swiss beneficiary of a US trust.
Assistance in a penalty tax proceeding.
Settlement of a wealthy foreign individual in Switzerland with lump sum taxation.
Tax planning for several larger Swiss companies: Financial statement planning, tax returns and transactions such as restructurings, acquisition of participations, etc.
Clarification for the board of directors of a Swiss company with regard to the amount of withholding tax and joint liability of the board of directors for the same.
Support for a trust structure; tax consequences in the event of the death of the settlor (consideration of inheritance tax at the maximum rate).
Ongoing tax advice to various high net worth individuals.
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