Walter Jakob

Walter Jakob has more than 40 years of experience in international and national tax advisory.

He advises national and international companies on tax matters. He also advises on succession planning, acquisitions and mergers, joint ventures, reorganisations, cross border structuring, IPOs and MBOs of multinational and national companies including individual shareholders tax implications. He advises private clients on inheritance and gift taxes.

Walter Jakob was a Tax Partner and Head of Tax of EY Switzerland for over 25 years. He has many years of experience on the board of directors of various family held and of Swiss listed companies.

He was a lecturer at the University of St. Gallen for many years and publishes regularly articles in tax law. He was also a member of the faculty of the course LL.M. International Tax Law of the University of Zurich.