Investing Abroad & Foreign Expansion

Investing abroad: Optimising cross-border transactions

Global tax, legal and regulatory developments influence international companies. Any business operating transnationally must understand the impact of these developments on its commercial activities and structures.

Thanks to our international network and our years of experience we can offer comprehensive advice to those wishing to invest abroad. We will take all legal and fiscal frameworks into account and support you right from the outset.

We can help you, for example, when entering the market, as well as in matters concerning site planning and recruitment. Thus, you can ensure a full return on your foreign investments.

Our country experts are available for:

We can advise you when your company is entering a market - in Switzerland and also worldwide.
Our extensive M & A expertise ensures that all legal and tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions will be considered.
Our experts can assist you with local site planning.
We can utilise cross-border financial structures to help reduce your costs.
We can help you structure tax-efficient value chains.
We can also help you optimise the fiscal exploitation of your intellectual property.
We can optimise your tax burden on all cross-border investments and transactions.
Thanks to our international network, we will always take full account of every development in national- and international tax law.
We can work with you on your mobility strategies and secondments (Expatriate Policies).
We can provide global solutions to address visa- and work permit requirements.
We can advise you on cross-border wealth planning, including succession planning, as well as real estate investments abroad.

A strategic partnership with PwC

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Research and insights

Freihandelsabkommen mit China FQA

Das im Jahr 2013 zwischen China und der Schweiz abgeschlossene bilaterale Freihandelsabkommen tritt am 1. Juli 2014 in Kraft. Auf Schweizer Seite werden sämtliche Zölle auf chinesischen Industriewaren abgebaut. China baut den grössten Teil seiner Zölle auf Schweizer Industriewaren ganz oder teilweise ab, entweder mit Inkrafttreten des Abkommens oder mit Übergangsfristen (oft 5 oder 10, auch 12 oder 15 Jahre). Bei Landwirtschaftsprodukten machen beide Seiten Zugeständnisse. Kennen Sie die Bestimmungen im Freihandelsabkommen, damit Sie ab Inkrafttreten von den Vorteilen profitieren können? Wir haben nachfolgend die wichtigsten Fragen aufgeführt.

Our expert

Maire Walsh

Partner, Tax and Legal Services, Zug, PwC Switzerland

+41 58 792 68 80

Please select a country outside Switzerland in which you wish to invest.

Contact us

Maire Walsh

Partner, Tax and Legal Services, PwC Switzerland

Tel: +41 58 792 68 80