Dr. Markus Frank Huber
Dr. Markus Frank Huber

Dr. Markus Frank Huber

Partner/Tax Expert, Zurich

Schiffbaustrasse 2 | PO Box | CH-8031 Zurich | Switzerland
Schiffbaustrasse 2 | PO Box | CH-8031 Zurich | Switzerland
T +41 58 552 06 20
markus.huber@mll-legal.com

Profile

Markus F. Huber joined MLL Legal as partner on 1 July 2017 after retiring from Ernst & Young where he was partner for more than 20 years. He headed the International Tax Services Group at EY for 15­ years. Markus F. Huber now has more than 35 years of experience in fiscal law and holds particular in-depth expertise in international corporate tax law, in the area of cross-border transactions and restructurings and other complex tax planning. In addition, Markus advises high net wealth individuals in tax planning. During 2½ years he worked as a Swiss tax lawyer in New York. From 2013 to 2017 Markus Huber was based in Geneva. He is fluent in German, English and French.

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Industry Groups

Rankings & Awards

Leaders League Ranked Firm 2023Best Lawyers Recognized in 2023Best Lawyers Recognized in 2022Legal 500 EMEA Recommended Lawyer 2021Legal 500 EMEA Recommended Lawyer 2020Legal 500 EMEA Recommended Lawyer 2019Legal 500 EMEA Recommended Lawyer 2018
  • “Markus is known and appreciated by clients and colleagues for his excellent technical skills and dedication. Over the years, he built a great reputation in the marketplace and is today seen as one of the leading international tax advisors in Switzerland” – Chairman of a Big Four company

Deals & Cases

  • Advising one of the largest biopharmaceutical companies in structuring their out of the US market operations from a tax perspective and in numerous M&A transactions as well in setting up large scale manufacturing operations with an investment exceeding USD$ 1.6 bio
  • Advised a foreign investor in acquiring numerous Swiss entities in the telecommunication business (USD$ volume of above 5 bio) and integrating those into the global structure from a tax perspective
  • Advised one of the largest retailers in the Toy and Gaming industry in the context with their out of US market from a tax perspective

Education & Admission

  • University of Zurich, Dr. iur. (1987)
  • University of Zurich, lic. iur. (1984)

Memberships and public offices

  • International Fiscal Association (IFA)
  • Chairman of the tax chapter board of the Swiss American Chamber of Commerce (Swiss Amcham)
  • Faculty at the Executive Program in Transfer Pricing of the University of Lausanne

Languages

  • German
  • English
  • French

“Markus is known and appreciated by clients and colleagues for his excellent technical skills and dedication. Over the years, he built a great reputation in the marketplace and is today seen as one of the leading international tax advisors in Switzerland”

Chairman of a Big Four company
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Publications

The OECD As The Gravedigger Of The Fun Of International Tax Or “The Spirits That I Summoned Up I Now Can’t Get Myself Rid Of”

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Swiss Amcham - Yearbook 2022/23, page 61-62, 12 May 2022
  • EN

Covid 19 – The Biggest Disrupting Factor on the Global Tax System

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Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce. Yearbook 2021/22
  • EN

Winners and Losers under BEPS Action 1

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Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce, Yearbook 2020, 21 May 2020
  • EN

Gewinner und Verlierer im Zeitalter von BEPS 2.0

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Organisatoren und Referenten am MLL Tax Webinar, 19. Mai 2020
  • DE
  • EN

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