Dr. Roland Pfister

Consultant

As a doctorate-level tax expert with many years of international experience, Dr. Roland A. Pfister is well positioned to provide his clients with competent, practice-oriented advice on all matters of Swiss, Liechtenstein, and international tax law. He advises individuals and legal entities primarily in the areas of corporate tax law, wealth management structures, and real estate taxation, supports companies through reorganizations and acquisitions, and assists clients with voluntary disclosure programs.

Expertise
  • Swiss domestic and international tax law
  • Tax compliance for financial institutions, tax-compliant wealth planning for high net-worth individuals (such as artists and athletes) and corporate entities (including funds, trusts and partnerships)
  • Taxation of international investment structures (in particular private equity structures) for private and institutional investors
  • International tax law
  • Wealth management structures such as investment funds and trusts
  • Tax treaty interpretation in regard to emerging countries and tax reforms
  • M&A transactions, corporate reorganizations, cross-border transactions and the set-up of Swiss headquarters
  • Lecturer and consultant to the Liechtenstein government for several projects of knowledge transfer in the fields of national and international tax law
  • Issuance of bonds under Liechtenstein law for a Swiss corporate investor
  • Cross-border transaction between an individual Swiss seller and an institutional buyer
  • Assistance to a HNWI Swiss tax resident family to implement a voluntary disclosure process to become compliant with Swiss tax regulations
  • Set up and implementation of various private equity structures for HNWIs and families
  • Since 2026: Independent Tax Counsel at Kaiser, Odermatt & Partners.
  • 2015-2026: Independent Tax Counsel at a corporate law firm, Zurich/Zug
  • 2010-2014: Associate and then Counsel at an international corporate and tax law firm, Geneva
  • 2008-2011: Lecturer and consultant to the Liechtenstein government for several projects of knowledge transfer in the fields of national and international tax law regarding the OECD conform positioning of Liechtenstein’s Financial Center, University of Liechtenstein, Vaduz
  • 2005-2008: Senior Associate in a Big Four, Zurich/Geneva
  • 2005: Trainee in an international law firm, Brussel
  • 2004: Trainee in leading investment bank, Zurich
  • Member of various Boards of Directors and Foundations
  • Lecturer, Project Manager and member of the Competence Center for Corporate Finance at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Economy, Institute of Financial Services Zug IFZ (CH)
  • Member of the International Fiscal Association (IFA)
  • The application of double tax conventions to trusts and collective investment schemes in Switzerland, published by Helbing Lichtenhahn (Basel, 2019)
  • Taxation, in: Blockchain, Smart Contracts, Decentralised Autonomous Organisations and the Law, published by Edward Elgar Publishing, together with Thierry Obrist (2019)
  • Rethinking the international tax transparency framework, published in Trusts & Trustees (Oxford University Press, 2022)
  • Extended application of the automatic exchange of information to crypto assets: what board members and trustees need to know about the OECD’s Crypto Asset Reporting Framework, published in Trusts & Trustees (Oxford University Press, 2025) together with Thomas K. Birrer
  • Rethinking the Swiss Withholding Tax on Bonds: A Critical Analysis of Its Swiss Tax Impact, published in IBFD (2025)
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