Deborah Joye Partner - Head of Tax Romandie

Background

• Master’s degree in Management at HEC Business School, Lausanne, Switzerland
• Additional education in Swiss taxation

Professional experience

• Member of the Executive Committee of Mazars in Switzerland
• Extensive experience in tax advisory and compliance for private clients, entrepreneurs and SMEs since 2006, including several years for a Big Four as well as for a shared services centre of a US-based listed company 
• Advising local and international companies of all sizes with their development, restructuring, financing or acquisition projects, including employee relocation and expatriation, as well as managing and coordinating international projects
• Consulting and compliance: direct taxes, withholding tax, real-estate tax, stamp duties, and employee benefit schemes, including but not limited to submission of tax rulings, handling information requests and tax audits
• Tax due diligence: deal tax risk reports, recommendations and optimization of acquisition and financing structure, post-deal integration. 
• Advising on the transfer of family businesses in particular
• Global mobility services (GMS): advisory and compliance related to income tax, social security, immigration and labor law

Languages

• French/German/English