Jean-Blaise Eckert was born in 1963. He studied law at the University of Neuchâtel and was admitted to the Bar of Neuchâtel in 1989 and to the Bar of Geneva in 1991. He studied business administration in the US (University of Berkeley, Haas Business School) where he acquired an MBA in 1991. He acquired a diploma as a Certified Tax Expert in 1994. Jean-Blaise Eckert joined Lenz & Staehelin in Geneva in 1991. In 1996 and 1997, he worked as tax manager in the tax and legal department of a regional headquarters of Reuters. He became a partner of Lenz & Staehelin in 1999. His field of activity is tax law with a special focus on tax planning for multinational groups of companies. Part of his activity is also devoted to private, individual taxation. He practises in French and English. Jean-Blaise Eckert is a member of several professional organisations in Switzerland, a member of the Swiss Committee of the International Fiscal Association and a member of the worldwide Executive Committee of the International Fiscal Association, has been a reporter to the IBA and IFA congress on Swiss tax matters. He regularly gives seminars and conferences in Switzerland and abroad. He also teaches in the Master programs of University of Geneva and University of Neuchâtel.
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