Schreiber Susanne
Partner

Susanne Schreiber

Excellent peer and client endorsements.

Chambers Global 2017

A very talented and motivated lawyer who has an impact on the market.

Sources in Chambers Global 2022

She is simply outstanding.

Peer in WWL Switzerland - Corporate Tax 2022

One of the best practitioners in the market.

Peer in WWL Switzerland - Corporate Tax 2022

Truly excellent.

Peer in WWL Switzerland - Corporate Tax 2022

One of the best corporate tax experts.

Interviewee in Chambers Europe 2021

Excellent reputation

Source in WWL 2021

Absolutely fantastic, technically skilled and very client-oriented.

Source in Chambers Europe 2021

Really well known

Source in WWL 2021

Susanne Schreiber is an outstanding tax adviser with exceptional legal skills and profound commercial understanding.

Source in Legal 500 2020

Listens and has a practical approach.

Client in Chambers Global 2020

Excellent and very efficient tax practitioner with a deep understanding of the commercial aspects of a transaction.

Client in Chambers Global 2020

Provides high quality of legal advice.

Client Choice 2019

She is a very quick thinker, always up-to-date and knows both the newest tax law releases and the tax practice.

Client Choice 2019

Her combination of skills enables her to provide cutting edge legal advice.

Client Choice 2019

She has very strong persuasion and influencing skills.

Client Choice 2019

She offers extremely good value for money; her advisory is not limited to the invoiced hours.

Client Choice 2019

Due to her high intelligence, broad network of contacts and constant strive for being up-to-date, she has developed very strong commercial awareness.

Client Choice 2019

Brilliant lawyer.

Who's Who Legal Tax 2019

Very active in M&A transactions.

Who's Who Legal Tax 2019

Top-tier adviser in the Zurich area.

Who's Who Legal Tax 2019

She has great know-how, is a good listener and a great adviser.

Client in Chambers Global 2019

Incredibly powerful.

Client in Chambers Global 2019

Has amazing tax know-how and is connected to every major tax player in Switzerland.

Legal 500 2018

She has highest level of tax knowledge and understanding of business needs.

Client in Chambers Europe 2018

She is accessible, responsive, open and humble.

Client in Chambers Europe 2018

Very fresh thinking with a lot of power.

Client in the energy sector

Excellent for financing structures and M&A deals.

Who's Who Legal Tax 2018

Fast thinker with a pragmatic approach and very good knowledge.

Client in Chambers Global 2017

Very kind person and easy to work with.

Client in Chambers Global 2017

Experienced in international and national corporate tax and M&A.

Chambers Global 2017

Excellent peer and client endorsements.

Chambers Global 2017

A very talented and motivated lawyer who has an impact on the market.

Sources in Chambers Global 2022

About

Susanne Schreiber is a partner at Bär & Karrer AG and co-head of the tax department.

Susanne Schreiber has extensive experience in national and international M&A transactions and restructurings. In particular, she advises on all tax aspects of financing, acquisition structuring, as well as capital market transactions and restructurings. She works on transactions on both the sale- and buy- side, for private equity clients as well as multinational companies or individuals, and advises on due diligence, pre-deal structuring, carve-outs, and post-merger integration from a tax perspective.

In addition, Susanne Schreiber regularly supports Swiss and multinational companies with their tax planning, such as restructurings, financing, and in tax disputes.

Susanne Schreiber is a lawyer and tax advisor as well as a certified Swiss tax expert. Before joining Bär & Karrer, she worked for an international law firm in Germany and for a Big Four company in Zurich, where she headed the Swiss M&A tax team.

She regularly lectures on tax-relevant topics in the area of M&A/corporate tax law and publishes articles and commentaries in the field of taxation. She is an officer of the IBA Tax Committee, a member of the examination board for certified Swiss tax experts, and a member of the tax commission of EXPERTSuisse.

LanguagesGerman, English
Curriculum
  • Partner of Bär & Karrer (since 2015)
  • Partner, Head M&A Tax of a Big Four Firm (2013)
  • Certified Tax Expert (2010)
  • Manager, Senior Manager, Director of a Big Four Firm in Switzerland (2007, 2008, 2011)
  • German Tax Advisor (2006)
  • Manager M&A Tax Services of a Big Four Firm in Germany (2006)
  • Associate of an international law firm in Germany (2002)
  • Admitted to the Munich Bar (2001)
  • Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich: Law Degree (1999)
Memberships and Public Offices
  • Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
  • Member of the Tax Expert Exam Commission
  • Member of the International Fiscal Association Swiss Branch (IFA Switzerland)
  • Member of the Tax Chapter of the Swiss American Chamber of Commerce
  • Member of EXPERTsuisse
  • Officer of the IBA Taxes Committee
AdmissionAll Swiss Courts

Susanne Schreiber's Deals, Cases & News

Recognized as a "leading lawyer"

by Legal 500 2023

Ranked as "Thought Leader"

byWWL Global Guide 2023

Recognized as a "leading lawyer"

by Legal 500 2023

Ranked as "Thought Leader"

byWWL Global Guide 2023

Contact

Susanne Schreiber
P: +41 58 261 52 12
M: +41 58 262 52 12

Bär & Karrer Ltd.
Brandschenkestrasse 90
CH-8002 Zurich
Switzerland

Assistant
Laura Sommer
P: +41 58 261 53 41