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Philipp is an expert for digital communication, web design and development at KOMUNIQUE GMBH and publisher & founder of taxlawblog.ch. Further information on www.komunique.com

Education + Training

• Master of Law, University of Basel (summa cum laude; 5.9 best in class in 2010) completed
• In-depth knowledge of HTML, CSS and JS with a focus on web design and web development

Professional activities

• 2010-2011 Consultant International Tax Services and 2011 - 2017 Tax Knowledge Manager at EYin Zurich
• 2010 2018 Research Assistant at the Tax Law Chairs of Prof. Markus Reich, Prof. Madeleine Simonek and Prof. René Matteotti at the University of Zurich
• 2017-2018 Product developer Tax & LegalTech at Weblaw AG in Bern, Switzerland
• 2017-2023 Founder and co-owner of HeadStarterz GmbH
• since 2023 Founder and owner KOMUNIQUE GMBH
  

Publications (Selection)

• The Patentbox as tax planning model for SMEs, Interesting possibility in the context of the corporate tax reform III, Expert Focus 3/2016, pp. 189-196 (with Rainer Hausmann and Sathi Meyer-Nandi)
• Cost-side promotion of research and development, proposal for a constitutionally compliant and location-promoting design of Art. 25a para. 2 E-StHG, Expert Focus 2015/12, pp. 1058-1062 (with Daniel Gentsch and René Matteotti)
• The OECD's Modified Nexus Approach for Patent Boxes - Is BEPS leading towards coherence or distortion in taxing income from intellectual property? ASA 83 (2015), pp. 755-780 (with René Matteotti)
• Deadlines in the notification procedure - preliminary draft of the WAK-N, legal assessment taking into account the most recent case law of the Federal Administrative Court, Der Schweizer Treuhänder 2015/5, pp. 422-337 (with René Matteotti and Dominik Bürgy)
• DTA und Abkommen mit der EU/WTO, Introduction, in: Martin Zweifel/Michael Besuch/René Matteotti (Ed.), Commentary on Swiss Tax Law, International Tax Law, Basel 2015