Floran Ponce
Partner
Attorney at Law, LL.M., Certified Tax Expert
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Partner Attorney at Law, LL.M., Certified Tax Expert +41 58 450 70 00 floran.ponce@lenzstaehelin.com |
Genf Route de Chêne 30 CH-1211 Genf www.lenzstaehelin.com |
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Expertise
Floran Ponce is a partner in the Tax group of Lenz & Staehelin, based in Geneva, and a certified tax expert. He advises private equity funds, their portfolio companies and multinational corporates on the tax aspects of cross-border M&A, restructurings and fund structuring. He also represents clients in tax disputes before Swiss tax authorities and courts. He lectures on transaction tax structuring at the University of Geneva, speaks regularly at tax conferences and publishes in his areas of practice.
Floran has been recognised as a leading practitioner by Chambers & Partners since 2018 and is listed as a Leading Partner in Tax by The Legal 500 EMEA.
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Fachgebiete
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Spezialgebiete
Tax, Corporate, Commercial and Contracts -
Beruflicher Werdegang und Ausbildung
und Ausbildung
2017 Partner at Lenz & Staehelin 2010 Joined Lenz & Staehelin 2014 Harvard Law School (LL.M.) 2012 Certified Tax Expert (Akademie der Treuhand-Kammer Award) 2009 Admission to Geneva Bar 2006 Universities of Lausanne and Lucerne (lic. iur.) -
Sprachen
French, English, German, Spanish -
Mitgliedschaften
Geneva Bar Association (OdA), Swiss Bar Association (FSA), International Bar Association (IBA), International Fiscal Association (IFA), Swiss Association of Certified Tax Experts (ASEFID / SVDS), Western Switzerland Association of Certified Tax Experts (OREF), Harvard Club of Switzerland, Harvard Law School Association of Europe, Tax Chapter of the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce -
Ausgewählte Publikationen
- Ponce F., Les réserves d’apport en capital dans les sociétés étrangères, in: Steuer Revue, March 2026
- Ponce F., Le bouclier fiscal 2023, in: Steuer Revue, Août 2023
- Ponce F., Eckert J., The Corporate Tax Planning Law Review 2023 - Switzerland, in: The Law Reviews, 5th edition, May 2023
- Ponce F., Group approach and separate entity approach in domestic and international tax law 2023 - Switzerland, in: Cahiers de droit fiscal international, Rotterdam; Vol. 106a (2022), Pages 157 et seq.
- Neukomm F., Ponce F., The Inward Investment and International Taxation Review 2021 - Switzerland, in: The Law Review, 11th edition, January 2021, 423-435
- Ponce F., Increased Transparency and Exchange of Information in the Area of Transfer Pricing in Switzerland, in: International Tax Journal, November-December 2018, 41-46
- Ponce F., Swiss lump-sum tax regime - Recent changes, In: International Tax News, Bloomberg Tax, 8 November 2018
- Ponce F., The Status quo until the next corporate tax reform, in: The Lawyer, 13 March 2017, 28
- Barmes M., Ponce F., The Private Wealth & Private Client Review 2015 - Switzerland, in: The Law Reviews, 4th ed., October 2015, 407-420
- Eckert J., Ponce F., Swiss withholding tax aspects of financing, in: Archivs für Schweizerisches Abgaberecht (ASA) 83, no. 11/12, 2014/2015
- Eckert J., Ponce F., Swiss lump-sum tax regime: Applicable rules and political outlook, in: BNA International 07/2012, 10 et seqq.
- Ponce F., L'évasion fiscale en droit fiscal suisse, in: RDAF 2010 II 125 (OREF 2009 Award)
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Weitere Aktivitäten
Swiss representative on Invest Europe’s Tax Committee
Member of the Tax Chapter of the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce
Member of the Conference Organization Committee of the Western Switzerland Association of Certified Tax Experts (OREF)
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Kontakt
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Assistenz
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Weitere Aktivitäten
Swiss representative on Invest Europe’s Tax Committee
Member of the Tax Chapter of the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce
Member of the Conference Organization Committee of the Western Switzerland Association of Certified Tax Experts (OREF)
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Referenzen
Floran Ponce knows how to get things done and achieves all of my objectives as my legal representative, just as promised.
Chambers & Partners, 2026Floran Ponce always has the big picture in mind with complete oversight, and is able to very quickly connect the dots
Chambers & Partners, 2026Floran Ponce always makes sure there is a timeline, especially with larger projects, and can manage them very well.
Chambers & Partners, 2025Floran Ponce has an acute business mindset.
Chambers & Partners, 2024He is pleasant to work with, very technically strong but pragmatic and explains things clearly.
Chambers & Partners, 2024Floran Ponce excels in the corporate tax space, with interviewees praising his legal intellect and client management skills.
Who’s Who Legal, 2024
Publikationen
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Les réserves d’apport en capital dans les sociétés étrangères
in: Steuer Revue, March 2026