Petra Caminada

Dr. iur., Certified Tax Expert

Co-owner, Partner

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Areas of specialisation

Corporate tax law (direct federal and cantonal taxes, federal withholding tax, emission and turnover tax law); international and intercantonal tax law, restructurings, employee shareholdings, taxation of individuals (income and wealth taxes, inheritance and gift taxes, residence, lump-sum taxation, international employee secondment incl. social security subordination issues, relationship between shareholders and their corporations), foundations and trusts.

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Ancillary activities

• Lecturer, CAS Payroll Expert, ZHAW ZHAW School of Management and Law

• Lecturer in CAS/FA Family Law, University of Fribourg

• Member of the management of the Institute for Swiss and International Tax Law (ISIS) and of the Executive Committee

• Author of tax law publications

• Unit activity

Current speaker activities:

ISIS) Seminar 26/203 on September 21, 2026: Marriage, cohabitation, and taxes: Taxation during different stages of a relationship—Seminar leader.

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ISIS) Seminar 25/202 of May 22, 2025: The changing world of work: Tax and social security challenges - Seminar leader

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Speaker Module 2 Salary Accounting with a focus on salary taxation as part of the CAS Payroll Expert course, ZHAW School of Management and Law

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ISIS) Seminar 23/304 on September 18, 2023: Taxation of shareholders and companies in personal companies
Workshop on social security law aspects of personal companies (together with Moritz Seiler)

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Lecturer module Tax Law within the CAS course Family Law at the Universities of Zurich and Fribourg

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ISIS) Seminar 21/201 on November 16, 2021: Marriage, partnership, and family in tax law
Workshop Taxation of spouses in international relationships; residency issues; addition of factors (to what extent and for what purposes?); tax allocation; procedural issues (together with Julia von Ah)