Atty. Thomas Meister
Thomas Meister is a partner in the Tax Team. He is working in the fields of domestic and international corporate tax, including tax optimization, corporate and real estate finance, structured finance, corporate reorganizations, transaction structuring and M&A.
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Thomas Meister is a real estate and tax attorney, practicing at Walder Wyss AG. Admitted to practice in Switzerland. Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Real Estate Law (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Tax Law (2026), and Lawyer of the Year — Tax Law, Zürich (Switzerland) (2016). Serands clients in Zurich and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Thomas Meister is a partner in the Tax Team
- He is working in the fields of domestic and international corporate tax, including tax optimization, corporate and real estate finance, structured finance, corporate reorganizations, transaction structuring and M&A
- Since 2004 he is an adjunct professor for tax law at the University of St. Gall
- Born in 1963, Thomas Meister was educated at the Universities of Lausanne and St. Gall (lic. iur. 1989, Dr. iur. 1995), New York University (LL.M. 1998), and graduated as certified tax expert (1996)
- For his doctoral thesis he received the 1995 Blumenstein Award
- He has working experience as trainee in a Zurich law firm and District Court clerk, general secretary at the Zurich Revenue Service, tax associate in Zurich, Geneva and Washington D.C. law firms and tax partner in a Zurich law firm
- Thomas Meister speaks German, English and French
- He is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and also admitted in New York
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Real estate attorneys handle home purchases, sales, commercial transactions, title disputes, and landlord-tenant matters.
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Tax attorneys handle IRS audits, tax debt, international tax, estate planning, and tax court litigation.
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