Dusan Knezevic
MLaw, attorney-at-law
Education
Zurich University, School of Law (MLaw, 2017); admitted to the Bar (2021)
Professional Experience
Tax consultant (2016); Junior Associate at the law firm (2017-2020); Associate at the law firm since 2021
Languages
German, French, English, Italian, Serbian
Preferred Areas of Practice
Insolvency- and Restructuring Law
- representation of creditors or debtors in restructuring and insolvency cases
- representation of creditors in creditors’ committees
- representation of creditors or debtors in enforcement, attachment, garnishment or seizer proceedings
- representation of creditors, debtors or insolvency estates in litigation proceedings (see also Litigation and Arbitration)
- running insolvency proceedings as commissioner (Sachwalter), extra-ordinary trustee in bankruptcy (ausseramtliche Konkursverwaltung) or liquidator
- advising and supporting foreign bankruptcy trustees to attract and include assets located in Switzerland within the foreign bankruptcy estate
- provision of legal or expert opinions on matters of Swiss insolvency law
Business Law (incl. Contract Law, Corporate Law, Transactions / Mergers & Acquisitions, IT Law, Real Estate)
- incorporation of companies, corporations and establishment of branches
- company reorganisations and restructurings
- drawing up customised shareholder agreements and transfer Agreements
- establishment of company structures incl. by-laws and other internal regulations and directives, such as rules on management transactions, insider trading, data protection, anti-corruption etc.
- governance and compliance matters
- providing advice and support in organising shareholders' general meetings of listed and private companies: invitation, script, coordination of shareholders‘ ledger, keeping of the minutes, independent shareholders’ representative
- duties and liabilities of board members and Management
- agreements with regard to board members and senior Managers
- succession planning and inheritance law
- providing legal support for start start-ups
- mergers & acquisitions, incl. due diligence
- due diligence process (including zoning and real estate register law issues)
- contracts on real estate transactions
- drafting of property by floor regulations
- contracts of work and Services
- enforcement of warranty claims / protection against warranty Claims
- tenancy law disputes
Tax Law
- general tax advice and planning for private and corporate Clients
- providing advice and support in taking up Swiss residency for the first time
- advice on taking up self-employment
- tax advice with regard to real estate matters, in particular capital gains tax on real estate
- reorganisation and restructuring of companies and obtaining tax rulings
- succession planning of companies and review of the company structures
- representation in tax proceedings before cantonal and federal authorities and courts, incl. supplementary tax proceedings and penal proceedings
Publications
Publications
Fristentücken bei der Fortsetzung der Betreibung
Anwaltsrevue 6/7|2024, 264-267
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Entdeckung neuer Vermögenswerte nach Einstellung des Konkursverfahrens – Stolperfalle
Court Case Reviews
Die Frist nach Art. 166 Abs. 2 SchKG
Besprechung von BGer, 5A_190/2023, 3.8.2023
AJP (2024), 372.
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Conséquences de la radiation d’une personne morale faillie du registre du commerce
ZZZ (2021), 582-586.
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