Thouvenin RechtsanwÄlte

Thouvenin Rechtsanwalte, Klausstrasse, 33, 8034, Zurich, Switzerland
Telephone: +41.1.421.4545
Fax: +41.1.421.4500
E-mail: t.rihm@thouvenin.com
www.thouvenin.com

Dr. Thomas Rihm is a partner with the mid-sized commercial law firm of Thouvenin Rechtsanwälte in Zürich. Dr. Rihm specializes since ten years in mergers & acquisitions and in other commercial law areas, advising mostly foreign corporate clients investing in Switzerland. Graduating from the Law Faculty of the University of Basel in Switzerland in 1986, he was admitted to the bar in Switzerland in 1988. In 1990, Dr. Rihm became Doctor of Jurisprudence at the University of Basel with a doctoral thesis on subordinated loans. Between 1990 and 1993, Dr. Rihm was a foreign associate with the tax departments of a major accounting firm in New York and with a leading New Jersey law firm. In 1995, he also passed the examination as a U.S. Certified Public Accountant in New York. Dr. Rihm regularly publishes in various legal magazines and financial newspapers in Switzerland and abroad. He also serves on a regular basis as a speaker in national and international law seminars

Qualified: Basle, 1988

Degrees: Certified Public Accountant, New York, 1995; PhD in Law, University of Basle, 1990; 1986, lie iur, University of Basle

Areas of practice: Commercial and corporate law, contract law, labour law, arbitration, banking and stock exchange law

Career to date: 2000 to 2005, partner in international law firm in Zurich; 1991 to 2000, associate at major international accounting firm in New York and at international law firms in New Jersey, Basle and Zurich

Recent transactions: Legal advisor to main shareholders of privately-held pharmaceutical SME to US based PL firm

Professional associations/memberships: Swiss and Zurich Bar Associations; International Bar Association

Publications:
A New Life For The Swiss GmbH, IFLR, January 2007; The ins and outs of Swiss M&A, IFLR, September 2006; Private capital gains, IFLR, August 2006; Restrictive Covenants in Employment Contracts is Tailor-Made Work, Persorama, December 2005; Competition Law Aspects of Distributorship Agreements, Kammerzeitschrift der Deutsch-Schweizerischen Handelskammer, October 2005; E-mail as business risk, Digma, September 2005; Garden Leave for Managers - from Exemption To The Rule, Persorama, December 2004; Corporate Governance in Sports Clubs, Neue Zurcher Zeitung, May 2004; Going Private in Switzerland, Tax Planning International Mergers & Acquisitions, Bureau of National Affairs, Washington, August 2003; Whistleblowing, Neue Zurcher Zeitung, June 2003; Immediate Release of Higher Management, Finanz und Wirtschaft, April 2003; Swiss Aspects of M&A Share Transactions, Tax Planning International Mergers & Acquisitions, Bureau of National Affairs, Washington, April 2002; Employment Law Aspects of Employee Participation Programs, Persorama, Nr 1, 2002; Swiss Aspects of M&A Share Transactions, International Company and Commercial Law Review, Volume 12, Issue 9, 2001; Investing in Switzerland - Some Avoidable Pitfalls, International Company and Commercial Law Review, Volume 12, 2001; Employment Law Aspects of Restructurings, Finanz und Wirtschaft, October 2001; Employee Participation: A Free Zone Regarding Employment Laws?, Finanz und Wirtschaft, May 2001; Acquisition of Swiss Business: A Demanding Enterprise, Finanz und Wirtschaft, March 2001; E-mail Evidence in Litigation, Schweizerische Juristenzeitung, Nr 21, 2000; Be Ready with your Social Plan, Persorama, July 2000; Accounting and Auditing, Taxation and Social Insurance and Employee Pension Plans, Business Law Guide to Switzerland, CCH Europe, 1997; New Income Taxation of Individuals and Business in Switzerland, Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft, Nr 9, 1993; The New US-Transfer Pricing Regulations under Sec 482 IRC, Schweizerischer Treuhander, Nr 4, 1993; Tax Planning Opportunities Regarding Transfer Pricing in the US, Schweizerischer Treuhander, Nr2, 1993 and Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft, Nr 12, 1992; Subordinated Loans, Volume 108 of the Swiss Fiduciary Chamber Series; New Transfer Pricing Regulations in Sight, Schweizerischer Treuhander, Nr 10, 1992; New Disclosure and Record Keeping Requirements in the US, Schweizerischer Treuhander, Nr 9, 1991

Languages: German, English

Additional information:

Board member of British Swiss Chamber of Commerce (BSCC); vice chairman of BSCC's Public Affair Commission; vice chairman of BSCC's Legal &Tax Chapter; board member of International Financial Management Association; board member of various Swiss privately held companies