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Robert J. Danon
Prof. Dr. Robert Danon is a full ordinary professor of Swiss and international taxation at the University of Neuchâtel, School of Law. Robert Danon is also an invited professor of international taxation at the
University of Lausanne, Faculty of Economics (“Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales” [HEC]). Robert Danon received a PhD (2003) in tax law (“doctorat en droit”) from the University of Geneva for his thesis "Switzerland’s direct and international taxation of private express trusts" (IFA Honorable Mention 2004, Swiss Walther Hug Prize 2004) and an LL.M. in international taxation (2001) from Leiden University.

He worked at the International Tax & Trust services of Union Bancaire Privée. From 1998, tax advisor of Coopers & Lybrand (PricewaterhouseCoopers as from 1 July 1998), Lausanne (Switzerland). Tax associate of Baker & McKenzie in Geneva (2000).

Robert Danon is inter alia a member of the Swiss Association of Tax Law Professors (SATLP)
and of the International Fiscal Association. He is also an editorial associate to the Swiss leading scientific tax periodical the “Archives de droit fiscal suisse/Archiv für Schweizerisches Abgaberecht” as well as a Swiss contributing editor for the International Tax Review (Kluwer). He is the author or co-author of numerous contributions in the field of Swiss and international taxation. His research currently focuses on tax treaty law, on the one hand and Swiss and European corporate tax law, on the other hand.

Recent key publications: Cross-border dividends from the perspective of Switzerland as the source state - selected issues under article 15 of the Swiss-EU Savings Agreement, in Intertax. The Hague. Vol. 33 (2005), no. 11; p. 503-519; The new Swiss-Israeli tax treaty, in Intertax. The Hague. Vol. 32 (2004), no. 6/7; p. 339-342; Conflicts of attribution of income involving trusts under the OECD Model Convention: the possible impact of the OECD Partnership Report, in Intertax. The Hague. Vol. 32 (2004), no. 5; p. 210-222.



Course: International Estate & Trust Taxation