Andreas Müller
Shaping success in Switzerland: For international businesses and private clients from strategy to implementation
Andreas Müller has more than 28 years of experience advising international groups, entrepreneurs, and investors on entering, establishing, and expanding their business activities in Switzerland.
His approach combines business consulting and international tax. He advises companies on the design of appropriate business, operating, and value creation models and translates them into commercially viable, legally implementable, and tax-robust structures. He supports clients from the initial location and business model strategy through to implementation.
Based in Zug, Andreas develops integrated Switzerland–Liechtenstein solutions. He has extensive experience with tax rulings, transfer pricing, and working with cantonal and federal tax authorities in Switzerland as well as the competent authorities in Liechtenstein.
He also advises entrepreneurs and Ultra High Net Worth Individuals on relocations to Switzerland, lump-sum taxation, cross-border wealth structures, and long-term succession planning.
Andreas Müller is a Partner at MME in Zug, President of the Zug Tax Association, and a member of the Tax Chapter of the American Swiss Chamber of Commerce. He regularly publishes and speaks on international tax and business location matters and has repeatedly been recognized by Legal 500 as a leading tax practitioner.
| 2002 | Certified tax expert |
| 1997 | Lawyer and notary patent |
| 1994 | University of Zurich (lic. iur.) |
German, English, Spanish
| since 2014 | Tax & Legal Partner at MME |
| 2006 - 2014 | International Tax Partner / Head International Markets, KPMG AG, Zurich |
| 2004 - 2006 | Head Swiss Center of Excellence, KPMG LLP, New York City / USA |
| 1999 - 2004 | Corporate Tax, KPMG AG, Zurich |
| 1995 - 1999 | Auditor at the Administrative Court of Zug and consultant at a Zurich tax consultancy firm |
‘I would like to say that Andreas Müller never hesitates to walk the extra mile to deliver an excellent service. He is also often available on short notice. Due to his excellent knowledge of the Swiss tax law and practice, he is able to provide advice very quickly.’
‘Andreas Müller impresses with his tax competence, his appearance, his personality. The added-value and value-for-the-money are incomparably good. We are very proud of our partnership with MME.’
‘Andreas Müller has always distinguished himself as a very experienced, innovative and pragmatic advisor who efficiently and effectively handles our tax matters. Special mention should be made of his experience in the real estate sector.’
‘Andreas Müller is a very experienced tax partner with excellent technical know-how in corporate taxation and is particularly familiar with Swiss real estate tax. He is well known in the Swiss real estate industry. He has bright ideas and a very pragmatic approach to solving complex tax problems. He’s fun to work with.’
‘Andreas Müller: the contact is always highly professional on a business level and extremely competent in all areas of the Swiss tax system. His motivation and passion for tax issues is outstanding. The business relationship with Mr. Müller is based on an extraordinary degree of trust.’
‘We work with the partner Andreas Mueller and experts Patrick Unternaeher and Dr. Hagen Luckhaupt. Andreas has an outstanding knowledge of Swiss Federal and Zug Cantonal law and practice. He is an excellent problem solver and a top level negotiator. He is an exceptional communicator as well. Patrick and Hagen also have excellent knowledge, and on the top of that are very good presenters and extremely skillful in drafting documents and presentations.’