Olivier Thévoz
Founding Partner – Swiss and U.S. Attorney-at-Law
Admitted to the state bar of Texas and the Vaud Bar Association
LL.M. in Business Law (The University of Texas, 2021)
Master of Law in Private Estate and
Tax Law, Litigation, summa cum laude (University of Lausanne, 2011)
Swiss Certified Accountant Expert (Expert Fiduciaire Diplômé, 2006)
Areas of expertise
Business Law
International and Swiss tax law
Professional experience
At 19 years old, Olivier created his first company, which was active in accounting and tax. Therefore, when he became an attorney, he naturally oriented his career in commercial and tax law. In 2015, he started his law firm, THEVOZ Attorneys based in the United States and Switzerland.
His clients are mainly entrepreneurs wishing to develop their business activities. In this context, he advises international groups as well as local companies and startups. Because he has always had a close connection with the financial market world, many of his clientele are financial companies.
With his team of three lawyers, he advises his clients in the following areas:
Development of their activities
► Setting up companies and drafting shareholder agreements
► Drafting and negotiating commercial contracts
► Assisting mergers and acquisitions
Defense of their interests before the courts
► Defending clients in commercial disputes
► Representing clients before courts
► Representing clients in arbitration and mediation proceedings
Optimization of their Swiss and American taxes
► Tax planning
► Representing clients before tax courts
Fabrice KUHN
Attorney-at-law
ADMITTED TO THE BAR IN THE CANTON OF VAUD
SWISS CERTIFIED TAX EXPERT (2013)
MASTER’S DEGREE IN LAW (BILINGUAL FRENCH-GERMAN), UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG (2003)
Area of expertise
Swiss and international tax law
Professional experience
Fabrice Kuhn obtained a bilingual (French-German) master’s degree in law from the University of Fribourg in 2003. He studied for two semesters at the Eberhard Karls Universität in Tübingen (Germany) during his curriculum. He then carried out his attorney traineeship at the law firm Perroud & Fabbro in Fribourg. After having been admitted to the bar in 2006, he joined the law firm Homburger AG in Zurich where he specialized in tax law for almost 4 years. In 2011, he returned to French-speaking Switzerland and worked in the tax department of the law firm BCCC Avocats LLC (currently BianchiSchwald LLC) for approximately 5 years. Fabrice Kuhn became a Swiss certified tax expert in 2013. In early 2016, he continued his activity as a tax expert at the BfB Group. He finally joined our law firm in October 2019.
Fabrice Kuhn advises and represents both companies and individuals in all tax matters. His favorite areas of expertise are corporate acquisitions and restructurings, real estate tax matters, tax and estate planning and advising charitable organizations on tax exemption issues. His working languages are French, English and German.
Ludivine Veuthey
Attorney-at-law admitted to the bar in Canton of of Vaud
Master’s degree in law, magna cum laude, bilingual french-german
and in european law (Fribourg, 2016)
Area of expertise
Immigration law
Labour law
Professional experience
Ludivine Veuthey studied law at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland), where she obtained a Master’s degree in law, magna cum laude, bilingual french-german and in european law, in July 2016. She also studied two semesters at the Eberhard Karls Universität of Tübingen (Germany). During her studies, she also took part to the Alabama Exchange Program organized by both the Universities of Fribourg and Tuscaloosa (AL, USA). Already during her studies, she worked as an ad hoc clerk at the Labor Court in Nyon and the District Court of Lausanne. At the end of her studies and in order to complete her training, Ludivine Veuthey began her legal internship at the law firm De Palma and Fontana in Sion in July 2016. At the end of this internship, she worked for six months as a trainee law clerk at the District Court of Sion. After passing her bar exam in June 2019, she worked as a VAT lawyer at the Federal Tax Administration in Bern. Ludivine Veuthey finally joined the law firm Thévoz Avocats in January 2021.
