Lawyers Maurus Winzap
Maurus Winzap

Maurus Winzap

Partner
lic. iur., LL.M., Attorney at Law, Certified Tax Expert

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Location

Zurich

Contact

Direct phone: +41 58 658 56 05
maurus.winzap@walderwyss.com

Curriculum Vitae

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Areas of activity: Capital Markets Private Clients Private Equity & Funds Start-ups & Venture Capital Tax

"Maurus Winzap is the reason we always turn to Walder Wyss first. His judgement, reliability and understanding of our needs make him a true ten out of ten for us." /

"He is always focused, insightful, honest and very solution-driven." - Chambers and Partners

"Maurus is a very strong tax lawyer who is extremely responsive. He is always focused on the client's needs and the commercial background of the project, providing creative solutions to complex issues." - Chambers and Partners

Maurus Winzap is a partner and heads the Tax Team. Maurus Winzap’ practice covers all areas of domestic and international corporate taxation. He acts for a broad range of corporate and financial clients, and has developed significant expertise in planning and advising on M&A and private equity transactions, structured financings, corporate restructurings, relocations, capital market transactions, collective investment schemes and management incentive programmes. Furthermore, he focuses on advice to high-net-worth individuals, family offices and companies in connection with succession and estate planning.

"Maurus Winzap is the reason we always turn to Walder Wyss first. His judgement, reliability and understanding of our needs make him a true ten out of ten for us." /

"He is always focused, insightful, honest and very solution-driven." - Chambers and Partners

"Maurus is a very strong tax lawyer who is extremely responsive. He is always focused on the client's needs and the commercial background of the project, providing creative solutions to complex issues." - Chambers and Partners

Maurus Winzap is a Member of the Executive Committee of the International Fiscal Association (“IFA”) and a Member of the Executive Board of the Swiss Tax Law Association (Swiss branch of the IFA). He regularly lectures and publishes in his areas of practice.

Maurus Winzap has been recommended by several international directories such as Chambers, The Legal 500, Who’s Who Legal and Best Lawyers as a leading lawyer.

Born in 1972, Maurus Winzap received his degree in law from the University of Zurich in 1997 and his Master of Laws from the University of Virginia in 2002. He was admitted to the Zurich Bar in 1999 and became a Swiss certified tax expert in 2004.

Maurus speaks German and English.

Walder Wyss advises UVC Partners as lead investor in USD 24 million financing round of Metafuels AG

Walder Wyss advised Chrysalis Investments Ltd. in connection with its investment in wefox

Walder Wyss advised Boostbar AG on EUR 16m financing round

CorFlow Therapeutics AG – EUR 44m B-Round

Boehringer Ingelheim acquires veterinary therapeutic vaccines developer Saiba Animal Health

Walder Wyss advised Neustark AG on USD 69m Financing Round

SkyCell AG closed USD 116m Series D Financing Round

SOPHiA GENETICS SA closed secured term loan financing

ABB acquires Sevensense Robotics

deskbird closes USD 13 million Series A financing round

TP24 raises CHF 400m of additional funding from Barclays and M&G

Reata closes secured term loan financing for up to USD 275 million

Yokoy raises USD 80 million in series B financing round

Yokoy raises USD 26 million in series A financing round

Frontify raises USD 50 million in series C financing round

Nautilus acquires Swiss motion tech company VAY

wefox closes USD 650m Series C Round

Walder Wyss advised on Relio’s pre-Seed round

Afinum invests in Messenger App Threema

wefox Group raises USD 110 million extension of its USD 125 million Series B financing round

Key Swiss Tax Practice Update: Welcome Adjustment of Rules on the Taxation of Convertible Loans

| by Fabienne Limacher and Maurus Winzap | Newsletter

Financing of Start-up and Early-Stage Companies with Convertible Loans Swiss Tax Considerations

| by Maurus Winzap and Fabienne Limacher | Newsletter

Tax-optimised employee share plans for privately held Swiss companies and start-ups

| by Maurus Winzap and Fabienne Limacher | in: "International Law Office" | Online-Publikation

Tax relief on employee shares in start-ups and other non-listed companies

| by Fabienne Limacher and Maurus Winzap | Newsletter

Initial Coin Offerings - from Cryptocurrencies to Entrepreneurial Financing

| by Michael Isler, Thomas Müller, Maurus Winzap and Florian Gunz Niedermann | Newsletter

Initial Coin Offerings in Switzerland

| by Thomas Müller, Michael Isler, Maurus Winzap, Florian Gunz Niedermann, Marius Breier and Fabian D. Glässer | Newsletter

Wealth Tax on Shares in Start-ups – New Rules in the Canton of Zurich

| by Maurus Winzap, Florian Gunz Niedermann and Alex Nikitine | Newsletter

Venture capital investment in Switzerland: market and regulatory overview

| by Luc Defferrard, Maurus Winzap and Florian Gunz Niedermann | in: "Practical Law Global Guides 2016/17" | London | Online-Publikation

Recognitions


Chambers Europe 2026 Winzap
Chambers Global 2026 Winzap
Legal EMEA 2026 - Leading Partner
Best Lawyers 2026 Edition
Chambers Securitisation 2026 Global Practice Guide

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