Our Team
ATEP was founded by two qualified lawyers, Alain Touron and Emilie Pittet, who worked for a number of years for one of the four largest international audit companies. They therefore have a very wide experience in the field of international business law and have developed close contacts with the main players of the economy, so as to offer their clients concerted solutions.
In order to be able to provide its clients quality, targeted, all-round advice, ATEP offers a team of highly qualified and multilingual lawyers, tax experts and accounting experts.
Furthermore it has developed a large network of first class specialist partners, in Switzerland and abroad, which enables it to provide a high level of skill and strong added value.
Alain Touron
Attorney-at-law
Email : atouron@atep.ch
French, English, Spanish
- ATEP Legal & Tax SA – ATEP Management SA : Co-Founder and Partner since 2005
- KPMG : Head of Fribourg Office and Head of Legal & Tax Departments in Fribourg and Neuchâtel, 1994-2005
- Fides, in Lausanne (KPMG Fides since 1992) : Attorney-at-law by the Private, Legal & Tax Departments, 1989 – 1994
- Certificate in Business Administration, University of Western Sydney, 2006
- Attorney-at-law (admission to the Bar of the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland), 1994
- Law Degree, University of Fribourg, 1989
Main areas of expertise
- Business law, in particular setup of companies, transfer of foreign companies to Switzerland
- Group restructuring & reorganization
- Business succession planning (sale & purchase, MBO , MBI)
- Swiss and international succession and inheritance planning, executorship and asset protection
- Corporate and commercial law
- Corporate secretary of international companies
- Transformation, merger & acquisition, split of companies
- Contract Law
- Property Law
- Setup of trusts and foundations
- Companies liquidation and restructuring
- Recovery and insolvency, bankruptcy and composition moratorium
Émilie Pittet
Attorney-at-law
E-mail : epittet@atep.ch
French, English, Spanish
- ATEP Legal & Tax SA – ATEP Management SA : Co-Founder and Partner since 2005
- KPMG Legal, in Fribourg: Attorney-at-law and Vice-Director (Senior Manager) from 1998 to 2005
- Certificate in Business Administration, University of Western Sydney (Australia):2006
- Attorney-at-law (admission to the Bar of the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland): 1998
- Law degree, University of Fribourg, 1994
Main areas of expertise
- Business law, in particular setup of companies, transfer of foreign companies to Switzerland
- Transformation, merger & acquisition, split of companies
- Business succession planning (sale & purchase, MBO , MBI)
- Swiss and international succession and inheritance planning, executorship and asset protection
- Corporate and commercial law
- Corporate secretary of international companies
- Contract Law
- Labor law & Legislation pertaining to foreigners
- Companies liquidation and restructuring
- Recovery & insolvency, bankruptcy, composition moratorium
- Health Law : hospitals and doctors