Katharina B. Padrutt, Certified Tax Expert with Federal Diploma, is a Partner with TAX EXPERT International AG, Zurich, focusing on complex national and international tax structures. She joined TAX EXPERT International AG in 2001, following a 10-year career with KPMG in Zurich where she was a Tax Manager. She is an acknowledged speaker in Switzerland and abroad on tax-related topics, speaking, for example, at meetings of the International Business School ZfU (German: Zentrum für Unternehmensführung) and the International Bar Association. She is a member of the International Bar Association and the International Fiscal Association. She is also an author of various national and international specialist publications (e.g., international economic letters (IWB, Germany), TAX FACTS, TAX EXPERT's Expat's Glossary, and TAX EXPERT's Transfer Pricing Guide).