Services
KPMG Switzerland employs experienced specialists in the property and infrastructure sector. We have specific knowledge of this industry, with our interdisciplinary teams working closely together with their colleagues in other countries.
Audit: Real estate specialists performing your audit
KPMG's Audit has an experienced audit team for companies in the construction and real estate industries. In addition to auditing annual accounts under OR, IFRS, US GAAP and Swiss GAP ARR/FER, this team also provides other audit-related services such as support with setting up an Internal Control System (ICS) or performing internal audits.
Tax: Recognizing risks and opportunities
Taxes play a key role at every stage of a transaction. From the initial strategy to the structuring process to due diligence and implementation - tax opportunities and risks need to be considered from an early stage. We can advise you on:
- Taxation of domestic and foreign real estate and real estate funds
- Acquisitions and sales
- Restructuring / management buyouts
Legal: Drafting, concluding and implementing contracts
Based on its many years of experience in a multidisciplinary environment, our Legal department has amassed profound and practical knowledge in the construction and real estate sectors. Our legal services range from providing support for contract negotiations and drafting contracts, to executing them.
KPMG Legal offers wide-ranging advisory services in the following areas:
- Drafting acquisition contracts
- Asset and share deals
- Legal due diligence
- Purchase of real estate by persons resident abroad
- Structuring real estate vehicles (especially funds, SICAVs and limited partnerships for collective capital investments under federal law)
Advisory: Innovative strategies, new approaches
KPMG assists institutional investors, companies and private investors with corporate and real estate transactions (M&A) at the national and international levels. Annually we value corporate and real estate stocks totalling some CHF 15 billion. Our specialists can help you with a real estate-specific strategy and organizational development and with establishing and structuring investment vehicles.
- M&A / Capital market
- Structuring and executing transactions
- Arranging indirect investments such as funds or foundations - Investment Advisory
- Assisting with investment decisions on indirect investments in foreign and domestic real estate
- Qualitative and quantitative analysis of investment products, monitoring and investment controlling - Strategy / organization
- Strategy development and implementation
- Business planning / business models - Valuation / due diligence
- Market value calculations of individual properties and real estate portfolios
- Feasibility studies / assessment of project developments
Contact
Stefan Pfister
Partner, Head Real Estate
KPMG AG
Badenerstrasse 172
P.O. Box
8026 Zurich
+41 44 249 26 67 | stefanpfister@kpmg.com