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Robert Danon is a Professor of Swiss and International Tax Law at the University of Lausanne where he, inter alia, heads its Tax Policy Center, MAS in International Taxation and the Executive Program in Transfer Pricing.

Professor Danon is a member of various academic and professional tax organizations. In 2017, he was selected as the incoming Chairman of the Permanent Scientific Committee (PSC) of the International Fiscal Association (IFA) as from 2018. Robert Danon has chaired or served as a panel member at several IFA Congresses. In 2015, he was the general reporter on R&D tax incentives at the Basel Congress.

Professor Danon’s current research interests focus in particular on the implementation of the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) around the globe, a topic for which he shall serve as chair in the forthcoming IFA Congress in Rio. Other research interests include tax treaty policy, taxation of the digital economy and dispute resolution. Robert Danon is the author and editor of numerous leading publications, including the co-editor of a French commentary to the OECD Model Tax Convention.

Professor Danon’s practical expertise covers all areas of Swiss and international tax law. Among other things, he renders expert opinions to multinational companies, entrepreneurs, private clients and global families and, from time to time, serves as an expert witness on complex international tax issues. Robert Danon is also often involved in tax reforms. In 2015, he was requested by Switzerland’s Federal Council to analyse the constitutionality of its III corporate tax reform.

Marius Brülhart is professor of economics at the University of Lausanne and a Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC Lausanne). He co-ordinates the Swiss network of research on fiscal federalism. He is also a research fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (London), the Kiel Institute of World Economics and the Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy, University of Nottingham. He is the Chairman of the Scientific Committee of Avenir Suisse.

Professor Brülhart’s research and publications covers international trade, tax competition and public finance. He has worked as a consultant to the OECD, the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the European Commission and the Swiss government.

Marius Brülhart est professeur ordinaire d’économie politique à l’Université de Lausanne, où il est vice-doyen de la Faculté des hautes études commerciales (HEC Lausanne). Il dirige un réseau Suisse de recherche sur le fédéralisme fiscal. Il est également chercheur affilié au Centre for Economic Policy Research (Londres), au Kiel Institute of World Economies et au Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy de l’Université de Nottingham. Il est président du comité scientifique d’Avenir Suisse.

La recherche et les publications du professeur Brülhart couvrent notamment le commerce international, la concurrence fiscale et la finance publique. Il a travaillé comme consultant à l’OCDE, à la Banque Mondiale, à la Banque Interaméricaine de Développement, à la Commission Européenne et pour le gouvernement suisse.