Opportunities for clients from Taiwan

You are a company, an investor or a family from Taiwan and want a base in Europe? Switzerland gives you stable law, banks with a global reach and access to Europe's largest markets, and Ressos Legal helps you set it up.

Taiwanese manufacturers and technology companies use Swiss companies for their European sales, for holding intellectual property and for their relationships with Swiss banks and investors. Switzerland's precision industries, from machinery to medical technology, are natural partners for them.

Below you will find the articles written for clients from Taiwan as they are published, followed by the articles on the Swiss law that applies across all financial centres. On questions of the law of Taiwan, your own lawyers advise you, and Ressos Legal works alongside them on Swiss law.

Residence · Citizenship

Swiss citizenship: ordinary naturalisation and dual nationality

How ordinary naturalisation works under the Swiss Citizenship Act: residence periods, integration and language criteria, the three levels of procedure and the question of dual nationality.

Opportunities for clients from Taiwan

Across the Swiss financial centres

Liquidating a Swiss company limited by shares (AG): routes, procedure and restrictions

Capital loss and over-indebtedness under Swiss company law: the board's statutory duties

Leaving Switzerland: AHV pensions abroad, refunds of contributions and voluntary insurance

Social security agreements and secondments: the AHV in cross-border situations

The AHV old-age pension in 2026: amounts, the 13th pension, early and deferred retirement

Unpaid AHV contributions: the personal liability of directors and managers

AHV for the self-employed and for persons without gainful activity

AHV contributions on salaries in 2026: what employers and employees pay

The Swiss AHV: how the first pillar works for foreign entrepreneurs and their families

Buying business premises and commercial property in Switzerland

The Swiss property purchase process: reservation, notarial deed and land register

Taxes on Swiss real estate: transfer tax, property gains tax and imputed rental value

Mortgage financing in Switzerland for foreign buyers

Renting office and commercial premises in Switzerland

Holiday homes and second homes in Switzerland

Holding Swiss real estate through a company

Investing in Swiss real estate through funds and listed companies

The settlement permit (C permit): permanent residence in Switzerland

Swiss citizenship: ordinary naturalisation and dual nationality

Family reunification: bringing your spouse and children to Switzerland

Leaving Switzerland: deregistration, taxes, pensions and permits

Wealth tax in Switzerland: how cantons tax net assets

Inheritance and gift tax in Switzerland

Capital gains on private assets in Switzerland