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Typhanie Afschrift
Managing Partner · Afschrift Tax & Legal · Geneva, Switzerland

Typhanie Afschrift is the Founding and Managing Partner of AFSCHRIFT Tax & Legal, specializing in tax law and white-collar criminal law. She is registered with the Bars of Luxembourg, Geneva, Fribourg, Madrid, Hong Kong, Brussels, and Antwerp, providing international legal expertise. Typhanie is a professor at Solvay Business School and an acclaimed author of multiple books and over 200 articles on tax law and financial criminal law. She is recognized as one of Belgium’s leading tax lawyers, a frequent media commentator, and a trusted advisor to individuals and businesses in complex tax and financial matters.

Switzerland
Jurisdiction
Transactional Practice Group · Intellectual Property Group
Primary practice
2025
WLA member since
English
Languages
About
Typhanie Afschrift
Managing Partner at Afschrift Tax & Legal

Typhanie Afschrift is the Founding and Managing Partner of AFSCHRIFT Tax & Legal, with recognized expertise in tax law and white-collar criminal law. A highly respected tax specialist, Typhanie is renowned both nationally and internationally. She is registered with the Bars of Luxembourg, Geneva, Fribourg, Madrid, Hong Kong, Brussels, and Antwerp, allowing her to personally oversee clients’ matters across multiple jurisdictions.

As a litigator and negotiator, Typhanie intervenes in the most complex financial and tax disputes, favoring amicable settlements whenever possible. She also serves as a Professor at the Solvay Business School of Economics & Management (Université Libre de Bruxelles), where she presides over the Executive Master in Tax Management and teaches the course on the Philosophy of Tax.

Typhanie is a prolific author and thought leader, with numerous books and treatises such as The Lawful Avoidance of Tax and Legal Reality, Tax Abuse, Treatise on Proof in Tax Law, and Manual of Financial Criminal Law. She has published over 200 articles in leading scientific journals and delivered hundreds of conferences globally, including Belgium, Switzerland, and Luxembourg. She is also a respected media influencer, regularly sharing insights on tax, financial, and economic matters through columns in Trends and appearances on Radio Judaica.

Her excellence has been recognized through numerous prestigious academic and professional awards, including repeated recognition as the best tax lawyer in Belgium. Under her leadership, AFSCHRIFT Tax & Legal has been consistently ranked among the “100 most impressive companies in the world” by World Finance magazine for over a decade.

Clients describe Typhanie as possessing remarkable listening skills, creativity, and determination, with an exceptional ability to anticipate and manage conflicts, making her both accessible and results-oriented.

Professional Memberships and Positions:

  • Member, French-speaking Bar of Brussels

  • Member, Bars of Madrid, Antwerp, Fribourg, Luxembourg (List IV), Geneva

  • Foreign Lawyer, Law Society of Hong Kong

  • Deputy Magistrate, Brussels Court of Appeal

Practice areas
Transactional Practi
Transactional Practice Group
Transactional Practice Group advisory and representation for Switzerland-based and international clients.
Intellectual Propert
Intellectual Property Group
Intellectual Property Group advisory and representation for Switzerland-based and international clients.
Global Dispute Group
Global Dispute Group
Global Dispute Group advisory and representation for Switzerland-based and international clients.
Tax Group
Tax Group
Tax Group advisory and representation for Switzerland-based and international clients.
Solutions
Mergers & Acquisitions Compliance & Risk Arbitration Mediation
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Afschrift Tax & Legal

Afschrift Tax & Legal jointly holds cross-border matters involving Switzerland law alongside WLA partner firms in any other jurisdiction.

WLA accreditation
Status
WLA Partner Firm — Switzerland
Exclusive partner in Switzerland — annual review current. Standing confirmed.
Since
2025 — 1 years
Annual review cycle. No issues in any review to date.
Contact
Phone +32 26464636
Location Geneva, Switzerland
The team at Afschrift Tax & Legal
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WLA Switzerland co-practice.

Every WLA co-practice matter involving Switzerland law is handled by a named member of the team — jointly holding the matter alongside WLA partner firms in other jurisdictions.

WLA Co-Practice Protocol
Brief WLA on your Switzerland matter.

Afschrift Tax & Legal co-practices alongside WLA partner firms in any other jurisdiction — jointly holding the matter under one Institutional framework.