ABOUT RAPHAËLLE NICOLET Raphaëlle Nicolet is a lawyer specializing in criminal law, an area in which she has extensive and solid experience. Ms Nicolet works in French, English, Spanish and occasionally in German. She worked for the Vovan Trocadelyo group in Bangkok where she provided advice on Thai law and Swiss law to Swiss nationals and companies, as well as information on legal issues related to Switzerland to Thai nationals. Her mastery of several languages, her professional background covering diverse and varied fields (such as aviation and teaching), as well as her experience of living and working abroad allow her to give sound advice adapted to a large and varied clientele.

Based in Yverdon-les-Bains since 2014, the law firm BLOCH AVOCATS takes care of your SMEs, companies, businesses in the North Vaud region, the Broye, as well as Lausanne and the surrounding area. Our law firm is specialized in corporate, contract and commercial law, as well as banking and financial market law. Our law firm also offers its services in the fields of real estate and property law, as well as in the support for individuals and private clients (as marital difficulties, divorces, inheritance, road traffic law, victim support according to federal law on assistance to victims of crime). Founder and managing partner of the law firm BLOCH AVOCATS, Olivier Bloch, Esq. has been practicing in these different fields for about twenty years. He holds a doctorate in law from the University of Lausanne and a postgraduate degree in European law from the University of Bremen in Germany (LL.M.). He regularly gives conferences and courses, and publishes articles in his areas of expertise. He has an excellent knowledge of local and regional institutions while benefiting from a strong, solid and important national and international network. Mr. Olivier Bloch was joined in 2018 by Mr. Raphaël Hämmerli, Esq., associate attorney, and in 2022 by Mrs Arielle Meylan, legal trainee. The team thus formed is committed to putting all its skills at your service and to accompany you in your legal projects and operations. Based in the city center of Yverdon-les-Bains, the law firm BLOCH AVOCATS offers easy access to its clients. www.blochavocats.com

Recognized for a quarter of a century for advising, defending and strategizing for our clients, we accompany you in Switzerland and from Switzerland to the world. We defend your interests as an individual or as a company. Our specialized team will meet your expectations in the areas of legal and tax matters, VAT, asset management, inheritance, donations and succession, business and commercial law, compliance and many other areas. We are your Swiss legal and pocketknife! A specialized and versatile tea What appeals to our clients at Afschrift Tax & Legal is the personalized relationship, the quality advice, and the innovation that we bring to them. Our lawyers are versatile and masterful in all the aspects of the law in order to bring you a pragmatic answer and a help to the decision. Your lawyer: your privileged partner Like a private banker, we are your “private lawyer”. The relationship between our lawyers and you is based on a lasting personal relationship. This relationship is based on mutual trust and is strengthened over time as we get to know your specific case and your general needs. We are your “Trusted Advisor” in legal, judicial and tax matters, as we have a comprehensive view of your situation and your assets. Our lawyers are advisors and litigators This gives you twice the advantage. We cement the legal security of your operations and maximize your chances. In the event of arbitration or litigation, we are equipped to ensure that you emerge unscathed as much as possible. Our lawyers in Switzerland We advise both Swiss clients in the Swiss Confederation and in their business abroad and foreign clients in their business in Switzerland. Admitted to the Bars of Brussels, Antwerp, Luxembourg and Madrid, and a foreign lawyer in Hong Kong, Mr. AFSCHRIFT is a member of the Bars of Fribourg and Geneva since 1995. Our offices in these two cities bring together lawyers who advise our clients in all matters of taxation, business structuring and wealth planning. Afschrift Tax & Legal abroad Aware of the increasing internationalization of our clients’ private and professional activities and of the complexity of the tax aspects of these activities, our firm ensures a presence in the most important countries for our clients. That is why Afschrift Tax & Legal has had offices in Brussels, Antwerp, Madrid, Geneva, Freiburg, Luxembourg, Tel Aviv and Hong Kong for many years. The lawyers who work there can meet with the clients who wish to do so, whether they are foreigners or residents of these countries.