Prof Dr Vikram Chand is a Professor of Law at the University of Lausanne (UNIL), Switzerland. He currently also serves as the Program Director of the Executive Program in Transfer Pricing offered by UNIL, the Managing Editor of the Kluwer International Tax Law Blog,  an International Tax Training expert for the OECD, the Co-Founder of the International Tax Law Research and Policy Network as well as acts as an Independent International Tax practitioner.  

His core areas of research expertise relates to Application of the Arm’s Length Principle to various Intra Group Transactions in various industries, Tax Treaty Law and Interpretation, International Tax Avoidance, Taxation of the Digital Economy and Digital Assets as well as Tax Controversy Management.

His expertise is evidenced by several publications on these topics, in particular, publications in top peer reviewed journals such as the World Tax Journal, Intertax, British Tax Review and the International Tax Studies.  His doctoral thesis - The Interaction of Domestic Anti-Avoidance Rules with Tax Treaties - was also shortlisted for the prestigious Frans Vanistendael award that is conferred by the IBFD.

Additionally, Prof Chand teaches Swiss Tax Law at the Bachelor level and Tax Treaties, European Tax Law, Transfer Pricing and Digitalization and Taxation (Pillar I & Pillar II rules and Taxation of Digital Assets) at the Master level. Moreover, he teaches in several continuing education programs in Switzerland and abroad (such as Executive Masters or Advanced LLMs) in these areas.

He has also trained senior tax / policy officials from several countries including officials from China, Indonesia, Uganda, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Ukraine, Georgia, Sudan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Sierra Leone and Maldives (in particular, on Transfer Pricing, Tax Treaties, Dispute resolution and BEPS matters).  Additionally, he is a regular speaker in several seminars and conferences from around the world and is also regularly invited in public consultations organized by the OECD (in particular, on transfer pricing, Pillar I and Pillar II).

As a result of the above activities, Prof Dr Vikram Chand is regularly approached for advise on mitigating international tax risks and controversies as well as independent expert opinions on his key areas of expertise.