Education and Practice Experience

• Law Degree at University of St. Gallen, 1994
• Assistent at the Institute of Public Finance and Fiscal Law, University of St. Gallen (Prof. Dr. Höhn), 1994
• Law Clerk and Judge at the District Court of Meilen, 1994 - 1998
• Bar Exam Zurich, 1998
• Associate and Partner with law firms in Zurich, since 1998
• Mediatior SCCM/SBA 

Preferred practice areas

• Contract Law
• Corporate and Commercial Law
• Corporate Finance
• Banking and Capital Market Law
• Mergers and Acquisition
• Litigation and Arbitration
• Mediation
• Insolvency Law
• Art Law

Publications

• Cash Management under Swiss Law, French Association of Cash Managers (AFTE) 2003 Technical Guide on Centralized Cash Management in Europe, published by the European Association of Corporate Treasurers (EACT) (Co-Author), Paris September 2004.
• Cross Border Investments in Real Estate and their Financing, National Report of Switzerland (Co-Author), Contribution to the Annual Congress of AIJA, Naples 2004.
• Corporate Governance and unquoted companies, Corporate Governance Conference, Oktober 29 and 30, 2002, Zurich 2002.
• Partial elimination of stamp duty on securities dealing, International Financial Law Review, January 2001.
• Basle Commentary on the Federal Act on the Place of Juristdiction in Civil Matters (PJA) of March 24, 2000, Commentary on Art. 35 und 36 PJA (Co-Author), Basle 2001.
• Tax relief for venture capital firms, International Financial Law Review, April 2000.
• New rules with regard to the on-site examination of foreign banks, International Financial Law Review, September 1999.

Member

• Zurich Bar Association, Co-Head of Professional Group Mediation
• Swiss Bar Associtaion, Member of Professional Group Litigation/Arbitration
• SCCM – Swiss Chamber of Commercial Mediation
• ASA - Association Suisse de l’Arbitrage/Swiss Arbitration Association
• AIJA - Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats/International Association of Young Lawyers
• IBA - International Bar Association
• GEMME - Groupement Européen des Magistrats pour la Médiation
• DSJV – German Swiss Lawyers Association

Languages

German, English, French