Specialisation
Civil and Contract Law
Corporate Law
(International) Family and Succession Law (incl. international Child Abduction)
(International) Litigation (incl. Asset Recovery)
Tenancy and Labour Law
Debt Enforcement and Insolvency Law
Criminal Law
Biography
Education-
2017
Admitted to the Bar of the Canton of St.Gallen, Switzerland
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2008 - 2011
Master's degree in law (MLaw), University of Lucerne, Switzerland
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2005 - 2008
Bachelor's degree in Business Law, ZHAW Winterthur, Switzerland
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1999 - 2002
Commercial Apprenticeship with vocational baccalaureate, BZ Wil, Switzerland
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since 2025
Partner, Schwärzler Attorneys at Law Ltd, Zurich, Switzerland
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since 2022
Counsel of the Zurich Opera House
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since 2021
Attorney at Law, Schwärzler Attorneys at Law Ltd, Zurich, Switzerland
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since 2019
Coach for civil procedure law and debt collection and bankruptcy law at the Weblaw AG Lawyers' Academy
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2017 - 2020
Attorney at Law, Locher Bühlmann Kobler Attorneys at Law und Public Notaries, St.Gallen, Switzerland
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2016
Junior Associate, Office of Commercial Registers and Notaries, Official Notary's Office Wil (SG), Switzerland
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2013 - 2014
Junior Associate, Bürgi Hotz Zellweger Attorneys at Law, Frauenfeld, Switzerland
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2013
Junior Law Clerk, Administrative Court of the Canton of St.Gallen, Switzerland
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2012 - 2013
Junior Law Clerk, Frauenfeld District Court, Switzerland
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2003 - 2005
Business Administration at a company in the textile industry, Kreuzlingen, Switzerland
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1999 - 2002
Commercial Apprenticeship, Stihl Kettenwerk GmbH & Co. KG, Wil (SG), Switzerland
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German, English, French
Publications + Lectures
Attack or Affray? – On the new clarification in the ruling of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court
Equal pay: A Fair Game for All?
Swiss Law Compendium: New Edition, Broader Impact
«Revision of the CPC as of 01.01.2025» Part: Family Law
Exciting developments in Swiss Civil Law!
Speaker at the Weblaw Academy webinar on Swiss family foundation law
Duty to disclose retrocessions
Travel authorisation for separated parents
Speaker at the joint AIJA and ABA Online Conference
Obligation to surrender retrocessions: The majority of banks’ GTCs are mostly still considered to be insufficient
No Swiss trust – but liberalisation of the family foundation
IAFL Introduction to European Family Law Conference
Speaker at AIJA Half Year Conference
Commercial Court Zurich upholds previous case law
District Court of Zurich confirms: obligation to surrender retrocessions in execution-only relationships
Speaker at IAFL European Family Law Conference
Zurich Commercial Court confirms: Obligation to Disclose Retrocessions in Executiuon-Only Relationships
The hearing of the child in family law proceedings
More Room for Maneuver and More Responsibility: the Swiss Inheritance Law Revision as of 01.01.2023
Unification of Family Law Regarding Child Support and Post-Marital Maintenance
End of the Pluralism of Methods in Child Support Law
Violation of Easements – what to do, how to Proceed
Compendium on Swiss Law, Jean-Luc Delli (ed.), Helbing Lichtenhahn Verlag