Michèle Stutz focuses on litigation and has profound experience in the areas of company and commercial law as well as employment and immigration law. She is a Certified Specialist SBA Employment Law.

Fields of Practice

• International and Swiss Contract, Business and Corporate Law
• Litigation
• International Arbitration
• Employment and Immigration Law
• Insurance Law
• Property Law (particularly Real Estate Transactions)
• Inheritance and Succession Law
• Energy Law

Practical Experience

• Judicial Clerkship at the District Court of Zurich 1998-2001
• Associate in a large business law firm in Zurich and Geneva 2001-2006; in-between: LL.M. studies at Columbia University in New York

Legal Education

• Columbia University, New York (LL.M.), 2003
• Certified Specialist SBA Employment Law, 2009

Languages

• German
• English
• French

Membership

• Swiss Bar Association (SBV)
• Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
• Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)

Publications

• Health Care made in Switzerland, Swiss Business No. 3, 2010
• Bonus vs. Malus, Swiss Business No. 6, 2009
• Bonus vs. Salary, Executive Compensation in Switzerland, Business Guide No. 6, 2008
• Corporate Real Estate Handbook (Global Counsel Handbooks), Swiss Section, 2004/2005