Kathrin Kriesi (1984)

Dr. iur., Attorney-at-Law (2013)
Partner, with the firm since 2018
 

Preferred Areas of Practice

Construction and Planning Law
Tenancy and Lease Law
Work Contract and Mandate Law
Inheritance Law
General Contract Law
Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law
Criminal Law

Career Path

Education:

2013–2019: Doctorate at the University of Lausanne (Dr. iur.)
2013: Admission to the Bar (Canton of Zurich)
2007–2008: Mobility Program, University of Lausanne
2004–2009: Licentiate in Law, University of Zurich (lic. iur.)

Professional Experience:

Since 2018: Attorney-at-Law at Weber & Partner Rechtsanwälte AG (formerly Stünzi Weber Rechtsanwälte)
2015–2018: Substitute Judge at the District Court of Horgen
2014–2017: Court Clerk at the Supervisory Commission for Attorneys at the Higher Court of the Canton of Zurich
2013–2014: Legal Assistant at the University of Lausanne, Department of Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy, under Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Peter
2010–2012: Legal Trainee and Court Clerk, Chairwoman of the Reconciliation Authority in Tenancy and Lease Matters at the District Court of Horgen

Memberships / Public Mandates

Swiss Bar Association and Zurich Bar Association
Construction Law Group of the Zurich Bar Association
Doctoral Thesis under Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Peter at the University of Lausanne

Publications

Brunner Alexander / Henn Matthias-Christoph / Kriesi Kathrin, Lawyers' Law, Zurich 2015

Kriesi Kathrin, Column Icons (7): The Mozartkugel – (Not) a Round Thing, AJP 4/2018, pp. 550 ff.

Kriesi Kathrin, Column Films (12): Monuments Men – Restitution of Looted Art, AJP 6/2019, pp. 674 ff.

Kriesi Kathrin, Actio Pauliana, Contestable Actions under Articles 285 et seq. of the Swiss Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy Act, Doctoral Thesis, University of Lausanne, Zurich 2020

Kriesi Kathrin, BGer 2C_500/2020: Breach of Duty of Care, in the Context of Confidentiality of Settlement Negotiations and by Misleading the Judiciary, AJP 8/2021, pp. 1058 ff.

Kriesi Kathrin / Haibel Katja, Legal Independence in Procedures for Free Legal Aid and Official Defence, in: Bohnet et al. (eds.), Present and Future of the Legal Profession, Bern 2023, pp. 453 ff.

Languages

German, French, English

Contact

kriesi[at]advohorgen.ch