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History
- 1851
Heinrich Fick, Lord Mayor of Marburg, is appointed Professor of
Roman Law and Commercial Law at the University of Zurich and opens a
law firm there
- 1875 Professor Fick compiles a
draft bill on the Swiss Law of Obligations, which is submitted to
Parliament. The new law comes into force on 1 January 1883
- 1884
Professor Fick
is appointed Dean of the University of Zurich
- 1897 Fritz Fick, son of
Professor Fick,
takes over the firm
- 1913 K. Schweizer, joins the firm as
a partner
- 1915 Publication by Fritz Fick of the first Swiss Commentary on
the Law of Obligations
- 1917 Fritz Fick is
appointed President of the Zurich Bar Association ("VZR")
- 1924 Wilhelm Frick joins the firm,
then known as "Fick, Schweizer & Frick"
- 1933 Oskar Hoffmann joins the firm as
a partner
- 1945 Peter Prager joins the firm as
a partner
- 1962 Willy N. Frick, son of Wilhelm Frick, joins the firm as
a partner
- 1968 Raoul E. Widmer joins the firm as
a a partner
- 1971 After several years as a legal counsel to Bank Leu and Nestlé, Christoph Jezler
opens a law firm of his own in Zurich
- 1981 Dieter W. Neupert
joins the firm as a partner, the firm being known as "Hoffmann, Frick, Widmer & Partners"
at that time
- 1983 Alexander Faber, former
ICRC delegate and legal counsel to Motor Columbus, opens
a law firm in Zurich
- 1989 "Frick, Widmer, Neupert"
merges with "Vuille & Jezler"
- 1992
Martin Dünner, a former legal counsel to Intershop Holding and Doviag group, joins
the business law firm in Zurich
as a partner
- 2000 The firm is restructured under the name "NEUPERT & PARTNERS"
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