Dr. Timo Fenner

Partner

Profile

Dr. Timo Fenner advises his clients in matters of business law, contract law, and litigation. A key focus of his practice is representing clients before courts and authorities in civil procedure as well as in debt enforcement and bankruptcy law. Another core area of his work is the establishment of foundations and trusts for the cross-border structuring of assets. In addition, Dr. Timo Fenner has extensive experience in corporate and contract law, tenancy law, employment law, inheritance law, and water law.

Practice Areas

Civil Law and Civil Procedure
Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law
Foundations & Trusts
Corporate and Contract Law
Water Law

Languages

German, English, French, Italian

Professional Career

2021–present
Partner at NEUPERT VUILLE PARTNERS
2018–2021
Attorney at NEUPERT VUILLE PARTNERS
2018–present
Permanent Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Zurich
2015–2018
Court Clerk, District Court of Zurich
2014
Judicial Trainee (Auditor), District Court of Zurich
2013
Trainee Lawyer, Camp Fahrni Attorneys-at-Law, Zurich
2011
Multiple lectureships at the Faculty of Law, University of Zurich
2008–2009
Research Assistant to Prof. em. Dr. iur. Walter Ott, former Chair of Legal Philosophy, Legal Theory and Private Law
2007-2014
Wissenschaftlicher Assistent am Lehrstuhl von Prof. Dr. iur. Marcel Senn, Ordinarius an der Rechtswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Zürich, Lehrstuhl für Rechtsgeschichte, Juristische Zeitgeschichte und Rechtsphilosophie. Lehre und Forschung sowie Mitarbeit an zahlreichen Projekten in den Bereichen Rechtsgeschichte, Juristische Zeitgeschichte, Rechtsphilosophie sowie Privatrechtsgeschichte (Institutionen)
From 1999
Praktika sowie verschiedene Tätigkeiten in Lehre und Privatwirtschaft

Education

2018
Admission to the Bar
2016
Awarded the Professor Walther Hug Prize for one of the best Swiss legal dissertations of the academic year 2014/2015
2014
Dr. iur., University of Zurich (summa cum laude)
2007
Licentiate in Law, University of Zurich
2001
University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

Additional Activities

Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Zurich; various mandates on boards of directors, foundation boards, and association boards; member of the Synod of the Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Zurich; member of the Zurich Bar Association; member of the Swiss Bar Association

Publications

Teaching

THE TEAM

Dieter W. Neupert

Partner

Jean-Marc Vuille

Partner

Julian Goede

Junior Associate

André Terlinden

Partner

Natalija Jovanovic

Associate

Marianne Elsa Niederer

Paralegal

Isela Balla

Paralegal

Beate Werninger

Senior Compliance Officer
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Laura Chouyoukh

Legal Intern

Marina Kunz

Legal Intern