DR DIETER W. NEUPERT
AREAS OF ACTIVITY
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Aviation
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Maritime Law
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Banking
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Tax
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Foreign Investments
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
2000
Senior partner at NEUPERT VUILLE PARTNERS, Zollikon-Zurich (formerly Hoffmann, Frick, Widmer & Partner)
1981
Partner at Hoffmann, Frick, Widmer & Partner, Zurich
1974
Associate at Hoffmann, Frick, Widmer & Partner, Zurich (founded 1851)
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
1998
Dr. h.c. (Technical University of Baku, Azerbaijan)
1977
Bar admission
1976
Dr. iur., University of Zurich (magna cum laude)
1969
Lic. iur., University of Zurich (magna cum laude)
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
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Zurich, Swiss, American an International Bar Associations
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American and German Chambers of Commerce in Switzerland
PUBLICATIONS
Various articles in the Swiss Review for Air and Space Law on the Warsaw Convention (Liability of the Air Carrier), on the Montreal Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Safety of Civil Aviation, as well as articles about Taxation of Foreign Investments.
FLYING AND MILITARY CAREER
1993
Promotion to Colonel of the Swiss Air Force
1989
Pilot’s certificate, helicopters
1972
Pilot’s certificate, fixed-wing aircraft
OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS
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Vice-Chairman and Honorary Member of AEROSUISSE, head organisation for Swiss Aviation
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Honorary Chairman of the European Business Aviation Association
- Chairman of the Swiss Aviation Arbitration Court
- Former member of the Swiss Federal Aviation Commission
- Former Chairman of the Appeal Committee of Swiss Sailing, now Honorary Member of Swiss Sailing
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Former Chairman of the Judicial Board, then Chairman of the Ethics Commision of the International Sailing Federation WORLD SAILING
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Bearer of the Honorary Gold Medal of WORLD SAILING
LANGUAGES
German, English, French, Italian, Spanish