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Dr. Timo Fenner successfully represents the interests of his clientele in the context of a negative declaratory action due to an unjustified claim and the associated debt enforcement.

Dr. Timo Fenner successfully assists his clientele in the context of the cancellation of a security.

Dr. Timo Fenner supports his clientele regarding various share purchase and shareholders' agreements.

Dr. Timo Fenner advises and assists his clientele  in the liquidation of a joint-stock company.

Dr. Timo Fenner advises his clientele  in the context of an inheritance dispute.

Dr Timo Fenner supports his clientele on the creditor side in the context of probate proceedings.

Dr Timo Fenner successfully represents the interests of his client in a water and construction law dispute concerning groundwater use in the first instance proceedings as well as before the appellate court.

Dr Timo Fenner successfully assists his clientele in the context of a tenancy dispute.

Dr Timo Fenner successfully assists his clientele in obtaining Swiss citizenship.

Dr Timo Fenner is elected in the church synod (parliament) of the Protestant Reformed Church of the Canton of Zurich (2023–2027).

Dr Timo Fenner successfully advises and supports his clientele in the context of an action concerning the modification of a divorce decree.

Dr André Terlinden assists the clients as escrow agent in the closing of a supply contract.

Dr André Terlinden assists the contracting parties as escrow agent in the closing of a cross boarder sale of an aircraft.

Dr André Terlinden and Dr Timo Fenner speak at the Kiwanis Club Zurich on the topic of «Legal challenges regarding a bank account».

Dr André Terlinden acts as escrow agent for the sale of a Swiss stock corporation to a non-Swiss domiciled investor.

Dr Timo Fenner advises and supports his clientele in the context of a banking law dispute.

Dr André Terlinden advises client in connection with the sale of an aircraft.

Dr André Terlinden acts as escrow agent for the sale of a Swiss stock corporation to a non-Swiss domiciled investor.

Dr André Terlinden and Dr Timo Fenner talk in an interview about the topic «Frozen Bank Account – How To Go On?», in Fokusrechtsguide Brandreport. They refer in particular to account freezes in connection with the recent sanctions against Russia → Artikel (in german)

Dr Timo Fenner successfully advises and represents his client against his former employer in the field of dental medicine in an employment dispute concerning the validity of the employment contract, leave of absence, non-competition clause, outstanding salary payments as well as the issuance of a certificate of employment.

Dr Timo Fenner sucessfully advises and supports his client in the context of starting a practice in the field of human medicine.

Dr Neupert is interviewed by the Komitee weltoffenes Zürich.

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Dr Timo Fenner is mandated to advise and represent his client vis-à-vis the authorities regarding naturalization proceedings.

Dr Timo Fenner acts as advisor in the implementation of a real estate transaction.

Dr André Terlinden is appointed as escrow agent in connection with several subsequent closings of an IP rights transfer agreement.

Dr André Terlinden successfully advises a key management member of a Swiss financial institution in relation to FINMA proceedings to ensure compliance with proper business conduct requirements under financial market law.

Dr Timo Fenner successfully assists his clients in the context of a real estate transaction.

Dr André Terlinden acts as escrow agent to facilitate the execution of a settlement agreement including the transfer of shares.

Dr Dieter Neupert is awarded the Gold Medal of Honour by the President of the World Sailing Federation, Quanhai Li, due to his many years of commitment to the sport of sailing.

Dr André Terlinden and Dr Timo Fenner talk in an interview about the topic «Frozen Bank Account – What Next?», in Fokusrechtsguide Brandreport. Article (in german)

Dr Timo Fenner successfully assists his client in the settlement of an international transaction in connection with a "de facto" frozen bank account.

Dr André Terlinden acts as escrow agent in connection with the sale of an aircraft.

Dr Timo Fenner sucessfully supports his client in enforcement proceedings regarding a claim.

Dr André Terlinden speaks at a webinar organised by the Swiss-Russian Chamber of Commerce on «From the Idea to the Business Case – How Switzerland's Legal Regime Supports Crypto Projects»

Presentation  ►Swiss Russian Chamber of Commerce

Dr André Terlinden acts as escrow agent to facilitate the closing of the cross-border sale of a stock corporation including the purchase price settlement.

Dr Timo Fenner is elected to the Board of the Benyamin Görgin Foundation. The purpose of the Foundation is, among other things, to provide financial and material assistance to widows and orphans and to contribute to the costs of domestic and foreign studies, internships and projects.

Dr André Terlinden assists a Swiss start-up company in a growth financing in the context of various capital increases, including the drafting of the shareholders' agreements as well as the investment documents.

Dr Timo Fenner successfully advises and represents his international clients vis-à-vis the authorities regarding various questions concerning entry into Switzerland in connection with the Covid pandemic from a Schengen state.

Dr Timo Fenner successfully advises and represents his international clients vis-à-vis the authorities regarding various questions relating to entry into Switzerland from a non-Schengen state in connection with the covid pandemic.

Dr. Timo Fenner successfully represents the interests of his clients vis-à-vis the authorities against putting a real estate property under monumental protection.

Dr. Timo Fenner successfully advises and represents the interests of a company against an employee's unjustified wage claim in the context of debt enforcement proceedings.

Dr Timo Fenner advises and represents his client in matters of migration law, in particular with regard to obtaining Swiss citizenship.

Dr Timo Fenner advises and represents his client in the context of defending against the enforcement of a monetary claim.

Dr Timo Fenner assists his client in the rescission of a sales contract in the context of an online auction regarding counterfeit works of art.

Who's Who Legal Switzerland 2021 recognizes Dr Dieter Neupert as a leading expert in the field of handling of financial, regulatory and contentious shipping and aviation matters.

Dr Timo Fenner advises and represents his client regarding their claims and demands arising from a large international commodity supply contract.

Dr Timo Fenner assists his client with Brexit-related issues regarding immigration law and the law of foreigners and accelerated entry into Switzerland and represents them before various authorities.

Dr André Terlinden acts as escrow agent for the sale of a Swiss stock corporation to a non-Swiss domiciled investor.

Dr Timo Fenner advises his client regarding medical professional licenses.

Dr Timo Fenner and Dr André Terlinden acted as transaction counsel and as escrow agent for the cross-border sale of a Swiss stock corporation.

Dr Timo Fenner successfully represents his client in an employment law dispute.

Dr André Terlinden and Dr Timo Fenner successfully represent the interests of their client before the Commercial Court of Zurich in a dispute regarding Covid protective masks.

Dr Timo Fenner successfully represents the interests of his client as creditor in the context of summary proceedings regarding the collection of outstanding debts.

Dr André Terlinden and Dr Timo Fenner successfully represent the interests of their client in asset recovery proceedings in the context of debt enforcement and bankruptcy proceedings concerning international transactions. 

Dr Timo Fenner advises his client on tenancy and real estate law issues.

Dr André Terlinden and Dr Timo Fenner advise their client on inheritance and gift tax issues and estate planning.

NEUPERT VUILLE PARTNERS successfully represents the interests of its client in a negative declaratory judgment concerning a dispute regarding an amount of tens of millions of Swiss Francs.

Dr Timo Fenner advises his clients on the employer side in an employment law dispute.

Dr Timo Fenner assists his client in a claim against the former directors of a company arising from liability under company law.

Dr Timo Fenner advises his client in a dispute related to land register and property law.

Dr Timo Fenner is co-editor of the volume «Law and Jurisprudence During the Reformations and the Renaissance» ►About

Dr. Timo Fenner successfully assists his clients on the tenant side in a dispute related to tenancy law in the context of various covid-pandemic-related rent reductions of commercial premises.

Dr Timo Fenner supports his client in the context of debt enforcement proceedings.

Dr Timo Fenner joins the partnership of NEUPERT VUILLE PARTNERS.

Dr Timo Fenner is elected to the Board of the Yvonne Lang-Chardonnens Foundation. The foundation awards scholarships to talented students of the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) to study abroad.

Dr Timo Fenner supports his clients in importing works of art from abroad and successfully represents them vis-à-vis the Swiss Federal Customs Administration.

Dr Timo Fenner supports his client in matters of inheritance law in the context of the taking of a public inventory and represents him vis-à-vis the authorities as well as the court in inheritance matters.

Dr André Terlinden supports his clients as an Escrow Agent in the context of the settlement of a matrimonial property dispute.

Dr André Terlinden speaks at a webinar organised by the Swiss-Russian Chamber of Commerce on «Doing Business with Digital Assets in Switzerland – How to invest and trade with cryptocurrencies and digital securities under Swiss Financial Market Regulations» 

Presentation  ►Online version on Youtube 

Dr Timo Fenner represents and advises his client on leasehold law issues.

Dr Timo Fenner advises and supports his clients in the context of setting up a foundation.

Dr Timo Fenner wins an arrest procedure with foreign connection of several years before the Federal Supreme Court and obtains immediate payment of the arrested money.

Dr Timo Fenner successfully represents a client's interests in the field of debt enforcement and bankruptcy law.

Dr Dieter Neupert is elected for life as Chairman of the Ethics Commission of World Sailing. 

Dr Timo Fenner supports his client in defending an unjustified claim in the context of an international matter.

Dr Timo Fenner and Dr. André Terlinden publish an article on the subject "Frozen Bank Account – What Next?", in Private The Money Magazine 3/2020. article

Dr André Terlinden advises a Swiss company in a financing round of CHF 6 million on all legal issues.

Dr Timo Fenner achieves the immediate unblocking of a frozen bank account with assets of around CHF 1,5 million.

Dr Timo Fenner successfully represents the interests of his clients, both creditors and debtors, in various proceedings in the field of debt enforcement and bankruptcy law.

Dr Timo Fenner represents the interests of a creditor of an outstanding bond against the issuer in the amount of EUR 500'000.–.

Dr André Terlinden advises various parties in connection with the purchase and sale of medical protective equipment (masks, gloves) and facilitates escrow solutions for secured transactions.

Dr Timo Fenner successfully represents a client in the settlement of an estate.

Dr Timo Fenner successfully represents a client in the settlement of a dispute concerning real estate.

Dr André Terlinden successfully advises various clients regarding private equity investments in the USA.

Dr André Terlinden is responsible for setting up a foreign asset manager and coordinating the issue of a structured product by a Swiss financial services provider. Furthermore, Dr André Terlinden coordinates the local counsels for the acquisition of a stake in the target company.

Dr Timo Fenner successfully represents and advises his clients in connection with questions of construction and tenancy law.

Dr André Terlinden successfully defends a member of the Board of Directors before the Federal Administrative Court in FINMA enforcement proceedings.

A suspension order was already obtained in the proceedings before FINMA. FINMA's cost allocation has been corrected with the final appeal to the Federal Administrative Court. The original investigation costs of over CHF 50,000 have been reduced to a symbolic amount. FINMA must pay the complainant compensation for the parties involved.

Decision of the Swiss Federal Adminstrative Court of 17 December 2019 (in german)

Dr André Terlinden advises clients on the acquisition of privately placed bonds in the amount of EUR 25,000,000 in addition to a lien on the financing.

Dr Timo Fenner represents his clients in connection with issues relating to building and neighbourhood law.

Dr Timo Fenner is elected to the board of the Hermann Hildebrandt Foundation, Mainz. In addition to his activities as a board member and quaestor of the Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra Foundation (SJSO), Dr Fenner underlines his interest in philanthropic activities in the field of music and art as well as in related legal issues.

NEUPERT VUILLE PARTNERS has many years of experience in the field of foundations and, in particular, in advising on questions relating to art issues. NEUPERT VUILLE PARTNERS offers advice of all kinds in this field.

Dr André Terlinden is cited in an article covering Alti Wine Exchange, published by Social Vignerons on 16 October 2019 (http://socialvignerons.com/2019/10/16/tom-dorsey-tells-us-about-wine-investment-and-the-alti-wine-exchange/). Alti Wine Exchange is a blockchain based wine investment platform that tokenizes rare and fine wine (asset backed tokens). For the first time, this asset class is open to investors without imposing the traditional burdensome obstacles of the physical exchange of the underlying wine. Dr André Terlinden is advising Alti Wine Exchange on legal and regulatory aspects concerning the issuance and trading of the crypto assets and the licencing procedure.

Dr Timo Fenner successfully represents the interests of his clients regarding various different proceedings in the field of debt enforcement and bankruptcy law matters, especially concerning the freezing of financial assets.

Dr Timo Fenner successfully represents the interests of his clients in the context of a tenancy law dispute.

Dr Timo Fenner successfully represents the interests of a client in the field of debt enforcement and bankruptcy law.

Dr Timo Fenner is interviewed by the NZZ am Sonntag about possible procedural errors of the Federal Prosecutor in the international legal assistance proceedings in the Petrobas matter.

 NZZ am Sonntag

Dr Timo Fenner successfully represents the interests of his clients regarding various different proceedings in the field of debt enforcement and bankruptcy law matters, both acting for claimant and defendant.

Dr Timo Fenner talks in an interview in the Zürcher Oberländer about spatial planning and construction law issues and about the protection of monuments relating to the construction of a museum.

Dr André Terlinden publishes to art. 36 FINMAG in the Basle commentary on financial market law.

Dr André Terlinden is interviewed by the Luzerner Zeitung as an expert in the field of financial market law.

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Dr André Terlinden is mandated as an escrow agent in an international aircraft transaction.

NEUPERT VUILLE PARTNERS founds the Swiss branch for the Swiss operations of a large foreign multinational pharmaceutical company.

NEUPERT VUILLE PARTNERS supports various investment projects in the context of pre-ICOs.

NEUPERT VUILLE PARTNERS successfully represents the interests of a board of directors against the Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) before the Federal Administrative Court and obtains the cessation of proceedings to impose FINMA supervision.

NEUPERT VUILLE PARTNERS successfully represents several banking clients, whose assets had been unjustifiably blocked, against a major bank. Following a settlement before the Commercial Court of the Canton of Zurich, the monies were released.

The board of trustees of the Professor Walther Hug Foundation awards Dr. Timo Fenner the Professor Walther Hug Prize in recognition of his dissertation, which, as one of the best legal dissertations of the 2014/2015 academic year, was given the highest possible grade at a Swiss university.