C U R R I C U L U M   V I T A E
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Professional experience
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Since 2004
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Own Law Firm
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Special focus on the following practice areas:

Company law
Stock exchange and capital market
Contracts
IT – law
Agency-, Franchise- and Distributorship Agreements
Debt enforcement- and bankruptcy law
Associations and Foundations

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June 2002 - August 2003
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Viganò Law Office, Zurich
Attorney-at-Law
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Special focus on the following practice areas:
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Debt enforcement- and bankruptcy law
Company law
Stock exchange and capital market
Contract law
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March 1999 - May 2002
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Phonak Holding Ltd., Stäfa
General Legal Counsel and Company Secretary
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Managing the secretariat of the Board of Directors (Setting up of the agenda and the invitations for Board meetings, taking of minutes, (all in English), implementation of decisions, etc.)
Legal care for subsidiaries
Setting up of further subsidiaries
Assisting in M & A projects
Overall responsibility for the annual general shareholders’ meeting
Meeting of the filing requirements of the Swiss Stock Exchange (listing, increase of share capital, ad hoc publicity)
Implementation and execution of stock option plans for the management
Drafting and reviewing of contracts and agreements of all kind
Tax optimization on group level (financing of subsidiaries, transfer pricing)
Overall responsibility for insurances worldwide
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November 1986 - February 1999
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ATAG Ernst & Young, Zurich
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1993   First Vice President
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Acting as member of the Board of Directors in several Swiss subsidiaries of foreign companies
Drafting of stock purchase agreements and shareholder agreements etc.
Drafting and amending of articles of association and organizational regulations
Restructuring of groups of companies with subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad
Improving the knowledge of the law of the European Union, several publications and presentations
Independent proxy on annual general shareholders’ meetings of several listed blue chip companies
Organization of annual general shareholders’ meetings of listed companies
Setting up and managing of non-profit foundations and acting as trustee of foundations
Acting as executor of a will in a complex multinational estate
Representation of creditors in penal proceedings involving fraudulent increase of capital issues
Enforcement of larger claims, etc, etc.
Litigation in civil cases at the Commercial Court of the Canton of Zurich and at the Labour Court of Zurich
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July 1991 - August 1992
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Approved leave from ATAG Ernst & Young and working with
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Pepper, Hamilton and Scheetz, Philadelphia
Foreign Visiting Attorney
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1990   Vice President
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Setting up and liquidation of corporations, increase of share capital, etc.
Drafting of the respective public deeds and applications for registration in the Commercial Register
Litigation at the Labour Court of Zurich
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1987   Holder of procuration
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Drafting of IT - agreements of all kind, i.e. hardware purchase- and software license agreements
Handling of various litigation cases arising from the sale of hardware and software
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März 1984 - Dezember 1985
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Bezirksgericht Zürich
Auditor und Gerichtssekretär
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Protokollierung von Gerichtssitzungen und Zeugeneinvernahmen
Mitwirkung bei der Urteilsberatung
Begründung von Gerichtsurteilen
Erlass von prozessleitenden Beschlüssen und Verfügungen
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August 1983 - February 1984
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County Court of Zurich
Clerk and Law Secretary
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Taking of minutes in the court room and of hearings of witnesses
Participation in the debate of judgments
Drafting of judgments
Drafting of various decisions of the Court
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November 1981 - May 1983
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Bankinvest Zurich
Credit Clerk
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Scrutinizing loan requests from clients in Latin American countries
Drafting of loan agreements according to US law, review of collateral according to local law, analysis of financial statements of clients and preparation of decisions re granting of loans
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1978 - 1986
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Tour Leader
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Several journeys in Europe, to North-, Central- and South America as well as to the Far East
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Education
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October 1986
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Admittance to the bar of the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland
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1976 - 1981
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Law School of the University of Zurich
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Graduation with „magna cum laude“
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1972 - 1976
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Freudenberg College of Economics in Zurich
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Graduation with „Federal Matura Type E“
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1963 - 1972
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Elementary- as well as secondary school in Zurich
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Pro bono engagements
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2004 - heute
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Unterstützung der Sozialwerke Pfarrer Ernst Sieber auf pro bono Basis
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1994 - 2001
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Mitglied des Stiftungsrats des WWF Schweiz
mehrjährige Tätigkeit als Leiter der Finanzkommission
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1989 - 2001
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Mitglied des Vorstands der Baugenossenschaft St. Jakob, Zürich mehrjährige Tätigkeit als Aktuar
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1974 - 1983
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Mitglied des Vorstands des Musikvereins Harmonie Wollishofen
Mehrjährige Tätigkeit als Kassier
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Öffentliche Ämter
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2004 - 2006
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1. Ratssekretär des Grossen Gemeinderates der Stadt Adliswil
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Sprachen
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Deutsch:               Muttersprache, wortgewandt, stilsicher
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Englisch:               Beherrschung in Wort und Schrift, Fähigkeit, schwierige Vertragsverhandlungen
aaaaaaaaaaaaiiazu führen und Verträge aufzusetzen
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Französisch:         Gute mündliche Kenntnisse, Fähigkeit an geschäftlichen Gesprächen
aaaaaaaaaaaaaateilzunehmen und einfachere Vertragsverhandlungen zu führen
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Spanisch:              mündliche Anfangskenntnisse
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Publikationen
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Gesellschaftsrecht
in: Kommentar Schweiz - EG
Herausgegeben von Prof. Dr. W. Schluep etc.
Zürich 1991
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La Directive communautaire sur la responsabilité du fait des produits défectueux et son
impact sur les entrprises suisses
in: Revue Economique Franco-Suisse
Paris, 1991
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Thinking of acquiring a Swiss company?
in: International Merger Law No. 20
Washington, DC, 1992
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Das neue Datenschutzgesetz
in: ATAG-Praxis 4/93
Basel 1993