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Lorenz Droese

Lorenz Droese

Wenger Vieli Ltd, Switzerland

Work Department

Litigation and Arbitration; Corporate and Commercial Law; White Collar Crime.

Position

Lorenz Droese is a professor of civil proceedings and the Swiss Code of Obligations. He works with Wenger Vieli as a consult-ant. Before entering academia, he worked as a lawyer at our Zurich firm.

“Most things have more than one side – that's what makes them interesting. This is particularly evident in cases of conflict – it is important to include all sides in the deliberations: party and counterparty, what is said and what is not said. My job gives me the opportunity to do that.”

Career

Since 2010, Professor for Civil Procedure Law and the Swiss Code of Obligations at the Faculty of Law, University of Lucerne; since 2007, Business Manager of the Center for Conflict Resolution (CCR) at the Faculty of Law, University of Lucerne; 2000-present, Lawyer/Of Counsel at Wenger & Vieli Ltd.; 1999-2000, Clerk at the District Court of Zurich; 1998, Auditor at the District Court of Zurich.

Languages

German, English and French.

Memberships

Swiss Bar Association (SAV); Zurich Bar Association (ZAV).

Education

2015, University of Lucerne (Habilitation); 2007, University of Lucerne (Dr. iur.); 2000, Admission to the Bar; 1997, University of Zurich (lic. iur.).