Dispute Resolution, Commercial, Banking & Finance, Employment Law, White Collar Crime & Investigations, Insolvency Law.

Law clerk, District Court of Meilen (1978-80). Law clerk, Zurich Commercial Court (1980-82). Associate with Zurich law firm (1982-83). Niederer Kraft Frey (1984), Partner (1991-2020), Head of Dispute Resolution Group (2009-2020), Of Counsel (2021-).

Zurich, Swiss and International Bar Association. Deputy Chairman: Ethics Court of the Zurich Bar Association. ASA. DIS. LCIA.

Ernst F. Schmid is the former head of the dispute resolution group of Niederer Kraft Frey. He regularly acts as counsel in national and international litigation and arbitration cases, and as arbitrator in ad hoc and institutional arbitration proceedings. In addition, he advises in contract, employment, banking and corporate law issues.

University of Zurich, licentiatus iuris utriusque (1975), doctor iuris (1979). University of Zurich, Scientific assistant (1976-78). Swiss Bar (1981). University of Cambridge, LL.M. (1984).