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Benno P. Hafner

Benno P. Hafner

Work Department

Commercial law, contractual law, international law, corporate law, banking and stock exchange law, conflict of laws and tax law, art law, private clients

Position

Senior Partner of Hafner & Hochstasser AG

Career

Court clerk in Lucerne 1978; legal advisor PricewaterhouseCoopers, Zurich (1980-1985); head of legal department of Kontron-Holding AG, Zurich, former sub-group of F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG (1986-1990); partner Werder & Schaub, attorneys-at-law in Zurich (1990-1992); co-founder of Hafner & Hochstrasser in 1992, today senior partner. Chairman of the board of Aveva Trust SA, various board memberships, NGO's

Languages

German, English, French, Italian

Memberships

Swiss and Zurich Bar Associations

Education

Business degree in 1969 (BA); Universities of Berne and Zurich (lic. iur. 1978); studies in international business law, Zurich University (LL. M. 1998)

Leisure

Art, Music, Sport, Travelling