Niedermann Rechtsanwälte

Dispute Resolution.

Tobias Schaffner is Partner at Niedermann. He specialises in the conduct of civil and criminal proceedings as well as in debt enforcement and bankruptcy matters. A good deal of his practice is devoted to the representation of victims of financial crime with a cross-border element (asset recovery). Tobias Schaffner also has several years of experience in the area of international arbitration as well as in the area of financial market supervisory law.

Trained in Zurich 2005-2007. Law clerk at the International Court of Justice, 2008. Supervisor in International Law at various Cambridge colleges 2010. Counsel at Knoetzl Haugeneder Netail in Vienna, 2016-2017. Senior Associate and Partner at Baldi & Caratsch in Zurich, 2018-2023. Partner at Stiffler & Partner in Zurich, 2024. Since January 2025 Partner at Niedermann. Co-Founder and Co-Director of Netzwerk Privatklägerschaft NPK from 2021. Part-time lecture at the University of Zurich in Criminal Procedure.

English, French, German.

Co-Director of Netzwerk Privatklägerschaft NPK; Member of VOCAL, Victims of Crime Association, Member of the Swiss Bar Association and the Zurich Bar Association.

Zurich and Geneva: law degree 2004. LL.M. (Hons.), University of Cambridge, 2005. Ph.D., Yorke Prize Winner, University of Cambridge, 2015. Admitted to the Swiss Bar 2016.