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Caroline Lutz

Caroline Lutz

Work Department

Employment Law | Public Employment Law | Commercial Law | Litigation | Data Protection Law

Position

As Certified Specialist SBA Employment Law, Caroline Lutz regularly advises on all aspects of Swiss employment law, public employment law and the related fields of law, such as e.g. data protection law, social security law and pension law. Caroline Lutz has in particular extensive experience in drafting and negotiating employment contracts, termination agreements and personnel regulations as well as advising on labour law provisions, whistleblowing, internal investigations, bonus and equity participation schemes, non-competition clauses, terminations of employment, mass dismissals, transfers of undertakings, secondments, assignments, split contracts and personnel lease. She acts as a legal advisor and litigator for Swiss and foreign individuals and entities as well as for communities and public institutions.

Caroline Lutz also represents domestic and foreign clients in the field of commercial law.

Career

Partner, Attorney & Certified Specialist SBA Employment Law with Lustenberger + Partners, Zurich (since 2020) Head Employment Legal Switzerland at a major Swiss bank (UBS, Zurich) (2018-2019) Lecturer for Employment Law in the Social Security Experts course at KV Zurich Business School, Zurich (2012-2015) Attorney, Partner (since 2013) & Certified Specialist SBA Employment Law (since 2014) in a law firm specialized in employment law (Streiff von Kaenel Ltd. / formerly Streiff Pellegrini & von Kaenel, Wetzikon) (2008-2018) Legal Trainee in an international commercial law firm (Badertscher Doerig Poledna, Zurich) (2005-2006) Law Clerk and Legal Trainee, District Court of Uster (Canton of Zurich) (2004-2005)

Languages

German English French

Memberships

Zurich and Swiss Bar Association (ZAV/SAV) Member of the practice groups employment law with ZAV

Education

Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Employment Law, Universities of Zurich, Basel and St. Gallen / Swiss Bar Association (2014) Zurich Bar, admitted to all Swiss courts (2007) lic. iur., University of Zurich (2004)