• 1943 born in St.Gallen
• 1969 admitted to the bar
• 1974 doctorate in law University of Fribourg

Curriculum vitae

• Studied in Fribourg, Basle and Cologne
• 1971 joined the law firm Schwager Mätzler Schneider as partner

Further activities

• Teaching assignments at the Universities of St.Gallen (1976-1995) and Fribourg (1979-1983)
• Speaker at further training seminars in law and various publications in the areas of the law of contract, matrimonial property law and estate planning
• Judge at the Swiss Federal Court in Lausanne (1989-2006)
• Member of the Scientific Board of the Institute of Swiss an International Construction Law at the University of Fribourg (1997-2013)
• President of the Foundation for the Arbitration Statutes of St. Gallen (since 2009)

Publications (for details see german version):

• Community entering contracts, doctorate thesis Fribourg, Switzerland, 1974
• Wilful acting and planning in Matrimonial Law, Bern 1986
• Arbitration under the St. Gallen Rules of Arbitration, Zurch 2012
• The power of attorney for Architects, Fribourg, 1.-3. Edition 1986 – 1995
• The Power of attorney for Planners, Zurich 2013