Mr Patrick Näf > Wenger Vieli Ltd > Zurich, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

Mr Patrick Näf

+41 58 958 58 58 p.naef@wengervieli.ch

Work Department

Corporate & Commercial Law; Labour & Employment Law; Pharmaceutical & Health Law; Data Law; Immigration Law

Position

Patrick Näf specializes in labor and employment law. He also advises clients in general corporate and commercial law as well as pharmaceutical and health law. Patrick Näf is co-head of the Labor & Employment Law practice group at Wenger & Vieli Ltd.

In contentious matters, he represents his clients’ interests also before state courts.

Following his studies at the University of Basel, Patrick Näf worked as a trainee in the legal department of the University Hospital Basel, at the District Court of Waldenburg and in a law firm in Basel. After passing his bar exam (2009) he worked as a legal assistant in the legal department of the University Hospital Basel. In 2011, he earned a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from the Columbia Law School in New York. Since 2018 he has also been a SBA certified employment law specialist.

Career

Since 2011, Lawyer at Wenger & Vieli Ltd.; 2009-2010, Legal Counsel at the University Hospital Basel; 2007-2008, Junior Lawyer at a law firm in Basel; 2007, Legal Intern at the District Court of Waldenburg, BL; 2007, lntern in the Legal Department of the University Hospital Basel.

Languages

German, English and French.

Memberships

Swiss Bar Association (SAV); Zurich Bar Association (ZAV).

Education

2018, Certified Specialist SBA Employment Law; 2011, Columbia Law School in New York (LL.M.); 2009, Admission to the Bar; 2006, University of Basel (lic. iur.).