Prof Dr Peter Forstmoser > Niederer Kraft Frey AG > Zurich, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

Prof Dr Peter Forstmoser

+41 58 800 8000 peter.forstmoser@nkf.ch View profile

Work Department

Corporate / M&A, Capital Markets, Banking & Finance.

Position

Prof. Forstmoser specializes in Corporate Law (in particular Law of Stock Corporations and Limited Liability Companies, Law of Cooperatives), Banking & Finance legislation, Stock Exchange Law, Collective Investment Schemes Regulation and the Liability of Corporate Directors and Officers. He is working as advisor, legal expert and arbitrator and is member or chairman of the boards of several listed and unlisted corporations and foundations.

Career

Partner Niederer Kraft Frey since 1975. Tenured professor for corporate and capital market law at the University of Zurich (1974 – 2008). Professor emeritus (Private, Business and Capital Markets Law) at the Law Faculty of the University of Zurich. Professor emeritus and permanent visiting professor at the University of Lucerne.

Languages

German, English, French.

Memberships

Swiss Bar Association, Zurich Bar Association.

Education

University of Zurich, Dr. iur. (1970). Harvard Law School, LL.M. (1972). Admitted to the Bar (1971).

Leisure

Jogging, Modern Art and Literature.