Dr iur Ernst F Schmid > Niederer Kraft Frey AG > Zurich, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

Dr iur Ernst F Schmid

+41 58 800 8000 ernst.f.schmid@nkf.ch View profile View profile

Work Department

Dispute Resolution, Commercial, Banking & Finance, Employment Law, White Collar Crime & Investigations, Insolvency Law.

Position

Ernst F. Schmid is the former head of the dispute resolution group of Niederer Kraft Frey. He regularly acts as counsel in national and international litigation and arbitration cases, and as arbitrator in ad hoc and institutional arbitration proceedings. In addition, he advises in contract, employment, banking and corporate law issues.

Career

Law clerk, District Court of Meilen (1978-80). Law clerk, Zurich Commercial Court (1980-82). Associate with Zurich law firm (1982-83). Niederer Kraft Frey (1984), Partner (1991-2020), Head of Dispute Resolution Group (2009-2020), Of Counsel (2021-).

Languages

German, English, French, Italian.

Memberships

Zurich, Swiss and International Bar Association. Deputy Chairman: Ethics Court of the Zurich Bar Association. ASA. DIS. LCIA.

Education

University of Zurich, licentiatus iuris utriusque (1975), doctor iuris (1979). University of Zurich, Scientific assistant (1976-78). Swiss Bar (1981). University of Cambridge, LL.M. (1984).