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Dr Marjolaine Jakob

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Work Department

Insolvency and Restructuring, Dispute Resolution

Position

Partner

Career

Marjolaine Jakob is the head of our insolvency and restructuring team of CMS Zurich.

Her practice focuses on national and international insolvency law and related litigation. She advises clients in connection with insolvency proceedings and represents their interests in related proceedings before the competent courts and authorities. Marjolaine Jakob has broad experience in advising companies in restructuring proceedings. Further, she is a proven specialist in international insolvency law and regularly advises foreign insolvency administrators in cross-border insolvency proceedings.

Further, Marjolaine Jakob represents national and international companies in litigation proceedings before state courts and arbitral tribunals.

Marjolaine Jakob joined our firm as an associate in 2017. Previously, she has worked as a research assistant, specialising in international insolvency law and arbitration at a chair for civil procedure law, private law, international private law and comparative law at the University of Zurich. From 2009 till 2014, Marjolaine has worked first as a trainee and later on as an associate in a business law firm. Marjolaine Jakob has been a partner since 2022.

Languages

German, English, French, Swedish

Memberships

• Vereinigung für Schuldbetreibungs- und Konkursrecht (SchKG-Vereinigung)
• INSOL International | INSOL Europe
• Conference on European Restructuring an Insolvency Law (CERIL)
• Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
• ASA below 40
• Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
• Swiss Bar Association (SAV)

Education

• 2018 – PhD in Law (Dr.iur.), University of Zurich
• 2012 – Arbitration Practitioner (ArbP), Swiss Arbitration Academy
• 2012 – Bar Admission, High Court of the Canton of Zurich
• 2008 – Master Degree in Law (lic.iur.), University of Basel