Profile

Dr. Ernst F. Schmid mainly advises on commercial law matters and acts as counsel and arbitrator in civil and arbitration proceedings.

Dr. Ernst F. Schmid

Career

  • since 2024 Ernst F. Schmid,
    Law firm, Zurich
  • 2021 Of Counsel, Niederer Kraft Frey,
    Law firm, Zurich
  • 1991 Partner, Niederer Kraft Frey,
    Law firm, Zurich
  • 1984 Associate, Niederer Kraft Frey,
    Law firm, Zurich
  • 1982 Associate, Henrici Reber Wicki,
    Law firm, Zurich
  • 1980 Clerk,
    Commercial Court of the Canton of Zurich
  • 1978 Clerk,
    District Court of Meilen
  • 1975 Scientific Assistant to Professor Peter Forstmoser, Chair for company law,
    University of Zurich

Education

  • 1984 Cambridge, England,
    Master of Law, LL.M.
  • 1981 Admitted to the Bar, Rechtsanwalt
  • 1979 University of Zurich,
    Doctor iuris, Dr. iur.
  • 1975 University of Zurich,
    Licentiatus iuris utriusque, lic. iur.
Ernst F. Schmid Portrait

Memberships

  • Zurich and Swiss Bar Associations (ZAV, SAV)
  • ASA Swiss Arbitration Association
  • Member of the Advisory Committee of the Swiss Arbitration Academy
  • Association d’études juridiques et fiscales
  • Ethics Court of the Zurich Bar Association (Standesgericht) (vice-chairman)
  • Lecturer at the University of Zurich for Arbitration Law and the Rules of the Legal Profession

Languages

  • German
  • English
  • French
  • Italian