Dr. iur. Guido E. Urbach, LL.M. (NYU)

Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Attorney at Law

Dr. iur. Guido E. Urbach, LL.M. (NYU)


+41 79 334 41 55

Preferred Areas of Practice

Private Clients

  • Wealth Structuring and Asset Protection
  • Estate and Succession Planning, including Executorship
  • Trusts and Foundations
  • Cross-Border Private Client and Family Office Advisory
  • Art Law
  • Banking, Financial Markets and Payment Services Law (account openings and closures, domestic and cross-border payments and transfers, correspondent banking relationships, account and transaction freezes, release of assets, bank-client disputes)
  • Regulatory and Administrative Proceedings (customs, FINMA, self-regulatory organisation, tax, stock exchange supervisory, medical board supervisory)
  • Mining and Natural Resources (structuring of mining and commodities projects and investments)

Financial Intermediation

  • Know Your Client (KYC) Examination and Compliance

Commercial Law and Dispute Resolution

  • Corporate, Commercial and Contract Law
  • Business Law
  • Customs Law
  • White-Collar Crime
  • Domestic and International Arbitration
  • Court Litigation (incl. handling and coordination of complex cross-border disputes)

Professional Experience

  • Managing Partner, Hafner Urbach Partner (formerly Kohli Urbach Rechtsanwälte AG) (2010)
  • Professional activities at two leading Swiss commercial law firms (2004)
  • Research assistant to Prof. Dr A. Donatsch in the field of white-collar crime at the University of Zurich (2000)

Education

  • Regulated Financial Intermediary under the Anti-Money Laundering Act (GwG) (SRO-SAV; 2010)
  • LL.M. postgraduate studies (Master of Laws) at New York University (USA) (2006/2007)
  • Admission to the Swiss Bar (2004)
  • Doctorate in white-collar criminal law, Dr. iur. (2002)
  • Law degree, University of Zurich, lic. iur., magna cum laude (2000)
  • Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel) (1993/1994)

Languages

  • German
  • English
  • French
  • Hebrew

Memberships

  • Swiss-Israel Chamber of Commerce
  • International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists
  • Swiss Arbitration Association
  • Swiss Bar Association
  • Zurich Bar Association
  • SRO SAV/SNV

Publications