Professional Education and Experience

Andreas Wiede, Attorney at Law
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
1993 Master of Laws (Lizentiatenexamen, lic. iur.), magna cum laude;
1996 Bar exam (Advokaturexamen) Basel-Stadt
LANGUAGE SKILLS
German
English
French
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since 2008 Managing position as Attorney at Law in the own office for business law in Zurich
Legal consulting and representation of Swiss and international clients (predominantly from the EU and the USA) in general contract and corporate law, services law, employment and labour law, Swiss and international travel and transportation law, data protection, liability and insurance law, bankruptcy and inheritance law
2004 – 2008 General Counsel Europe, HRG (Hogg Robinson Group)
Lead of the Legal Department in Zurich (Hogg Robinson Switzerland Ltd., formerly: BTI Switzerland AG), responsible for the national Group companies of Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein, D, A, F, I, HU, RU, CZ, SK, PL, S, N, DK, SF.
2001-2003 Legal Counsel, SWISS International Air Lines, Basel and Zurich
Legal responsibility for the departments of human resources, flight operations (pilots and cabin crew), corporate services (including insurance policies), product and services (catering, in-flight services, lease contracts), finance, corporate communications, IT.
2000-2001 Personal Referee (“Gerichtsschreiber”), Swiss Federal Supreme Court (First Civil Law Division), Lausanne
Personal referee to Judge H P. Walter (President of the First Civil Law Division and Chief Justice of the Federal Supreme Court 2001)
1999-2000 Attorney at Law at a legal firm in Liestal and Basel
1998-1999 University of Basel
Personal scientific collaborator of Professor A.K. Schnyder.
1995-1998 University of Basel
Scientific assistant to Professor J. F. Stöckli.
1994-1995 Several legal practices in Basel
PUBLICATIONS
1997 JAR 1997
“Jahrbuch des Schweizerischen Arbeitsrechts, Gesetzgebungsteil” (Legislation chapter of the Swiss 1997 annual of Employment law).
SchKG-Kommentar (Basler)
Neunter Titel: “Besondere Bestimmungen über Miete und Pacht (Art. 282-284 SchKG)”, (Commentary on the Swiss Bankruptcy Act, special provisions for tenancy and lease; in co-authorship with Anton K. Schnyder), Helbing Lichtenhahn, Basel 1998.
1998 JAR 1998
“Jahrbuch des Schweizerischen Arbeitsrechts, Gesetzgebungsteil” (Legislation chapter of the Swiss 1998 annual of Employment law).
1996-1999 Scientific and editorial collaboration: Berner Kommentar
(J.-F. Stöckli), Art. 357 Swiss Code of Obligations; SchKG-Kommentar (Basler), Nachtrag: “Die Insolvenz-Entschädigung” (Insolvency compensation; J.-F. Stöckli); GUHL, “Schweizerisches Obligationenrecht”, §§ 48-58 (Swiss law of Obligations; in the name of A. K. Schnyder).
2010 SchKG-Kommentar (Basler), 2nd edition
Neunter Titel: Besondere Bestimmungen über Miete und Pacht (Art. 282-284 SchKG), (Commentary on the Swiss Bankruptcy Act, special provisions for tenancy and lease; in co-authorship with Anton K. Schnyder), Helbing Lichtenhahn, Basel 2010.
2014 Reiserecht
“Schweizer Handbuch zu den Verträgen über Reiseleistungen“, (“Swiss handbook on travel law and travel related contracts”), Schulthess, Zürich/Basel/Genf 2014.
Die schwächere Partei, Materielle Vertragsgerechtigkeit wie und für wen?
in: Festschrift zur Emeritierung von Jean-Fritz Stöckli (Hrsg: Eva-Maria Bäni und Angela Obrist), Dike, Zürich/St. Gallen 2014, S. 797 ff.