Dr. Guido E. Urbach

Managing Partner

Preferred Areas of Practice

Dr. Guido E. Urbach's practice focuses on corporate and commercial law, contract law, national and international commercial arbitration and litigation, as well as international mutual legal assistance. His field of expertise includes debt collection, bankruptcy law, as well as white-collar criminal law matters. He practices law in English and German and speaks Hebrew.

Education

Dr. Urbach, born in 1973, graduated from the University of Zurich Law School in 2000 (lic. iur.; magna cum laude) and completed a PhD in law in 2002 with a published doctoral thesis on white-collar crime (Dr. iur.). He studied also at Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel) and completed an LL.M. postgraduate degree (Master of Laws) at New York University (USA) in 2007.

Professional Experience

In 2000 Dr. Urbach began his professional career as a research and teaching assistant to Prof. Dr. A. Donatsch at Zurich University Law School in the field of white-collar crime. In 2004 he passed the Zurich bar exam and subsequently practiced law with two major Zurich-based law firms. Since 2010 Dr. Urbach is partner at Kohli Urbach Rechtsanwälte AG. 

Memberships

Chamber of Commerce Swiss-Israel, International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, Swiss Bar Association, Swiss Arbitration Association, Zurich Bar Association