Institute for Civil Law

Prof. Emmenegger

Dr. iur. Katja Fuchs Mtwebana

Assistant and Senior Research Assistant 2005 - 2009

  • Born on 1 May 1974 in Davos, CH
  • Schools in Davos
  • Matura (Typus E) 1993
  • Graduated from the University of Freiburg with a degree in law (lic. iur.) in 1998
  • Licensed lawyer since 2000
  • Graduate Law School in Cape Town (SA) 2004/2005 (LL.M.)
  • Dissertation at the Institute for Civil Law/Institute of Banking Law at the University of Bern, Graduated in 2008 (Dr. iur.)
  • Visiting Researcher at BIICL in London (funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation) 2007/2008
  • The Future of Capital Protection in Swiss Stock Corporation Law [Die Zukunft des Kapitalschutzsystems im schweizerischen Aktienrecht] (summa cum laude), published in ASR Vol. 759

 

  • Lawyer at Advokatur und Notariat Bardill, Chur 2000/2001
  • Clerk at Cantonal Court of Graubünden, Chur 2000/2001
  • Lawyer at Bratschi Emch Rechtsanwälte, Bern 2001-2004
  • Research Assistant at the Institute for Civil Law/Institute of Banking Law at the University of Bern, Section Prof. Emmenegger, 2005-2007
  • Associate Lawyer at Financial Services Authority (FSA), London 2008-2009
  • Senior Research Assistant at the Institute for Civil Law/Institute of Banking Law at the University of Bern, Section Prof. Emmenegger and Visiting Researcher at the University of Cambridge, 2009-2010
  • Since August 2010: Legal Counsel, Legal Global Established Markets, UBS AG, Zürich