Dr. Christoph Mettler

• University of Zurich, Dr. iur. (2022)

• Swiss Bar Admission (2019)

• University of Zurich, MLaw (2015)

• Associate (2021–2024) and Senior Associate at Wartmann Merker (since 2024)

• Research Assistant and Doctoral Candidate at the Chair of Civil Procedure and Private Law, Prof. Ulrich Haas, University of Zurich (2019–2021)

• Law Clerk at the District Court of Meilen (2016–2017)

• Trainee Associate at an international law firm in Zurich (2015–2016)

• Assisting a foreign bank to recover over USD 225 million in assets that were unlawfully misappropriated.

• Representation of a Swiss bank in its defence against an EUR 18 million claim involving alleged errors in a margin call.

• Representation of an employee asserting claims based on personal injury and the Gender Equality Act.

• Defended a Swiss bank against a former client claiming USD 40 million for allegedly unauthorised transactions.

• Representing a Swiss bank in a liability insurance claim concerning unauthorised transactions carried out by an employee.

• Defense of Swiss asset managers against client claims for the restitution of retrocessions.

• Pursuit of a bank's' claims arising from lease agreements.

• Advised a number of banks on the revision of contracts, including account opening documents and general terms and conditions.

• Advice on the interpretation of Anti Money Laundering (AML) regulation and related compliance measures in the banking sector.

• Zurich Bar Association

• Swiss Bar Association

• Online Commentary Association

• Swiss Debt Collection and Bankruptcy Law Association (SchKG Association)

• Art. 106-109 SchKG, in: Heinzmann/Pasquier (Hrsg.), Onlinekommentar zum SchKG, 2023

• Der Anscheinsbeweis im schweizerischen Zivilprozess, Diss., Zürich 2022

• Gleichheit und Privatautonomie im Erbrecht: Überlegungen zur Gesetzesrevision, in: Hussmann/Nickerson/Sang Bastian/Wujohktsang (Hrsg.), Unter Gleichen – APARIUZ XXII, Analysen und Perspektiven von Assistierenden des Rechtswissenschaftlichen Instituts der Universität Zürich, Zürich 2021, S. 181 ff.

• Schiedsgerichtliche Streitigkeiten an der Schnittstelle zwischen Arbeits- und Vereinsrecht, in: Müller/Rudolph/Schnyder/von Kaenel/Waas (Hrsg.), Festschrift für Wolfgang Portmann zum 65. Geburtstag, Zürich 2020, S. 237 ff. [zusammen mit Ulrich Haas]

"Retrocessions and requirements for a valid waiver" [in German], Zurich, November 2024 [together with Andrea Roth]

"Information Rights of Bank Clients: Scope and Limits," presentation for the Banking Law Section of the Zurich Bar Association on June 11, 2024 [together with Peter Reichart]

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c.mettler@wartmann-merker.ch