Dr. Felix Buff, LL.M.

• New York University, LL.M. (Vanderbilt Scholar) (2022)

• Admitted to the bar (2019)

• University of Zurich, Dr. iur. (2016) (summa cum laude)

• University of Zurich, MLaw (2014) (summa cum laude)

• Associate (2019-2023) and Senior Associate at Wartmann Merker (since 2024)

• Law Clerk at the District Court of Winterthur (2016-2018)

• Research and Teaching Assistant at the Chair of Prof. Dr. Hans Caspar von der Crone, University of Zurich (2014-2016)

• Internships at various international law firms in Zurich (2012-2013)

• Representation of a Swiss bank in its defence against a CHF 22 million claim arising from allegedly unjustified margin calls.

• Defending an investor in a real estate project against a CHF 10 million claim related to an alleged project development.

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

• Defending a Swiss bank against a damages claim related to the application of a zero-interest rate floor on LIBOR mortgages.

• Defending a Swiss bank against a USD 1.5 million claim for the alleged unlawful reversal of account credits related to payment processing.

• Representation of employees in proceedings against former employers regarding wrongful dismissals and unpaid wages.

• Successfully defended a client against claims in a cross-border, multi-party M&A arbitration (Swiss Rules; value in dispute in excess of CHF 40 million).

• Successfully enforced a contractor's claim for compensation for completed work, while defending against the client’s defect claims, which were raised as objections.

• Advising a lessor on developing a standardised approach for addressing lessee complaints regarding defects.

• Supported a number of foreign financial companies with the collection of evidence in Switzerland through legal assistance.

• ZAV

• ZAV U40

• Jurisdiction Clauses in Articles of Associations (in German), SZW 5/2021, p. 605 et seqq. [together with Peter Reichart]

• Contractual adaptation clauses in Swiss law, Thesis, Zurich 2016

• Is corporate liability law still up-to-date?, SZW 87 (2015), p. 444 ff. [together with Hans Caspar von der Crone]

• Corporate liability in the event of bankruptcy: Restriction of the right to sue, SZW 87 (2015), p. 269 ff. [together with Hans Caspar von der Crone]

• Mandatory nature of Art. 404 CO, SZW 86 (2014), p. 332 ff. [together with Hans Caspar von der Crone]

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