Dr. Léonie Luterbacher

Attorney at law, Associate
Dr. Léonie Luterbacher

Léonie advises and represents parties in national and international commercial disputes. Her primary focus is on representing banks and other financial service providers in civil litigation. She also acts in commercial arbitration proceedings. Léonie studied at the University of Bern, where she completed her doctorate on a financial market law topic.

Education
  • University of Bern, Dr. iur. (2024)

  • Swiss Bar Admission (2019)

  • University of Bern, MLaw (2017)

Professional Career
  • Associate at Wartmann Merker (since 2024)

  • Part-time Employee at an international law firm in Zurich (2020–2023)

  • Legal Intern and Deputy Law Clerk at the Higher Court of the Canton of Aargau (2018–2019)

  • Trainee Associate at an international law firm in Zurich (2017–2018)

Recent Cases
  • Acting for a Swiss bank in a lawsuit brought by 29 former clients, seeking over USD 20 million in damages related to loss-making investments made by their external asset manager.

  • Representation of a pharmaceutical company in an M&A arbitration case (ICC Rules) against the seller (amount in dispute: CHF  35 million).

Memberships
  • Zurich Bar Association

  • Swiss Bar Association

Publications
  • The Relationship of FIDLEG Conduct Rules to Private Law," ZSR 1/2020, pp. 223 ff. [together with Sandro Abegglen]

  • "Transaction-Based vs. Portfolio-Based Investment Advice under FIDLEG: No Easy Distinction," SZW 5/2018, pp. 462 ff. [together with Sandro Abegglen]

Languages

German
English

Contact

P+41 44 212 10 11 F+41 44 212 15 11

l.luterbacher@wartmann-merker.ch

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