Rolf Schuler
Partner, lic. iur.
Attorney-at-Law
T +41 58 404 40 00
Sihlstrasse 24
CH-8001 Zürich
Rolf Schuler has been practicing as a commercial lawyer for over two decades. Drawing on his prior experience as a judge, he is a proven specialist in domestic and international litigation and dispute resolution. In addition, he brings extensive expertise to bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings and regularly serves as a FINMA investigating agent or
composition receiver.
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He advises and represents clients in white-collar crime, inheritance law, and employment law. Alongside his legal practice, Rolf Schuler serves as a member of the Bar Examination Board of the Canton of Zurich.
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Since 2025 Partner with Binder&
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2019–2024 Partner with Thouvenin Rechtsanwälte, Zurich
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2016–2019 Partner with Blum&Grob, Zurich, and Schuler Steiger Partner, Zurich
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2011–2020 Lecturer with the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts in the Master of Advanced Studies Economic Crime Investigations (MAS ECI)
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Since 2010 Member of the Bar Examination Board of the Canton of Zurich
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2009–2016 Partner with Altenburger legal + tax, Küsnacht ZH
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2005 Secondment with Farrer & Co, London
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2003–2008 Associate with Altenburger legal + tax, Küsnacht ZH
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2001 Swiss Bar Admission
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2000–2003 Judge with the District Court of Zurich
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1998–2000 Trainee and judicial secretary with the District Court of Zurich and with the High Court of the Canton of Zurich
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1996–1997 Legal intern with a law firm in Zurich
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1995 lic. iur. (University of Zurich)
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Restructuring & Insolvency
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Internal Investigations
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Dispute Resolution
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Commentary on Art. 32-37 Lugano Convention and Art. I and III Prot. 1 of the Lugano
Convention (3rd ed.), by Rolf Schuler
Rolf Schuler/ Patrick Rohn/ Daniel Marugg, Commentary on Art. 32–37 Lugano
Convention and Art. I and III Prot. 1 of the Lugano Convention, in: Christian Oetiker/ Thomas Weibel/ Christiana Fountoulakis (eds.), Basler Kommentar zum Lugano-Übereinkommen, 3rd ed., Basel 2024.
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Schuldbeitritt und Schuldübernahme in der Insolvenz, by Rolf Schuler
Rolf Schuler, Schuldbeitritt und Schuldübernahme in der Insolvenz, in: Thomas Sprecher (ed.), Sanierung und Insolvenz von Unternehmen VII, Zurich 2016, pp. 131 ff.
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Commentary on Art. 32-37 Lugano Convention and Art. I and III Prot. 1 of the Lugano
Convention (2nd ed.), by Rolf Schuler
Rolf Schuler/ Daniel Marugg, Commentary on Art. 32–37 Lugano Convention and Art. I and III Prot. 1 of the Lugano Convention, in: Christian Oetiker/ Thomas Weibel (eds.), Basler Kommentar zum Lugano-Übereinkommen, 2nd ed., Basel 2016
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Weiterbildungsvereinbarung – Gemeinsam zu mehr Know-how, by Rolf Schuler and Anna Neukom Chaney
Rolf Schuler/ Anna Neukom Chaney, Weiterbildungsvereinbarung – Gemeinsam zu mehr Know-how, personal Schweiz, Das Magazin für die Schweizer Personalpraxis, Special Edition 1, March 2015, pp. 18 ff.
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Commentary on Art. 32-37 Lugano Convention and Art. I and III Prot. 1 of the Lugano
Convention (1st ed.), by Rolf Schuler
Rolf Schuler, Commentary on Art. 32–37 Lugano Convention and Art. I and III Prot. 1 of the Lugano Convention, in: Christian Oetiker/ Thomas Weibel (eds.), Basler Kommentar zum Lugano-Übereinkommen, 1st ed., Basel 2011
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Discussion on corporate crime, by Rolf Schuler
“Wir müssen die Fälle mehrheitlich einstellen” [Discussion between Attorney General
Christian Weber and Rolf Schuler on corporate crime], Plädoyer 1/2008
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Die aktuelle Praxis des Konkursrichters des Bezirksgerichts Zürich zu Überschuldungsanzeige, Konkursaufschub und Insolvenzerklärung juristischer Personen, by Rolf Schuler
Michael Krampf/ Rolf Schuler, Die aktuelle Praxis des Konkursrichters des Bezirksgerichtes Zürich zu Überschuldungsanzeige, Konkursaufschub und Insolvenzerklärung juristischer Personen, AJP 2002, pp. 1060 ff.
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