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Benjamin Schumacher

Partner, Nater Dallafior Rechtsanwälte, Zurich

Benjamin Schumacher is a partner with Nater Dallafior, an independent law firm specialising in commercial dispute resolution and crisis management. Benjamin is a dispute resolution specialist.

He represents clients in commercial, contractual, and corporate disputes (including directors' and officers' liability, shareholders and M&A-related disputes) before state courts, in domestic and international arbitration proceedings (including under the Swiss Rules, ICC, and ad hoc), and before regulatory and administrative authorities.

He is frequently retained to provide strategic pre-litigation advice. A focus of Benjamin's practice is on insolvency, enforcement, and asset recovery. He represents foreign insolvency practitioners, creditors, and corporate bodies in insolvency-related disputes, cross-border asset tracing, and contentious restructuring scenarios.

Benjamin is admitted to the bar in Switzerland. He gratuated from the University of Zurich and the university of Oxford. He was a lecturer at the University of Zurich for civil procedure, enforcement and insolvency law and holds another teaching assignment for insurance law at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (CAS Construction Law, lecture on "liability and insurance"). He frequently publishes in his field of expertise.