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Oliver M. Kunz

Oliver M. Kunz

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lic. iur., LL.M., Attorney at Law

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Zurich

Contact

Direct phone: +41 58 658 56 41
oliver.kunz@walderwyss.com

Curriculum Vitae

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Areas of activity: Litigation Restructuring & Insolvency White Collar Crime & Investigations

Oliver M. Kunz specialises in civil and criminal litigation and internal investigations.

In particular, he advises and represents injured parties, defendants and third parties in white collar criminal cases and related civil proceedings, namely in the area of asset recovery as well as in technology-related disputes.
In addition, he conducts internal investigations, in particular regarding allegations of fraud and corruption as well as suspected misconduct of members of corporate bodies and other sensitive investigations.

Oliver M. Kunz regularly publishes and lectures in his areas of practice, namely on jurisdiction and enforcement issues as well as on appeal proceedings.

He graduated from the University of Fribourg (lic. iur. 2003 with the additions "bilingual" and "European law"). As a Fulbright Scholar, he completed his education at Stanford Law School in the field of law, science and technology (LL.M. 2010).

Oliver M. Kunz joined Walder Wyss in 2004. Prior to that, he worked as a student-assistant in criminal law at the University of Fribourg and as legal counsel for a non-profit organisation. Oliver M. Kunz speaks German, French and English.
He is registered with the Bar Register of the Canton of Zurich and admitted to practice law throughout Switzerland.

Oliver Kunz im Interview mit der NZZ am Sonntag zum Thema interne Untersuchungen

| by Oliver M. Kunz | in: NZZ am Sonntag

Doing Business in Switzerland – A Practical Guide

 | by Ramona Wyss, Andrea Haefeli, Gion Giger, David Vasella, Davide Cerutti, Marco Galli, Roger Staub, Manuel Bigler, Reto Jacobs, Monique Sturny, Thomas P. Müller, Nadja D. Leuthardt, Adriano Antonietti, Valentine Schnyder, Stefan Knobloch, Dimitrios Berger, Dominik Hohler, Letizia Schlegel, Stéphanie Oneyser, Urs P. Gnos, Dario Galli, Michael Kündig, Markus Vischer, Urs Schenker, Christian A. Schmid, Patrick W. Vogel, Alexander Sorton, Samuel Lieberherr, Daniel Dedeyan, Nico Bernhard, Theodor Härtsch, Tervel Stoyanov, Lukas Wyss, Markus Pfenninger, Valentin Wiesner, Rafal Szala, Thiemo Sturny, Roger Ammann, Hubertus Hillerström, Ken Savioz, Simone Wetzstein, Valentina Eichin, Irène Suter-Sieber, Olivier Sigg, Laura Luongo, Francis Nordmann, André Kuhn, Davide Jermini, Christian Eichenberger, Matthieu Seydoux, Thomas Meister, Janine Corti, Robert Desax, Fabienne Limacher, Dieter Hofmann, Rodolphe Gautier, Roxane Allot, Micha Bühler, Michael Feit, Maurice Courvoisier, Oliver M. Kunz and Pascale Köster | Editor[s]: Urs P. Gnos, Theodor Härtsch | ed.: 2nd edition

Commentary on the Anti Money Laundering Act: art. 10a (Prohibition of information) and art. 11 (Exclusion of criminal and civil liability)

| by Oliver M. Kunz and Gianni Porpiglia [co-author] | in: "Kommentar zum Geldwäschereigesetz (GwG)"

Commentary on Art. 109-111 IPLA (Intellectual property rights – jurisdiction, applicable law, foreign decisions)

| by Oliver M. Kunz and Gion Jegher [co-author] | in: Honsell/Vogt/Schnyder/Berti (Editor[s]) | "Basler Kommentar zum Schweizerischen Internationalen Privatrecht" | 4 | Basel

Commentary on Art. 157 IPLA (Protection of the company name)

| by Oliver M. Kunz and Gion Jegher [co-author] | in: Honsell/Vogt/Schnyder/Berti (Editor[s]) | "Basler Kommentar zum Schweizerischen Internationalen Privatrecht" | 4 | Basel

Commentary on Art. 6 IPLA (Entering appearance)

| by David Vasella and Oliver M. Kunz [co-author] | in: Honsell/Vogt/Schnyder/Berti (Editor[s]) | "Basler Kommentar zum Schweizerischen Internationalen Privatrecht" | 4 | Basel

Doing Business in Switzerland – A Practical Guide

 | by Urs P. Gnos, Theodor Härtsch, Ramona Wyss, Andrea Haefeli, Gion Giger, David Vasella, Davide Cerutti, Marco Galli, Roger Staub, Benno Fischer-Siddiqui, Reto Jacobs, Monique Sturny, Thomas P. Müller, Nadja D. Leuthardt, Adriano Antonietti, Valentine Schnyder, Stefan Knobloch, Dimitrios Berger, Dominik Hohler, Jenny Süess, Stéphanie Oneyser, Dario Galli, Michael Kündig, Markus Vischer, Urs Schenker, Rafael Zemp, Patrick W. Vogel, Laurent Schmidt, Christian Lütolf, Daniel Dedeyan, Nico Bernhard, Tervel Stoyanov, Lukas Wyss, Markus Pfenninger, Valentin Wiesner, Rafal Szala, Thiemo Sturny, Roger Ammann, Hubertus Hillerström, Ken Savioz, Ueli Sommer, Simone Wetzstein, Christoph Stutz, Nadine Mäder, Olivier Sigg, Laura Luongo, Francis Nordmann, André Kuhn, Davide Jermini, Christian Eichenberger, Théo Meylan, Thomas Meister, Janine Corti, Robert Desax, Fabienne Limacher, Dieter Hofmann, Rodolphe Gautier, Olivia Sistovaris, Micha Bühler, Michael Feit, Maurice Courvoisier, Oliver M. Kunz, Albane de Ziegler and Pascale Köster | Editor[s]: Urs P. Gnos, Theodor Härtsch

Enforcement of Foreign Judgements in Switzerland 2020

 | by Dieter Hofmann and Oliver M. Kunz | in: "Lexology / Getting The Deal Through" | London

Infringement of manufacturing and trade secrets (art. 6 UCA)

| by Oliver M. Kunz | in: Streuli-Youssef (Editor[s]) | "Schweizerisches Immaterialgüter- und Wettbewerbsrecht (SIWR)" | 3 | Basel/Geneva/München | pp. 369-377

Bribing and being bribed (Art. 4a UCA)

| by Oliver M. Kunz | in: Streuli-Youssef (Editor[s]) | "Schweizerisches Immaterialgüter- und Wettbewerbsrecht (SIWR)" | 3 | Basel/Geneva/München | pp. 307-324

Complex Commercial Litigation in Switzerland 2019

 | by Dieter Hofmann, Oliver M. Kunz and Michael Cartier | in: "Getting The Deal Through" | London | pp. 93-99

Commentary on Art. 5 and Art. 38–52 of the Lugano Convention on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement in Civil and Commercial Matters

| by Dieter Hofmann [co-author] and Oliver M. Kunz [co-author] | in: "Basler Kommentar zum Lugano-Übereinkommen" | 2. Auflage | Basel

Commentary on Article 27 Swiss Rules

| by Dieter Hofmann and Oliver M. Kunz | in: Manuel Arroyo (Editor[s]) | "Arbitration in Switzerland – The Practitioner’s Guide" | The Hague

Appellate Remedies under the Swiss Civil Procedure Code, Appeal and Request for setting-aside; Commentary on Art. 308–327a Swiss Civil Procedure Code

| by Urs H. Hoffmann-Nowotny [co-author], Oliver M. Kunz [co-author] and Demian Stauber [co-author] | | Basel
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