Specialisation
- Legal advice and representation in Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Austria
- Investors representation and protection, financial market law, company law, contract law, white-collar crime, family law
- Trust expert for national and international trusteeships
- Mediation
Biography
| Education | |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Liechtenstein Notary examination |
| 2005 - 2006 | Master in Mediation (MM) |
| 2003 | Austrian lawyer's examination |
| 2002 | Liechtenstein lawyer's examination |
| 2001 - 2002 | Liechtenstein Trust Expert, Liechtenstein University of Applied Sciences |
| 2001 | Dissertation on the subject of lawyers' right of establishment with reference to Directive 98/5 EC, Vienna University |
| 1998 | Oxford Brooks University, Legal English Summer School |
| 1994 - 1999 | Studied jurisprudence, Vienna University |
| Professional Experience | |
|---|---|
| 2021 | Appointment by the UEFA Executive Committee as judge in the UEFA (CFCB) Club Financial Control Body |
| since 2015 | Appointment as Honorary Consul of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Principality of Liechtenstein |
| since 2005 | Schwärzler Attorneys at Law, Concordanz Trust Enterprise |
| 2003 - 2005 | Attorney at Law, Sele Frommelt & Partner Attorneys at Law, Vaduz, Liechtenstein |
| 2000 - 2002 | Novice lawyer, Sele Frommelt & Partner Attorneys at Law and trust company Negele Sele Frommelt & Partner, Vaduz, Liechtenstein |
| 2000 | Court internship at the Princely District Court, Vaduz, Liechtenstein |
| Publications and Lectures | |
|---|---|
| 2021 | Article "Können Sie sich (k)eine Mediation leisten?", published in the Magazine Wirtschaft Regional, 29 January 2021 |
| 2021 | Article "Retrocessions – Prerequisites of a valid waiver – The latest case law of the Liechtenstein Supreme Court (Part 2)", published in Deutsches Steueranwaltsmagazin 117 th edition / 23 volume edition 1/2021, Schwärzler / Hermann |
| 2020 | Schwärzler / Hermann in Liechtensteinjournal (LJ), 43rd/44th edition 2/4/2020, “Retrocessions – Prerequisites of a valid waiver – The latest case law of the Liechtenstein Supreme Court“ |
| 2020 | Schwärzler / Hermann in Deutsches Steueranwaltsmagazin 116 th edition / 22 volume edition 6/2020, “Retrocessions – Prerequisites of a valid waiver – The latest case law of the Liechtenstein Supreme Court (Part 1)“ |
| 2020 | Article "International family mediation", published in the Wirtschaft regional on 30 October 2020 |
| 2020 | Speaker at the online WIN-Meeting with regard to: "Retrocessions: New case law of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court", 09 October 2020 |
| 2020 | Article "Mediation as an instrument of conflict resolution in labor law", published in the Magazine Wirtschaft Regional, 26 June 2021 |
| 2020 | Article "The introduction of the notary's office in Liechtenstein", Schwärzler / Blecha in Liechtensteinjournal (LJ), 43rd/44th edition 1/2/2020 |
| 2020 | Article "Liechtenstein foundations and trusts – two attractive entities for succession planning and asset protection", "stiftung-nextgen.at", 04/2020 |
| 2020 | Speaker at the Lunch and Learn event series of the University of Liechtenstein reg. Liechtenstein's Notary Act, 17 February 2020 |
| 2019 | Article "Money Laundering in the Principality of Liechtenstein through Foreign Tax Fraud - Legal Answers to Practical Questions", Liechtenstein Journal 04/2019 |
| 2019 | Speaker at the 14th Annual World Investor's Network Meeting (WIN) in Iceland with regard to claims of Retrocessions, Investors Claim against Swiss Banks and Volkswagen consumer case in Switzerland |
| 2019 | Speaker at the IBA Annual Conference 2019 in Seoul, South Korea, on the topic of Retrocessions within the workshop of the Negligence and Damages Committee |
| 2019 | Article "Loss of trust in the Board of Trustees - A Revision of the Liechtenstein Institute of Professional Trustees and Fiduciaries’ Rules of Conduct", Die Privatstiftung (PSR), edition 2/2019 |
| 2018 | Speaker at the 13th Annual World Investor´s Network Meeting in Meeting (WIN) in Bruges, Belgium with regard to claims of Retrocessions and their assertion against Swiss asset managers, Volkswagen - assertion of claims for damages in Switzerland and Liechtenstein for vehicle owners, mass proceedings in CH, retrocessions - current case law and Credit Suisse mass proceedings regarding prospectus liability in connection with the capital increase in 2016 |
| 2017 | Speaker at the 10th Liechtenstein Foundation Law Day at the University of Liechtenstein on the topic: Retrocessions and Directors' Liability in the Foundation Sector |
| 2017 | Speaker at the 12th World Investor's Lawyer Network Meeting (WIN) in Rennes, France with regard to claims of: Retrocessions and their assertion against Swiss asset managers from the point of view of the latest case law of the Federal Supreme Court, Volkswagen - assertion of claims for damages in Switzerland and Liechtenstein for vehicle owners, investor damages concerning the capital increase at Credit Suisse |
| 2017 | Article "Kickbacks and the resulting claims against Swiss asset managers – Liability of bodies of Liechtenstein entities for omission of assertion", Schwärzler / Bergt / Vollrath in Liechtensteinjournal (LJ), 33. edition 1/2017 |
| 2016 | Speaker at the 11th World Investor's Lawyer Network Meeting (WIN) in Dublin, Irland with regard to claims of: Damages for policyholders of SwissLife, ViennaLife, and other life insurance companies in Liechtenstein, recovery of retrocessions wrongfully withheld by Swiss banks, investor damages capital increase of Credit Suisse in autumn 2015, Indentec case and the representation of investors of this company in Liechtenstein |
| 2015 | Speaker at the 10th Annual World Investor's Network Meeting in Meeting in Montevideo, Uruguay, with regard to claims of policy holders of Liechtenstein Insurance Companies such as SwissLife, ViennaLife, claims of bank account holders against Swss Banks for not forwarding kickbacks received and claims of investors and clients with regard to the Volkswagen case |
| 2015 | Süß / Wachter (publisher) Handbuch des Internationalen GmbH-Rechts, Länderbericht Liechtenstein (Manual of GmbH law, country report of Liechtenstein), Zerb Verlag, Nomos, Helbing Lichtenhahn, Lexis Nexis ARD Orac, 2015, 3rd edition |
| 2015 | Schwärzler / Wagner, Zur GmbH in Liechtenstein (About the limited liability company in Liechtenstein), Liechtenstein Journal 3/2015 |
| 2014 | Panel discussion at the symposium Childhood law-innovations and implementation possibilities in Schaan on 16 October 2014 |
| 2013 | Annual of Liechtenstein Law / Liechtenstein Journal 2012/2013: Helmut Schwärzler/Jürgen Wagner – Verantwortlichkeit im Liechtensteinischen Gesellschaftsrecht (Liability under Liechtenstein company law) |
| 2012 | Schwärzler/Wagner, Verantwortlichkeit im Liechtensteinischen Gesellschaftsrecht (Liability under Liechtenstein company law), Boorberg, Linde, Schulthess, GMG, 2012, 2nd edition |
| 2012 | Lecture on the subject of Responsibility: Problems for trustees, lawyers, auditors? given within the framework of the series of events organised by the Liechtenstein Journal on 26 June 2012 |
| 2012 | Panel discussion at the 4th Congress of the Swiss Chamber for Commercial Mediation in Solothurn on 19 September 2012 on the subject of lawyers acting as party representatives in mediation: experiences and impressions |
| 2012 | Lecture on the subject of cross-border enforcement of claims under foundation law, particularly concerning the rights of beneficiaries given within the framework of the 5th Liechtenstein Annual Convention on Foundation Law on 24 October 2012 |
| 2011 | Schwärzler, Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit und Mediation als Alternativen zur öffentlichen Gerichtsbarkeit (arbitration and mediation as alternatives to public jurisdiction), Liechtenstein Journal 4/2011 |
| 2011 | Süß / Wachter (publisher) Handbuch des Internationalen GmbH-Rechts, Länderbericht Liechtenstein (handbook of international legislation on limited liability companies, Liechtenstein report), Zerb Verlag, Nomos, Helbing Lichtenhahn, Lexis Nexis ARD Orac, 2011, 2nd edition |
| 2011 | Lecture on the subject of the liability of lawyers under Liechtenstein law given at the 2011 IBA Annual Conference in Dubai on 1 November 2011 |
| 2011 | Lecture on the subject of arbitration and mediation as alternatives to public jurisdiction given within the framework of the series of events organised by the Liechtenstein Journal on 18 October 2012 |
| 2010 | Schwärzler / Schatzmann, Internationale Amtshilfe in Steuersachen (international administrative cooperation in tax affairs), Liechtenstein Journal 1/2010 |
| 2010 | Niedermüller/Schwärzler, Datendiebstahl in Liechtenstein: Neues zu den Ansprüchen gegen die LGT Treuhand AG (data theft in Liechtenstein: news on the claims against LGT Treuhand AG), Steueranwaltsmagazin 01/2010, Boorberg |
| 2010 | Lecture on the subject of lawyers and mediation given within the framework of the expert conference on 5 years of the Liechtenstein civil law mediation act on 14 October 2010 |
| 2009 | Schwärzler / Niedermüller, Datendiebstahl in Liechtenstein – Ansprüche gegen die LGT Treuhand AG? (data theft in Liechtenstein: claims against LGT Treuhand AG?) Steueranwaltsmagazin 01/2009 |
| 2009 | Schwärzler, Extensive Anwendung des Vertrauensgrundsatzes in Rechtshilfeverfahren (extensive application of the principle of legitimate expectations in mutual judicial assistance procedures), Liechtenstein Journal 01/2009 |
| 2007 | Schwärzler/Wagner, Verantwortlichkeit im Liechtensteinischen Gesellschaftsrecht (Liability under Liechtenstein company law), Boorberg, Linde, Schulthess, GMG, 2009 |
| 2006 | International Bar Association, Legal Practice Division, Newsletter Negligence and Damages, February 2006, Liability of Members of the Board of Liechtenstein Entities |
| 2005 | Süß / Wachter (publisher) Handbuch des Internationalen GmbH-Rechts, Länderbericht Liechtenstein (handbook of international legislation on limited liability companies, Liechtenstein report), Zerb Verlag Nomos, Helbing Lichtenhahn, Lexis Nexis ARD Orac |
| 2005 | Lecture: Centre of International Legal Studies, Global Business: Outsourcing, Cross-border Employment, Business Immigration, Foreign Investment and Offshore Financial Services (Moderator) |
| 2004 | Lecture: Centre of International Legal Studies, Negligence and Damages Conference, Salzburg; The liability of members of the board of Liechtenstein Entities |
Memberships
- Liechtenstein Bar Association
- Liechtenstein Notary's Chamber
- Liechtenstein Association of Professional Trustees
- International Bar Association, National Representative of the Negligence and Damages Committee
- AIJA International Association of Young Lawyers
- European Association of Lawyers DACH
- SEC Swiss Chamber of Commerce - Central Europe
- Vereinigung Liechtensteinischer Strafverteidiger (VLS)
- Liechtenstein Mediation Association
- World Investor Lawyer Network
Languages
German, English, French