Practice

Trilingual, trained in Swiss law as well as select areas of EU, English and American law, Mathis Kern is an international business lawyer with a keen interest in technology.

Publications and Conference Papers

"Présentation et évaluation critique de l'offre existante en matière de données juridiques électroniques de la Confédération et des cantons" (with Franz Kummer), in : Droit et données juridiques – entre ambition et réalité, Journées d'informatique juridique 2003, Staempfli Editions SA

"La conclusion de contrats par Internet – deux problèmes oubliés", in : Revue de l'avocat 8/2003, p. 267 et seq.

Qualifications & Memberships

  • Member of the Geneva and Zurich Bars
  • Bilingual degree in Swiss and EC law, magna cum laude, Fribourg University
  • ERASMUS certificate in English contract law, international law, EC law and EC competition law, University of Bristol
  • Member of the Swiss Arbitration Association

Professional experience

  • Partner, Byrne-Sutton Bollen Kern
  • Lecturer for Legal research on the Internet, Weblaw GmbH, Bern
  • Associate, Byrne-Sutton Bonnard Lawson Meakin, 2003-2006
  • Legal Clerk, Pestalozzi Lachenal Patry, Zurich,
    2000-2002
  • Assistant to Prof. Peter Gauch, Institute for Swiss and International Construction Law, Fribourg University, 1997-1999

Languages

French, German, English (Trilingual)

Spanish (spoken) , Italian (spoken)