Patrick Nick

Associate, Private Clients, Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution, Commercial

Profile
Experience

Patrick Nick is a member of the Private Clients team. He advises domestic and international clients on inheritance and estate law, philanthropy, foundations and associations, and on contract, corporate and notary law. His work also includes dispute resolution.

Experience

Patrick Nick has acted as legal counsel, among others, to:

Ultra-high and high net worth individuals regarding their international estate planning and the transfer of their estates (including transfers of large real estate assets and complex corporate structures) to the next generation as well as various aspects of family law, e.g. marriage and matrimonial property law, inheritance law and notarial law
Private clients, family offices, family businesses and private companies in all aspects of corporate, commercial and art law matters
Charitable foundations with a particular focus on art regarding corporate governance, best practice and various art projects and exhibitions funded by the foundations in Switzerland and abroad
Companies in internal investigations

Disregard of formal regulations according art. 16 Commercial Register Regulation and art. 130 of the Swiss Civil Procedure Code / Defects in the organization of the company, discussion of the Supreme Court of the Canton of Zurich LF210095-O/U of January 20th, 2022
by Patrick Nick, LL.M.
in: ius.focus, 09/2022, no. 227
Defects in the organization of the company, discussion of the Federal Court decision 4A_147/2022 of May 2, 2022
by Patrick Nick, LL.M.
in: ius.focus, 07/2022, no. 172
Securitization of registered shares, discussion of the Federal Court decision 4A_39/2021 of August 9, 2021
by Patrick Nick, LL.M.
in: ius.focus, 10/2021, no. 252

Year	Position
2021	Position LL.M. with honors, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Chicago, USA
2021	Position C.B.A., IE Business School, Madrid, Spain
2018	Position MIT, Sloan School of Management, Boston – Certificate in Blockchain Technologies and Business Innovation
2018	Position Admitted to the Bar, Rechtsanwalt und Notar
2016	Position University of Zurich, Master of Law (magna cum laude)

ZAV Zurich Bar Association
SAV Swiss Bar Association
IBA International Bar Association
Northwestern University Club of Switzerland
Northwestern Alumni Association
IE Business School DACH Alumni Association

Year	Position
2018	Position Associate, Niederer Kraft Frey
2016	Position Law Clerk with the Criminal Court of Zug
2016	Position Junior Associate, Niederer Kraft Frey
2014	Position Foreign Associate with OLF Legal/isportlaw, Rome/IT
2014	Position Junior Associate with a leading law firm in Zug

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