Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Susan Emmenegger, LL.M. Full professor for Private and Banking Law Department of Private Law Phone +41 31 684 89 71 (Sekretariat) E-Mail susan.emmenegger@unibe.ch Office D 210 Postal Address Institute of Banking Law Schanzeneckstrasse 1 (UniS) Office D 210 Postfach 3001 Bern Consultation Hour By appointment, arranged through secretariat.
CV Prof. Dr. Susan Emmenegger Overview as PDF file: Curriculum vitae Academic Functions: Full professor for private law and banking law Director of the Institute of Banking Law Co-Director of the Institute of Private Law Adjunct Professor, Cornell Law School Other Functions: Member of the academic council of the Max-Planck-Institute of foreign and international law, Hamburg, Germany Member of the Swiss Government's Advisory Board on Financial Policy and Regulation Member of the academic council of the German Banking Law Conference Co-Editor of the Swiss Review of Business Law (SZW) Co-Editor of the Journal of Legal Practice and Education (recht) Editor of the book series "Swiss Banking Law Conference" Editor for financial markets law of the Review Jusletter. Previous Functions: Vice-President of the Swiss Takeover Board (until 2017) Member of the Brunetti Commission (Swiss government's advisory board on financial policy and regulation; until 2015) Curriculum Vitae 1971–1986 Schools in Fribourg (AFS exchange student, USA) 1986–1987 Volunteer with the Colombian Red Cross, Cali, Colombia 1988–1992 Law studies at the University of Fribourg and at the University of Bologna Law Schools, J.D. 1992–1993 LL.M. degree, Cornell University Law School (Rotary ambassadorial scholar; associate editor of the Cornell International Law Journal) 1993 Bar exam of the State of New York 1993–1994 Associate, Thomas Ré & Partners, New York 1995–1996 Research Assistant, Max-Planck-Institut for foreign and private international law, Hamburg (advising German courts on US law and international private law) 1996–1997 Law Clerk, district court of Zurich 1999 PhD degree, University of Fribourg (Thesis: feminist critique of contract law, summa cum laude. Awarded with the Walther Hug award [Switzerland], the Gottlob award [Fribourg Law Faculty], and award for gender studies [University of Fribourg]) 1999 Bar exam of the canton of Zurich 1999-2000 Swiss Banking Commission (today: Swiss Financial Markets Supervisory Authoriy, FINMA) (Licensing of new banks, supervising bank mergers, regulatory enforcement) 2001–2002 Scholarship, Swiss National Foundation (Habilitation): Hamburg, Berkeley, Paris 2002–2004 Associate Professor, University of Fribourg, Chair for Private Law 2004 Habilitation at the University of Fribourg, venia legendi for private law, commercial law and legal theory (Thesis: The Internal Governance of Banks. Foundations for the Coordination between Corporate Law and Supervisory Law) 2004–2005 Full professor, University of Fribourg, Chair for Private Law Since 2005 Full professor for Private Law and Banking Law, University of Bern, Director of the Institute of Banking Law, Co-Director of the Institute of Private Law 2009–2010 Visiting Scholar, European University Institute (Florence) (sabbatical; research: legal methodology, book published in 2012: Commentary of Art. 1 of the Swiss Civil Code, on the application, interpretation, gap filling in Swiss law, 302 p., together with Axel Tschentscher) Since 2014 Adjunct Professor, Cornell Law School 2015-2016 Hauser Global Fellow, Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement, New York University Law School
Publications Publications by Prof. Dr. iur. Susan Emmenegger, LL.M. Overview as a PDF file (PDF, 155KB)
