Education and Training
1995	Doctorate (Dr. iur.), University of Zurich
1995	Certificate in International Arbitration, Oxford
1993	Postgraduate programme in European Law and Economics, University of St. Gallen
1992	Admission to the Bar, Zurich
1980–1985	Legal studies at the University of Zurich

                                                                   

Career
2018–	Research fellow at the Liechtenstein Institute
2012–2018	Assistant Secretary-General of EFTA, based in its Brussels Secretariat
2003–2012	Deputy Head of Mission, Mission of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the EU and the Embassy to the Kingdom of Belgium in Brussels (rank of minister counsellor)
2000–2003	Advisor to the Government of Liechtenstein, coordinating issues in the financial sector
1993–2000	Lawyer in a Liechtenstein law firm
1989–1992	Legal advisor with a Liechtenstein bank
1986–1988	(Legal) Clerk with courts in Zurich

 

Further engagements
1999–2003	President of the Liechtenstein Refugee Board
1997–2012	Co-editor of Jus&News, a Liechtenstein legal journal
1996–2003	Member (President as of 1998) of the Academic Council of the Liechtenstein Institute
1996–2002	Lecturer on Liechtenstein Law at the University of Applied Sciences (Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft HTW) in Chur, Switzerland

 

 

Other
Languages	German/French/English (fluent) Spanish, Italian, Dutch (fair) Norwegian (passive understanding)
Professional Memberships (sample)	European Society of International Law International Law Society Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners Liechtenstein Institute Liechtensteinische Akademische Gesellschaft Swiss Association for European Law Swiss Association for International Law