Attorney-at-law | Mediator SBA/SCCM | clp lawyer
Specialist for Family, Inheritance and Commercial Law
Jennifer Dürst is litigation lawyer, mediator, clp lawyer, legal advisor, negotiation specialist and strategic dispute resolution expert. She works at the law firm STAIGER Attorneys-at-Law Ltd. and is the managing director of the ADR-/mediation center mediationDürst.
She has many years of professional experience in advising and litigating in the fields of family, matrimonial property, cohabitation, child, separation and divorce law. She focuses her practice in particular on complex national and international structures.
Furthermore, she is an expert in inheritance law as well as national and international estate and succession planning. Apart from drafting marriage and inheritance contracts, last wills, advance care directives and powers of attorney in case of incapacity, she represents and advises heirs, families and executors during the settlement and division process of estates. In addition, she represents and supports her clients during court and litigation proceedings.
Jennifer Dürst is a certified mediator and has a vast experience as mediator in the fields of family, inheritance and commercial law. Her core competence is to support private individuals and companies in finding individual solutions for transformation processes, conflicts and problem areas in the fields of private and commercial law.
She worked for the District Court of Bulach and has foreign experience in Canada, Australia and Lausanne. Moreover, she is a lecturer in mediation at the Swiss Bar Association (SBA) and in real estate law at the Swiss Training Centre for Investment Professionals (AZEK).
Languages
German, English, French
Memberships | Function
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Swiss Bar Association (SBA) | Zurich Bar Association (ZBA)
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Member of the SBA Expert Committee on Mediation and Lecturer
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Swiss Chamber of Commercial Mediation (SCCM; www.skwm.ch)
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Co-Head Practice Group “Company Succession” of the SCCM
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collaborative law and practice Switzerland
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Expert Group Family Law, Mediation and Inhertiance Law (Zurich Bar Association)
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Association successio (inheritance law; www.verein-successio.ch)
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Swiss Association of Arbitration in Inheritance Matters (SVSiE; www.schiedsgericht-erbsachen.ch)
Jennifer Dürst
Team of additional Experts
On request and if required, we work together with renowned experts from the legal, mediation, psychology, real estate, insurance, banking and business sector. We would like to make sure that your solutions are in line with legal and other requirements.
Team
Publications | Lectures
Work Experience | Education
2013 - 2015
2012
2011 - 2012
2011
2007
2005 - 2011
2005 - 2011
2003 - 2004
managing director mediationDürst – Legal Solutions
advanced training mediation in family-owned companies and company succession
certification by Swiss Chamber of Commercial Mediation (SCCM)
advanced training mediation with highly conflicted parties
since 2021
2021
2018
2017
2019
2021
certification Mediator SBA by the Swiss Bar Association (SBA)
mediation education in Germany
lecturer at the Swiss Training Centre for Investment Professionals (AZEK), Zurich
attorney-at-law and mediator at STAIGER Attorneys-at-Law, Zurich
legal employee at STAIGER Attorneys-at-Law, Zurich
admission to the Bar, canton of Zurich
education stay at Perth, Australia
legal employee at the District Court of Bulach
besides legal studies legal assistant | private tutor
legal studies at the University of Zurich
education stay at the University of Lausanne
since 2016
since 2015
2015
Master of Law, University of Zurich
since 2021
since 2021
lecturer and member of the SBA Expert Committee on Mediation SBA
Co-Head Practice Group “Company Succession” of the SCCM
education stay at Quebec, Canada