Jean-Daniel Schmid

Dr. iur., Attorney-at-Law
Partner

Contact

+41 43 268 8777 | jean-daniel.schmid@epartners.ch

Professional career

Jean-Daniel Schmid joined our firm in 2015. After completion of his studies and his admission to the bar, Jean-Daniel Schmid earned a doctorate in law at the University of St. Gallen with his thesis on debt enforcement law. Additionally, Jean-Daniel Schmid worked as an attorney in a renowned international commercial law firm and as a law clerk at a district court. Jean-Daniel Schmid regularly publishes, in particular in the field of debt enforcement and bankruptcy law and civil procedure. Furthermore, he is a lecturer at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) concering debt enforcement and bankruptcy law.

Areas of expertise

Jean-Daniel Schmid is specialized in protecting the interests of clients in court proceedings. Additionally, he regularly advises clients in connection with contractual and corporate law-related matters. His preferred areas of practice are contract law, corporate law, litigation as well as debt enforcement and bankruptcy law.

Languages

German and English

Memberships and other mandates

• Swiss bar association and Zurich bar Association
• Association for Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law
• University of St. Gallen Alumni
• International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA)

Publications

epartners Focus

• e:1.19 Significance of the inspection of the debt enforcement register with respect to the debtor's credit worthiness? Published in: epartners Fokus
• e:1.16 Litigation is expensive Published in: epartners Fokus
• e:7.15 Additional transparency in corporate law – new pitfalls for companies and shareholders Published in: epartners Fokus
• e:2.15 Increased protection form undue enforcement Published in: epartners Fokus
• e:1.15 Euro crisis - legal aspects Published in: epartners Fokus

Scientific publications

• Commentary relating to art. 56-63 of the Swiss Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law Published in: Daniel Staehelin/Thomas Bauer/Franco Lorandi (Hrsg.), Bundesgesetz über Schuldbetreibung und Konkurs, Basler Kommentar, 3. Aufl., Basel 2021
• The witness certificate in the procedure relating to the provisional lifting of the objection against the writ of payment Published in: ZZZ 2020 (Heft 51)
• The answer to a complaint with thematically limited content (art. 222 para. 3 CPC) Published in: ZZZ 2017/2018 (Heft 42)
• Commentary relating to art. 30a-37 and art. 144-150 of the Swiss Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law Published in: Jolanta Kren Kostkiewicz/Dominik Vock (Hrsg.), Kommentar zum Bundesgesetz über Schuldbetreibung und Konkurs SchKG, 4. Aufl. basierend auf der 1911 erschienenen 3. Aufl. von Carl Jaeger, Zürich/Basel/Genf 2017
• The contestation of new statements in the written rejoinder Published in: ZZZ 2016 (Heft 40)
• The statutory reason concerning the provision of collateral for lawyer's fees in civil proceedings Published in: AJP 5/2016
• The precautionary deletion of debt collection notices from the register of debt collection Published in: ZZZ 2014/2015
• The deletion of the debt collection notice in the register of debt collection after withdrawal (article 8a para. 3 subparagraph c DEBA) Published in: AJP 4/2015
• Until when will the value added tax continue to be preferred in insolvency proceedings? Published in: Jusletter 23. Juni 2014
• Avoidance of the repayment and the collateralization of loans Published in: Schweizer Schriften zum Handels- und Wirtschaftsrecht (Bd. 320) / Dissertation Universität St. Gallen, 2014
• The transitory provisions of the new accounting law Published in: Jusletter 21. Oktober 2013
• The exclusion of the right to inspection of the register of debt collection according to article 8b of the preliminary draft of the Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy Act Published in: Jusletter 7. Oktober 2013
• Bitcoin - an introduction with respect to technical and legal topics Published in: Jusletter 2012
• Unwanted SMS with political content - thoughts on admissibility from the perspective of fair trading, penal and data protection laws Published in: Aktuelle Juristische Praxis 1/2012
• Jurisdiction clauses in agreements that are concluded via a website Published in: Jusletter 2011
• Thoughts on the economic analysis of law in relation to the avoidance in case of over-indebtedness in the context of bankruptcy Published in: KTS Zeitschrift für Insolvenzrecht 3/2010