Vera Schmidt
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Vera Schmidt is a Partner at Umbricht Attorneys in Zurich, Switzerland. She advises and represents clients in civil proceedings and arbitration. Her main practice areas include commercial law, private international law as well as debt collection and bankruptcy law. She speaks English and German.
Vera Schmidt obtained her law degree from the University of Zurich in 1995 and served as court clerk and as chairman of the Joint Rental Dispute Mediation Authority at the District Court in Meilen, Switzerland from 1995 to 1998. Since having been admitted to the Zurich Bar in 1999, she has been with Umbricht Attorneys (as a Partner since 2009), interrupted by an academic year to obtain an LL.M. degree in the U.S. (New York University School of Law, 2002).
Umbricht Attorneys is a business-oriented law firm founded in 1970 with offices in Zurich and Bern, which provides to its domestic and international clients comprehensive legal advice and representation in all areas of private and public law, with a strong focus on national and international commercial law as well as litigation/arbitration. Umbricht Attorneys represents clients before all Swiss courts and authorities as well as in (international) arbitration proceedings. Well-established relationships with law firms abroad enable the firm to effectively handle international matters on a cross-border basis.