Peter V. Kunz

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Peter Viktor Kunz (born February 1, 1965 in Dulliken ; resident in Rothrist ) is a Swiss business lawyer and former politician .

Life

Peter V. Kunz studied law at the University of Bern from 1984 to 1991 . Parallel to his studies, he worked as a journalist for the Vaterland and the Solothurner Nachrichten . In 1991 he obtained the advocacy license of the Canton of Bern . In 1993 he received his doctorate with the dissertation “Legal nature and order of defense of legal action under stock corporation law” . In 1995/96 he completed his studies at Georgetown University Law Center (GULC) in Washington, DC , which he obtained with an LL.M. completed. In 2001 he received his habilitation at the University of Bern with a paper on the subject of “Protection of minorities in Swiss company law” and was awarded the venia docendi for private law and commercial law. Since 2005 he has been a full professor of business law and comparative law at the University of Bern. He has been dean of the Faculty of Law since 2015 .

Kunz was from 1989 to 1997 justice of the peace and as a member of the FDP in the municipal council of Dulliken and from 1993 to 1997 Solothurn Cantonal Council . He has since resigned from the FDP.

Kunz writes a column for the newspaper az Nordwestschweiz .

Fonts (selection)

  • Legal nature and order of defense of the stock corporation law liability suit. Presentation of the legal situation under the previous and revised company law (= Bern contributions to tax and business law. Issue 7). Stämpfli , Bern 1993, ISBN 3-7272-2007-4 (= dissertation, University of Bern, 1993).
  • The lawsuits in Swiss company law (= publications on the new company law. 12). Schulthess , Zurich 1997, ISBN 3-7255-3640-6 .
  • The protection of minorities in Swiss company law. A corporate law study on the current legal status combined with retrospective and foresight as well as comparative legal information. Stämpfli, Bern 2001, ISBN 3-7272-9408-6 (= habilitation thesis, University of Bern, 2001).
  • Sightseeing flight over Swiss company law. Stämpfli, Bern 2011, ISBN 978-3-7272-1752-4 .
  • Financial market regulation. Helbing Lichtenhahn , Basel 2016, ISBN 978-3-7190-3880-9 .
  • Basics of group law in Switzerland. Stämpfli, Bern 2016, ISBN 978-3-7272-8493-9 .

Awards and grants

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Beat Wyttenbach: Valuable contributions made to the region. In: Mittelland-Zeitung . September 11, 2010, p. 21, accessed September 17, 2017.
  2. ↑ Rudolf Burger: “Hildebrand had no alternative to resigning” , Der Bund , updated on January 14, 2012, accessed on March 26, 2012.
  3. ^ A b Peter V. Kunz: Fifa in the parallel universe. In: az Nordwestschweiz / Aargauer Zeitung from June 18, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Kunz, Peter V.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kunz, Peter Viktor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss business lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Dulliken