Dr. iur. Thomas Kern

Partner | Attorney-at-Law, Notary Public & Mediator SAV, born 1986
registered in the official register of lawyers and register of notaries public

Languages: German, English, French


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Education

  • Licentiate in law at the University of Zurich (2011)
  • Attorney and notary patent (2015)
  • Mediator SAV (2017)
  • Collaborative Lawyer clp Schweiz (2022)
  • PhD in law at the University of Bern (2023)

Professional Experience

  • Member of the tax and legal department of the German-Swiss Chamber of Commerce (2008/2009)
  • Court Clerk at the Administration Recourse Commission of the Canton of St.Gallen (2011/2012)
  • Junior Associate with a law firm in St.Gallen specialising in commercial law (2012/2013)
  • Court Clerk at the District Court of Rorschach (2013/2014)
  • Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public with a law firm in St.Gallen specialising in commercial law (2015)
  • Court Clerk at the Cantonal Court of Appenzell Ausserrhoden (2016/2017)
  • Partner at the law firm rtwp rechtsanwälte & notare (since 2017)

Additional Functions


Practice areas

  • Civil law
  • Corporate and company law
  • Contract law and notaryship
  • Family law (especially divorce law)
  • Inheritance law and estate planning
  • Debt enforcement and insolvency law
  • Mediation

Memberships

  • Swiss Bar Association
  • St.Gallen Bar Association
  • Institute for Civil Litigation at the University of Zurich
  • Collaborative Law & Practice clp Switzerland (clp Schweiz)
  • Lawyers’ Association St.Gallen
  • German-Swiss Chamber of Commerce
  • Junior Chamber International St.Gallen
  • Law Alumni University of Zurich
  • Alumni University of Bern
  • alumni&friends Gymnasium Friedberg Gossau

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