PEOPLE. ATTORNEYS.
ASSISTANTS. TEAM SPIRIT.

CHRISTIAN SUTER

lic. iur., Attorney
Partner/Founder

  • since October 2022
    Attorney (Partner/Founder) Suter.Legal. AG, Küsnacht 

    2020 – 2022
    Attorney (Partner) at ZL ZurichLawyers, Zurich

    since 2018
    Examination expert and federally certified real estate trustee

    2017 – 2020
    Managing Director (part-time), Idesta Real Estate AG, Zurich

    2014 – 2020
    Attorney with Tschudi Thaler Rechtsanwälte, Zurich

    2014
    Attorney with Tschudi Rechtsanwälte, Zurich

    2011 – 2013
    Attorney with Studer Anwälte und Notare AG, Laufenburg AG 

    2010 – 2011
    Substitute at Studer Anwälte und Notare AG, Laufenburg AG

    2009 – 2010
    Auditor at a district court in the canton of Zurich

  • 2011
    Admission to the bar of the Canton of Aargau

    2009
    University of Zurich, law degree (lic. iur.)

  • German, English

  • May 29, 1981

  • Commentary on the Federal Act on Rural Land Law of October 4, 1991,
    completely revised 2nd edition, Brugg 2011 (legal collaboration)

    Vom landwirtschaftlichen Wohnbau zur Villa (From agricultural housing to the villa),
    in: Architektur+Technik 5/2017, 32 f. 

    Bauen im Berggebiet - Die privatrechtlichen Grundlagen (Building in mountain areas - The private law principles),
    in: Architektur+Technik 11/2017, 30 f.

Motivation comes from working on things we care about. It also comes from working with people we care about.
— Sheryl Sandberg

 

FABIO BARBERIO

MLaw
Attorney

  • since June 2023
    Attorney with Suter.Legal. AG, Küsnacht

    October 2022 – May 2023
    Legal assistant at Suter.Legal. AG, Küsnacht 

    2021 – 2022
    Legal assistant to attorney Christian Suter, ZL ZurichLawyers, Zurich

    2020
    Employee Administration Department, City of Kloten

    2019
    Legal Department Lidl Schweiz AG 

    2019 – 2020
    Substitute at Reetz Sohm Rechtsanwälte, Küsnacht 

    2017 – 2019
    Assistant at various attorney's offices in the Zurich area

  • 2023
    Admission to the bar of the Canton of Zurich

    2019
    Master of Law, University of Zurich

    2017
    Bachelor of Law, University of Zurich

    2013
    High school diploma, cantonal school, Zurich Unterland

  • German, English, Italian (basic knowledge)

  • August 10, 1994

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.
— Albert Einstein

NINA RISCH

MLaw
Attorney

  • since March 2023
    Attorney at Suter.Legal. AG, Küsnacht

    2022 – 2023
    Legal assistant at Schellenberg Wittmer AG, Zurich

    2019 – 2021
    Legal assistant at ZL ZurichLawyers, Zurich

    2018 – 2019
    Substitute legal advisor at BVK Personalvorsorge, Zurich

    2018
    Legal assistant (part-time) at Risch Baurecht GmbH, Zurich

  • 2022
    Admission to the bar of the Canton of Zurich

    2018
    Master of Law, University of Zurich

    2017
    Bachelor of Law, University of Zurich

    2008
    High school diploma, Cantonal School Küsnacht

  • German, English

  • May 25, 1987

Legal certainty is the foundation of our freedom.
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

ALEN GORGIEVSKI

MLaw, LL.M.
Attorney

  • since November 2023
    Attorney with Suter.Legal. AG, Küsnacht

    2020 – 2021
    Auditor at the District Court of Meilen

    2019 – 2020
    Substitute at MLL Meyerlustenberger Lachenal Froriep AG, Zurich

  • 2023
    Admission to the bar of the Canton of Zurich

    2019
    Master of Law (LL.M.), Maastricht University

    2018
    Master of Law, University of Zurich

    2016
    SEMP study visit, Montpellier University

    2015
    Bachelor of Law, University of Bern

    2011
    High school diploma, High School Kirchenfeld

  • German, English

  • May 8, 1992

If you can’t explain something simply, you haven’t understood it well enough.
— Albert Einstein

NIKLAUS KUNZ

lic. iur.
Attorney

The secret of success is to understand the other person’s point of view. If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from that person’s angle as well as from your own.
— Henry Ford
  • since November 2024
    Attorney with Suter.Legal. AG, Küsnacht

    since January 2024
    Military justice officer (Lt. Col.) on the staff of the Chief Auditor of the army (militia role)

    2023 – 2024
    Attorney at Wenger Vieli AG, Zurich

    2018 – 2022
    Attorney with Bihrer Attorneys at Law Ltd, Zurich

    since November 2018
    Member of Euconnex (European Construction Law Networking Experts)

    since April 2018
    Member of the Commission for Property Taxes of the municipality of Kilchberg

    2017 – 2018
    Legal Counsel at Nord Stream AG, Zug

    since March 2015
    Audit expert at the Association of Swiss Security Service Companies (VSSU)

    2013 – 2017
    Attorney with Hotz & Goldmann Advokatur/Notariat, Baar

    2008 – 2012
    Auditor and from 10.2008 clerk at the District Court of Pfäffikon, Zurich

  • 2012
    Admission to the bar of the Canton of Zurich

    2011
    Certificate in Advanced Studies (CAS) in Forensics, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts/FHZ

    2007
    lic. iur., University of Zurich

    2002
    High school diploma type A,
    Freies Gymnasium Zurich

  • German, English

  • August 7, 1982

JÜRG MEIER

lic. iur., Attorney
Counselor

  • Since November 1, 2022
    Legal Counsel at Suter.Legal. AG, Küsnacht

    2008 – 2022
    President of the District Court of Meilen

    since 2014
    President of the Examination Commission for the Public Prosecutor's Offices of the Canton of Zurich

    2002 – 2020
    Part-time substitute judge of the High Court of the Canton of Zurich

    2001 – 2008
    Vice President of the District Court of Meilen; President of the First Division of the District Court of Meilen

    1996 – 2008
    President of the Meilen Court for Tenancy Matters and the Juvenile Court

    1996 – 2001
    Full-time district judge/reporter in the Second Division of the Meilen District Court and single judge in civil status and family law proceedings

    1992 – 1996
    Full-time substitute judge (single judge in all types of proceedings) at the District Court of Meilen

    1989 – 1991
    Chief Clerk of the District Court of Meilen

    1986 – 1989
    Clerk of the District Court of Meilen

    1986
    Auditor of the District Court of Meilen

  • 1989
    Admission to the bar of the Canton of Zurich

    1985
    University of Zurich, degree in
    Law (lic. iur.)

  • German, English, Italian (basic knowledge)

  • December 24, 1957

  • Fachhandbuch Zivilprozessrecht, 1st edition, Zurich 2020, author of:

    "ordinary proceedings before the Zurich district courts"

    "simplified proceedings"

You can only remain successful if you are constantly developing.

JANNIS MÜLLER


Assistant (part-time)

  • since June 2024
    Assistant (part-time) at Suter.Legal. AG, Küsnacht

    2022 – 2024
    Technical Service Specialist, GFA-Bachwiesen, Zurich

    2017 – 2021
    Operational maintenance specialist, GFA-Bachwiesen, Zurich

    2014 – 2017
    Specialist in operational maintenance with Federal VET Diploma i.A.
    GFA-Entlisberg, Zurich

  • since September 2024
    BSc in Applied Law, ZHAW School of Management and Law

    2024
    Vocational baccalaureate BM2 Business (services type)

    2022
    Maintenance specialist

    2018
    Vocational trainer

    2017
    Operational maintenance specialist with Federal VET Diploma

  • German, English

  • August 12, 1996

Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
— Theodore Roosevelt

LAURA WOLFENSBERGER


Assistant (part-time)

  • since July 2024
    Assistant (part-time) at Suter.Legal. AG, Küsnacht

    since July 2024
    Human Resources Administrator, School Administration Wald

    2020 – 2024
    Personnel Administrator, Wald School Administration

    2019 – 2020
    Clerk, City of Uster

  • since 2024
    Law studies, Master of Law, University of Lucerne 

    2020 - 2024
    Bachelor of Science in Business Law, ZHAW School of Management and Law 

    2022
    SEMP study visit, Berlin School of Economics and Law 

    2019
    Vocational baccalaureate and apprenticeship, City of Uster

  • German, English

  • July 2, 2000

Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.
— Ruth Bader Ginsburg