Livio Fenner

Preferred areas of work

Livio Fenner advises clients on matters of commercial, contract, and litigation law. His practice focuses on representing clients' interests in civil litigation, debt enforcement and bankruptcy law, as well as white-collar criminal law. Another core area of his work involves the incorporation of companies and the associated management of corporate housekeeping. Livio Fenner has extensive experience in issues related to corporate and contract law, tenancy and employment law, as well as national and international arbitration.

Education

Livio Fenner completed his Master’s degree at the University of Zurich in 2020. He speaks German, English and French and has basic knowledge of Arabic.

Professional experience

From 2019 to 2022, he was a research assistant to Prof. Dr iur. Johannes Liebrecht, Professor of Legal History at the University of Zurich. During this time, he had a lot of responsibility in teaching and research, led and supervised digital teaching projects, contributed to numerous scientific publications and was involved in designing new undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Since 2017, Livio Fenner has been advising start-ups on planning, developing and implementing digital and legal aspects. From 2014 to 2019, he worked as a research assistant to Prof. Dr iur. Marcel Senn, Professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Zurich, Chair for History of Law, Contemporary History of Law and Philosophy of Law. In this position, he played a major role in teaching and research and supported various projects in the fields of legal history and philosophy of law. Historical Foundations of European, North American, Indian and Chinese Legal and Corporate Philosophy’ and ‘The Changing Self-Image of Legal Philosophy and Legal History. Twenty Articles on the Emergence and Dissemination of the Scientific Understanding of Law’. He was also involved in delivering a seminar titled ‘Law and Jurisprudence During the Reformation and Renaissance’.

Courses and  lectures

European Financial Market Law, CAS Financial Markets Compliance International, HWZ University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration Zurich, 4 April 2024, together with Dr Guido E. Urbach

Publications