Associate
Yannick Rüfenacht
St.Moritz, Switzerland
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Associate
Yannick Rüfenacht
St.Moritz, Switzerland
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Yannick Rüfenacht advises private clients and their families, entrepreneurs and family offices on legal and tax matters, in particular on estate and succession planning, tax law, and construction and real estate law.
He also specializes in art and cultural property law, advising auction houses, foundations, galleries, dealers, art advisors and private collections. He regularly represents clients in domestic and cross-border disputes before state courts and authorities.
He also specializes in art and cultural property law, advising auction houses, foundations, galleries, dealers, art advisors and private collections. He regularly represents clients in domestic and cross-border disputes before state courts and authorities.
Career
- Associate at Bär & Karrer (since 2026)
- Associate at a leading commercial law firm in Zurich (2025 – 2026)
- Admission to the bar of the Canton of Zurich (2024)
- Legal Counsel at the Swiss Federal Office of Culture (FOC), Specialised Unit for the International Transfer of Cultural Property and Looted Art (2023)
- Junior associate and legal employee at at a leading commercial law firm in Zurich (2021 – 2024)
- University of Lucerne: Master of Law (MLaw) (2021)
- Legal Associate at a major Swiss bank (2020)
- Legal Intern at a commercial law firm in London (2019)
- Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW): Bachelor of Science in Business Law (2018)
- Commercial apprenticeship at a software company (2012 – 2015)
- English
- German