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Prof. Dr. Juana Vasella

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Prof. Dr. iur. Juana Vasella's main areas of expertise are health and therapeutic products law and contract law. She advises pharmaceutical and medical device companies, doctors, pharmacists and therapists, hospitals, care facilities, and professional associations.

Juana is the Head of the Institute of Enterprise Law at the ZHAW School of Management and Law and a Professor of Business and Enterprise Law. For many years, she has taught at universities in Switzerland and Germany, is the author of numerous publications, speaks at conferences, and is the publisher and editor of «swissblawg».

Education

2016 Doctorate (PhD) at the University of Zurich
2014 Admitted to the Bar in Zurich
2002 TU Dresden, Universidad de Léon and University of Augsburg (mag. iur.)

Languages

German, English, Spanish

Work Experience

since 2024 Head of the Institute of Enterprise Law and Professor of Business and Enterprise Law at the ZHAW
since 2016 Legal Counsel at MME
since 2015 Co-Director at the Center for Logistics and Transport Law (KOLT) at the University of Lucerne
2020 - 2025 Full Professor of Business Law at the EAH Jena
2014 - 2020 Scientific Assistant respectively Postdoc and Lecturer at the University of Lucerne
2010 - 2011 Junior Associate in a large business law firm in Zurich
2007 - 2009 Legal Internship at the Hanseatic Regional Appeal Court Hamburg
2007 - 2009 Independent Employee of the Ministry of Science and Research of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
2002 - 2009 Scientific Employee and Lecturer at the Bucerius Law School, the University of Zurich and the TU Dresden

Awards

Lexology Index says:

Juana Vasella enjoys an excellent reputation among peers who "strongly believe she should be recognised as one of the leaders in healthcare law in Switzerland".

Memberships

  • Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
  • Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
  • Compliance Roundtable Switzerland (CRTS)
  • Swiss Criminological Society (SKG)
  • German Women Lawyers Association (DJB)
  • Ladies in Logistics Switzerland (LiLS)
  • German Association for Transport Law (DGTR)