Analyzing risks and side effects: your experienced health law specialist.
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».
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.) |
German, English, Spanish
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 |
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".