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Hertner, Jonas A.
Direct Tel: +41 44 253 80 13
Zurich
Tel: +41 44 253 80 00 Fax: +41 44 253 80 01

Jonas Hertner is a senior associate in the Zurich office, which he joined as its first associate in 2016. Jonas has extensive experience handling complex commercial disputes, with a focus on the financial services, commodities, technology, biotech and life sciences, data privacy, arts, and non-profit/ecology sectors. He frequently represents companies, foundations, families and individuals in multi-jurisdictional disputes as well as in criminal and regulatory investigations. Additionally, Jonas has been involved in several key corporate criminal liability investigations and proceedings in Switzerland both on the victims/private plaintiffs’ side as well as on the defendants’ side.

Prior to joining Quinn Emanuel, Jonas worked in the office of the legal advisor to Switzerland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and as a law clerk at the Appellate Court of the Canton of Basel-Stadt. Previously, he also worked as a journalist, a translator, a high school teacher, and for non-profit foundations in the ecology and sports areas.

He graduated from the Universities of Lucerne and Geneva with distinction before being admitted to the Swiss Bar.

University of Lucerne
(Master of Law, summa cum laude, 2012)

University of Geneva
(Certificate of Transnational Law, 2011)

University of Lucerne
(Bachelor of Law, 2011)

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