Michael Bucher

Michael
Bucher

lic. iur. Attorney at Law
Certified Specialist SBA Family Law
Mediator SBA
Collaborative Lawyer clp Switzerland (clp lawyer)

German

  • Career
    Since 2024 Partner at FamPlus AG
    2023 Certified Specialist SBA Family Law and Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Family Law at the Universities of Fribourg and Zurich
    Since 2021 Member of the Board, Swiss Association for Collaborative Law & Practice (clp Switzerland), Finance Committee
    Since 2020 Co-author of the Beobachter guides Faire Scheidung (Fair Divorce) and Trennung (Separation)
    2019 Collaborative Lawyer clp Switzerland (clp lawyer)
    2018 Mediator SBA
    2016 to 2024 Attorney at two Zurich law firms, both specialising in family and inheritance law, with a focus on complex maintenance and matrimonial property disputes, asset and estate planning as well as the distribution of estates and execution of wills
    2014 to 2017 Part-time substitute judge at the Hinwil District Court, especially in separation and divorce proceedings
    2014 to 2016 Member of the court management as deputy chief clerk at the Hinwil District Court
    2014 Admission to the bar of the Canton of Zurich
    2010 to 2016 Auditor, court clerk and chair of the conciliation authority for matters of tenancy and lease law at the Hinwil District Court
    2009 Licentiate in Law (lic. iur., magna cum laude), University of Zurich
  • Network
  • Publications / Presentations
    • «Liegenschaften im Ehegüterrecht», presentation at the Schulthess Forum on matrimonial property law in Zurich, 18.06.2024
    • «Mehr- und Minderwertverteilung von Liegenschaften im Miteigentum: Konkrete Fälle und praktische Abhandlungen», presentation at the Schulthess Forum on matrimonial property law in Zurich, 18.06.2024 (together with Simon Mettler)
    • Book Trennung – Was verheiratete Paare in der Krise regeln müssen (Separation – What married couples in crisis need to address), Beobachter Edition, updated 6th edition, January 2024, Zurich, Michael Bucher and Simon Mettler
    • Book Faire Scheidung – Gute Lösungen für alle Beteiligten (Fair Divorce – Good Solutions for All Parties Involved), Beobachter Edition, updated 2nd edition, January 2023, Zurich, Michael Bucher and Simon Mettler
    • «Eheschutz: vorsorgliche Massnahmen und Zuweisung der ehelichen Wohnung», presentation on 17.09.2022 as part of the Certified Specialist SBA Family Law study course 2022/2023
    • «Unternehmen in der güterrechtlichen Auseinandersetzung», presentation at the Schulthess Forum on matrimonial property law in Zurich, 30.06.2021 (together with Simon Mettler)
    • Book Faire Scheidung – Gute Lösungen für alle Beteiligten (Fair Divorce – Good Solutions for All Parties Involved), Beobachter Edition, December 2020, Zurich, Michael Bucher and Simon Mettler
    • «Güterrecht für UnternehmerInnen», presentation at the Schulthess Forum on matrimonial property law in Zurich, 15.01.2020 and repeat presentation on 09.09.2020 (together with Simon Mettler)
  • Personal
    • Married, 1 daughter
    • Competitive chess player