Alexander Amann

Academic Education

2013/2014 LL.M. studies at the University of California Los Angeles – UCLA, with a focus on Entertainment, Media & Intellectual Property Law. 2013 Supplementary bar exam in Austria 2012 Bar exam in Liechtenstein 2012 ILEC Legal English 2008 – 2010 Doctoral studies in law, Leopold-Franzens University, Innsbruck, graduation summa cum laude 2004 – 2008 Diploma studies of law, Leopold-Franzens University, Innsbruck 1998 – 2003 HTL Rankweil – specialization construction technology, Matura with distinction

 

Professional experience

2021 Founder AMP Amann Partners Attorneys at Law, FL/CH; authorized to represent clients in AUT through the free movement of services within the EEA 2015 – 2020 Self-employed lawyer, partner at Schwärzler Attorneys at Law, FL/Zurich/Zug 2013 Attorney at law with Schwärzler Attorneys at Law, FL 2012 Judicial internship at the Regional Court of Feldkirch, AUT 2011 – 2013 Associate at Schwärzler Attorneys at Law, FL 2010 – 2011 Associate at MMMag. Dr. Franz-Josef Giesinger, Attorney at Law, AUT/FL 2010 Legal internship at the District Court of Dornbirn, AUT< 2009 Judicial internship at the Princely District Court of Vaduz, FL 2008 Internship at the Government of Vorarlberg, Bregenz, AUT 2007 Internship with Notary Dr. Fürhapter, AUT 2006 Internship with RA Mag. Bertsch, AUT

 

Specializations

– Legal advice and representation in civil and criminal disputes in Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Austria

– Capital market law, investor claims, unit-linked life insurances

– Competition law, consumer protection

– Trademark and copyright law

– Legal tech, class actions

– Asset recovery, director’s liability, insurance law, debt enforcement and bankruptcy law

– Compliance, money laundering, criminal defense in white collar crime cases

 

Memberships

Liechtenstein Bar Association

Association of Liechtenstein Criminal Defense Lawyers

Association of Certified Fraud Examiners

World Investor Lawyer Network

AIJA International Association of Young Lawyers

 

Publications, lectures, media appearances

2021 Video coverage of the current status of diesel-klage.at 2020/2021 Co-author of the first edition of the handbook Liechtensteinische StPO – Arrest/Investigative Detention/Investigation/Absence Proceedings, Interrogations 2020 Presentation at AIJA Commissions Month, Fraud Commission Webinar: Asset Recovery regarding Crypto Assets in Liechtenstein. 2020 Presentation at 15th WIN Meeting, Virtual: Dieselgate, Credit Suisse prospectus liability, life insurance damages, potentially fraudulent investment schemes FL/CH 2020 APA Online Press Conference current status of diesel-klage.at 2019 Lecture at the 8th OffshoreAlert Conference, London – High Value Corss-Border Asset Recovery – Liechtenstein 2019 Presentation at the 14th WIN Meeting, Iceland: dieselgate, Credit Suisse prospectus liability, life insurance damages, potentially fraudulent investment schemes 2019 VN “50 Köpfe von morgen” award 2019 Article in iusnet.ch: discussion of BGer of 08.02.2019 4A_483/2018 Verbandsklage Stiftung für Konsumentenschutz SKS / AMAG Import AG, Volkswagen AG – on decalaratory judgement actions on past violations of law by means of a representative action 2019 Contribution to the conference volume “Strafverteidigung!” – European influences on the money laundering offense and accompanying regulations in Liechtenstein 2018 Presentation at the 7th OffshoreAlert Conference, London – Enforcement in Liechtenstein, What to do when the grave has been robbed? 2018 Presentation at the 13th WIN Meeting in Bruges, Belgium – Retrocessions and their assertion against Swiss asset managers from the perspective of the latest case law of the Federal Supreme Court; Volkswagen – Assertion of claims for damages in Switzerland and Liechtenstein for vehicle owners; Investor damages regarding the capital increase at Credit Suisse. 2018 Panel discussion at the SVG-Conference Fribourg – Has the car industry gambled away or regained the trust capital of its clientele? 2018 Panel discussion at the ICC Switzerland Annual Assembly on July 09 in Zurich on the topic of VW-Dieselgate. 2018 Presentation at the 8th Three-Country Forum on Criminal Defense in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany – New Criminal Liabilities and Criminal Procedure Measures and Investigations. 2018 NZZ Law and Society – Class actions and access to justice. 2018 Plädoyer magazine – article on the possibilities and shortcomings of class actions in current Swiss law 2017 Media conference submission of a group action for damages regarding the VW emissions scandal in Zurich. 2017 Presentation at the 12th WIN Meeting in Rennes, France – retrocessions and their assertion against Swiss asset managers under the latest case law of the Federal Supreme Court; Volkswagen – assertion of claims for damages in Switzerland and Liechtenstein for vehicle owners; investor damages regarding the capital increase at Credit Suisse. 2017 Statement for the Swiss television station SRF Tagesschau regarding the manipulation of exhaust emission values for diesel engines. 2017 Media conference regarding the VW emissions scandal in Bern. 2017 Article on the admissibility of lump sum processing fees in bank loan agreements in the Austrian Jurist Newspaper. 2017 Report from the Dreiländerforum Strafverteidigung (Criminal Defense Conference of the DACH countries), Vaduz, in the Liechtenstein Lawyers’ Journal 2017 Presentation at the AIJA Half Year Conference in Riga, Latvia, on class actions in the environmental field. 2017 Contribution Copyright – Liechtenstein Chapter in the International Comparative Legal Guide 2017. 2017 Contribution Trade Marks – Chapter Liechtenstein in the International Comparative Legal Guide 2017 2017 Opening speech kick-off event of the Liechtenstein Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Vaduz, Liechtenstein. 2017 Presentation at the AIJA Seminar “Digital Single Market” in Dublin, Ireland, on Cross Border Litigation in Intellectual Property Matters. 2016 Lecture at the 11th World Investor’s Lawyer Network Meeting (WIN) in Dublin, Ireland on: Damages for policyholders of life insurance policies in Liechtenstein, recovery of retrocessions wrongfully withheld by Swiss banks, investor damage capital increase of Credit Suisse in autumn 2015, investor damage cases in Liechtenstein.