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Emanuel Thaler
Senior Associate

Emanuel Thaler

Languages
  • German
  • English

Emanuel Thaler specializes in Litigation, Arbitration as well as Insolvency and Restructuring proceedings.

Prior to joining CMS, he served as a senior law clerk and judge at the district court of Zurich where he continuously dealt with attachment orders, interim measures, and enforcement procedures in all areas of civil and commercial law. Proceedings concerning recognition and declaration of enforceability of foreign judgments and deeds supplemented his portfolio.

Since 2016, Emanuel Thaler has also been accompanying a Swiss start-up active in the field of biomedical image data analysis using artificial intelligence.

Publications

  • Sichere Vergleichsredaktion für eine erfolgreiche Vollstreckung, in: Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Zivilprozess- und Zwangsvollstreckungsrecht ZZZ, 72/2025, S. 372 ff.
  • Der gerichtliche Vergleich, 2. Auflage, Schulthess Verlag, Zurich/Geneva 2025 (Co-Autor, together with Karl Spühler and Roxana Bollinger-Bär)
  • Mietrecht im summarischen Verfahren, in: mietrechtspraxis mp 3/2021, S. 175 ff. (Co-Autor, together with Rainer Egli)

Memberships & Roles

  • Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
  • Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
  • Association for Debt Enforcement and Insolvency Law (SchKG-Vereinigung)

Lectures list

  • Fallstricke bei der Vergleichsredaktion, Fachgruppe Zivilprozessrecht des Zürcher Anwaltsverbandes (ZAV), (together with Roxana Bollinger-Bär), July 2025
  • Focus CPC/DEBA: Set-aside proceedings (Rechtsöffnung), Supreme Court of the Canton Zurich, March 2022

Education

  • 2016 – Bar Admission, Canton of Zurich
  • 2011 – Master Degree in Law (lic. iur.), Universities of Zurich and Oslo

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