Senior Associate

Roxana Bollinger-Bär, LL.M.

Attorney at Law | Senior Associate

Zurich, Switzerland

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German
English

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Roxana Bollinger-Bär is a member of the Private Client team.

She specializes in domestic and cross-border wealth and succession planning, trust and family law as well as estate litigation. She represents clients in inheritance and family law related disputes before courts as well as in enforcement and mutual assistance proceedings and alternative dispute resolution.

Since 2021, Roxana Bollinger-Bär is an attorney at law at CMS. She previously gained valuable working experience as a judge and law clerk in civil proceedings at the District Court of Zurich, Einzelgericht Audienz, as well as at two boutique law firms in Zurich.

Publications

"Der gerichtliche Vergleich" (Co-author, together with Karl Spühler and Emanuel Thaler), 2nd edition, Schulthess Verlag, Zurich/Geneva 2025
Commentary of Art. 271-307a ZPO in: Karl Spühler (Hrsg.), Schweizerische Zivilprozessordnung, ZPO annotée/Kurzkommentar, Zurich/Geneva 2023
Expert Focus, Erbrechtsrevision und wesentliche Auswirkungen auf die Planungspraxis, Eine Handlungshilfe für die Praxis (together with Tobias Somary), December 2023
iusNet Erbrecht, commentary on the Federal Supreme Court decision Judgment 5A_188/2021 of 21 February 2022, Prozessuale Stolpersteine im Zusammenhang mit der Behauptungs- und Beweislast (Widerlegung der Errungenschaftsvermutung), June 2022
iusNet Erbrecht, Commentary on the Federal Supreme Court decision Judgment 5A_993/2020 of 2 November 2021, Erbunwürdigkeit einer Vertrauensperson (Art. 540, Abs. 1 ZGB), February 2022

Memberships & Roles

Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
Zurich Bar Association, specialist groups for inheritance law, family law and procedural law
Successio (Association for the Promotion of Swiss and International Inheritance Law)

Lectures list

29 October 2025, Schweizerische Treuhänder Schule STS, day seminar on "Comprehensive estate, emergency and matrimonial property planning with an emphasis on business succession" (together with Monika Kawa and Dominik Penkov)
1 July 2025, Fallstricke bei der Vergleichsredaktion, Fachgruppe Zivilprozessrecht des Zürcher Anwaltsverbandes (ZAV) (together with Emanuel Thaler)
18 June 2025, Schultess Forum on Matrimonial Property Law 2025, Metropol, Zurich, presentation on "Business succession in matrimonial property and succession law – recommendations from a legal practitioner's perspective"
15 May 2025, University Zurich, Master Lecture on Estate Planning, Inheritance lawsuits and conflict prevention strategies (together with Tobias Somary)
26 November 2024, Schweizerische Treuhänder Schule STS, day seminar on "Successful Estate and Emergency Planning" (together with Monika Kawa and Dominik Penkov)
8 November 2023, Schweizerische Treuhänder Schule STS, day seminar on "Successful Estate and Emergency Planning" (together with Tobias Somary)
20 June 2023, Schweizerische Treuhänder Schule STS – Treuhand | Update, Hotel Schweizerhof, Lucerne, "Revision of inheritance law: First experiences and outlook"
1 June 2023, University Zurich, Master Lecture on Estate Planning, "Litigation in inheritance law and inheritance and gift taxes" (together with Tobias Somary)
25 May 2023, University Zurich, Master Lecture on Estate Planning, "Inheritance Lawsuits" (together with Tobias Somary)
11 and 12 May 2023, 19^th STEP Germany Conference, Frankfurt, presentation regarding "International Succession Planning – Tax and Civil law implications from a Swiss perspective" (together with Dominik Penkov)
4 and 5 April 2023, Zürcher Anwaltsverband, podium to "Das Erbe planen - Konflikte vermeiden"
8 December 2022, Schweizerische Treuhänder Schule STS, day seminar on "Successful Estate and Emergency Planning" (together with Tobias Somary and Marjolein Bieri)
5 October 2022, Schweizerische Treuhänder Schule STS, half day seminar on "Revision of Swiss inheritance law and ease of business succession" (together with Louise Lutz Sciamanna)

Education

2020 – Bar Admission, Canton of Zurich
2016 – Master of Laws (LL.M.), KU Leuven (Belgium)
2016 – Master of Law (MLaw), University of Zurich
2014 – Bachelor of Law (BLaw), University of Zurich

Practice Areas

Dispute Resolution

sectors

Private Clients

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