Hans-Ueli Vogt

Born: 1969 Bildschirmfoto 2016-12-14 um 11.49.25

Nationality: Swiss

Education and professional activities:

Professor Dr. Hans-Ueli Vogt studied law at the University of Zurich and graduated in 1995. From 1996 to 1998, he was a part-time research and teaching assistant at the University of Zurich for Prof. Dr. Peter Forstmoser and Prof. Dr. Roger Zäch. In 1998, he was admitted to the bar for the canton of Zürich.


Prof Vogt subsequently obtained an LL.M. from New York University School of Law in 2000; he then went on to work as an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York from 2000 until 2002. During this time, he also obtained his Doctorate from the University of Zürich in 2001, and he was admitted to the New York bar in 2002. Between 2003 and 2007, he was a tenure-track assistant professor for business and intellectual property law and, from 2007 until 2013, he was associate (full and tenured) professor for business and intellectual property law at the University of Zurich.
In 2009, Prof. Vogt became a visiting professor at Tsinghua University School of Law (Peking) and at King’s College, Department of Law (London). From 2009 until 2013, he was engaged of counsel with the Zurich law firm, Homburger.
Prof. Vogt has been a Member of the Parliament of the Canton (State) of Zurich since 2011 and, since 2012, a Member of the Swiss Federal Government’s Standing Committee for the Commercial Register. Finally, as of 2013, he has been a tenured professor for private and business law at the University of Zurich.

List of publications:

Konvergenz von Gesellschaftsrechten, Habil. 2006, Zürich 2012

Einführung in das Recht (co-authoreded by R. Pfister), Bern 2012

Aktionärsdemokratie – Über die Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Verwirklichung eines politischen Leitbildes im Aktienrecht, Zürich/St. Gallen 2012

Aktienrecht, Entwicklungen 2008, in: Hans-Ueli Vogt (Hrsg.), Bern 2009

Aktienrecht, Entwicklungen 2007/2008 (co-authoreded by Adrian Bieri and Ivo Zuberbühler), Bern 2008

Juristisches Arbeiten (co-authoreded by Peter Forstmoser und Regina Ogorek), Zürich 2008

Der öffentliche Glaube des Handelsregisters. Registerrecht, Vertrauenshaftung, Ökonomie der Information, Diss. Zürich 2001, in: Schweizer Schriften zum Handels- und Wirtschaftsrecht, Volume 220

Bahnbrechende Entscheidungen – Gesellschafts- und Kapitalmarktrechts- Geschichten 2015 (co-authoreded by Susanne Kalss and Holger Fleischer), Tübingen 2016

Basler Kommentar zur Verordnung gegen übermässige Vergütungen bei börsenkotierten Aktiengesellschaften (VegüV) (co-authoreded by Rolf Watter), Basel 2015

Gesellschafts- und Kapitalmarktrecht in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 2014 (co-authoreded by Susanne Kalss and Holger Fleischer), Tübingen 2014

Gesellschafts- und Kapitalmarktrecht in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 2013 (co-authoreded by Susanne Kalss and Holger Fleischer), Tübingen 2014

Gesellschafts- und Kapitalmarktrecht in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 2014 (co-authoreded by Susanne Kalss and Holger Fleischer), Tübingen 2013

Konvergenzen und Divergenzen im deutschen, österreichischen und schweizerischen Gesellschafts- und Kapitalmarktrecht (co-authoreded by Holger Fleischer and Susanne Kalss), Tübingen 2011

Methodische und konzeptionelle Grundlagen des Schweizer Kartellrechts im europäischen Kontext. Symposium zum 70. Geburtstag von Prof. Dr. Roger Zäch (co-authoreded by Rolf H. Weber and Andreas Heinemann), Bern 2009

Gemeinwohl und Interesse in Wirtschaft, Recht und Politik. Symposium aus Anlass der Emeritierung von Prof. Dr. Peter Forstmoser (co-authoreded by Regina Ogorek), Zürich 2008