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Areas of Practice

  • Corporate / M&A
  • ESG & Sustainability
  • Litigation
  • White Collar Crime & Investigations

Profile

Andreas Hösli is a Senior Associate at Walder Wyss with a focus on litigation and dispute resolution. He further specialises in the area of corporate responsibility in relation to environmental, social and governance issues (ESG) and sustainability. Andreas Hösli has widely published on these matters and frequently speaks at conferences.

Andreas Hösli graduated magna cum laude from the University of Zurich (lic. iur, 2011). Following a clerkship at the District Court of Zurich and his admission to the Swiss Bar in 2014, he worked as an Associate in a top-tier law Swiss law firm and completed an LL.M. degree at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, in 2018 (with excellence). In 2019, Andreas Hösli initiated his PhD project on Corporate Climate Responsibility (University of Zurich, Visiting Researcher at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Oslo), with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation.

Andreas Hösli speaks German, English, French and Italian. He is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and is admitted to act before all Swiss Courts.

Areas of Practice

  • Corporate / M&A
  • ESG & Sustainability
  • Litigation
  • White Collar Crime & Investigations

Professional Career



Articles


Corporate Climate Litigation: Klageweise Durchsetzung der Klimaverantwortung von Unternehmen? Eine Einordnung
Human Rights Due Diligence – Navigating the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct
The Rise of Climate Change Litigation – What Risks for Swiss Companies?
Introducing the Special Issue on Corporate Law and Climate Change – (How) Can Corporate Law Steer Companies Towards Meeting the Paris Climate Goals?
Heating Up the Boardroom – Klimawandel und der VR
Corporate Climate Responsibility - aktienrechtliche Haftungsrisiken für den Verwaltungsrat?
Climate Change Reporting and Due Diligence: Frontiers of Corporate Climate Responsibility
Mit Cyberrisiken ist zu rechnen
Klimaklagen gegen Unternehmen- Internationale Entwicklungen und deren Bedeutung für die Schweiz
Kompetenzprobleme an der CO2-Front - Die schweizerische Steuer- und Abgabenpolitik wird grüner
Der Klimawandel und die Finanzmärkte - Berücksichtigung von Klimarisiken und -chancen durch institutionelle Anleger in der Schweiz
Ansätze und Umsetzungsmöglichkeiten einer «Fleischsteuer»
Corporate Climate Responsibility - The Rise of a New Governance Issue
Milieudefensie et al. v. Shell: A Tipping Point in Climate Change Litigation against Corporations?
Climate Change Liability: Comparing Risks for Directors in Jurisdictions of the Common and Civil Law

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