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THOMAS C. HIPPELE
(born 1964)lic. iur., Attorney-At-Law, Partner
Registered with the attorneys' registry
e-mail: swisslaw@umbricht.co.zaEducation
University of Zurich (lic. iur. 1990), admitted to bar (1992)
Experience and Memberships
Law clerk with a commercial law firm in Zurich (1990-1992); associated with Umbricht Attorneys since 1992; in 1995, internship at the law firm of Bowman Gilfillan Hayman Godfrey Inc., Sandton/Johannesburg; in 1996, of counsel to this law firm, with a focus on international commercial law; partner at Umbricht Attorneys since January 1, 1997; head of Umbricht Swiss Attorneys in Sandton/Johannesburg since October 1, 2000
Member of the Swiss and Zurich Bar Associations, the International Bar Association, the Europa Institut Zürich, the Institute for Civil Litigation, the Association des Jeunes Avocats, the Practitioner's Group of Swiss Product Liability Lawyers, the Swiss Business Council in South Africa and Rotary Club of Johannesburg; Legal Advisor to the Embassy of Switzerland in Pretoria
Preferred Areas of Activity
Commercial law, corporate law, contract law, inheritance law, intellectual property law
private international law, arbitration
civil procedure law, debt collection and bankruptcy law
South African law
Languages
German, English, French
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