Paola Wullschleger
Counsel
Attorney at law
Feldeggstrasse 4
8008 Zurich
Switzerland
T +41 44 217 92 01
paola.wullschleger@pestalozzilaw.com
Paola Wullschleger, Certified Specialist SBA Construction and Real Estate Law, is Counsel in Pestalozzi's Real Estate & Environment and Litigation & Arbitration Groups in Zurich. She advises companies, private clients as well as public authorities in real estate issues, including lease, building rights, easements, sales of real property as well as building and other work contracts and public procurement issues. Moreover, she has long-standing experience in real estate and commercial litigation and arbitration as well as public law proceedings.
Paola Wullschleger graduated from the Universities of Zurich and Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, and was admitted to the bar in 1999. She began her professional career at the District Court of Zurich, where she worked as a law clerk at the Tenancy Court. Subsequently, she clerked at the Commercial Court of Zurich, and, besides that, served as a judge at the District Courts of Zurich and Uster. From 2003 to 2008, she worked as an associate and a senior associate for a Zurich business law firm. Paola Wullschleger joined Pestalozzi in 2009. In 2024, she obtained the Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) Construction and Real Estate Law from Fribourg University.
Career
- Certified Specialist SBA Construction and Real Estate Law
- Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) Construction and Real Estate Law from Fribourg University
- Senior associate and counsel at Pestalozzi
- Associate and senior associate at Swiss law firms
- Part-time judge at the district courts of Zurich and Uster
- Law clerk at the commercial court of Zurich
- Bar admission: Switzerland
- Law clerk at the district court of Zurich
- Universities of Zurich and Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium: lic.iur.
Languages
German, English, French
Expertise & Industries
Litigation & ArbitrationReal Estate & Environment
Restructuring & Insolvency
White-Collar Crime
Membership
- Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
- Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
- wipswiss - women in property in switzerland association
Publications
Legal uncertainty over rent reductions due to COVID-19 remains
Wie haftet der Verwaltungsrat in Corona-Zeiten?
