Barbara Meise | Senior Associate | act legal Switzerland

Switzerland

Barbara Meise, lic. iur. europ.

Barbara Meise advises on general and specific contract law, construction and planning law, and commercial and corporate law. Before joining act legal Switzerland, she spent several years teaching the law of obligations at the University of Zurich. She combines in-depth academic expertise with a practical, solution-focused approach.

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~~Commentary on Articles 19–21 CO, in: Widmer Lüchinger Corinne / Oser David (eds.), Basel Commentary, Code of Obligations I (Articles 1–529 CO), 8th ed., Basel 2025.~~
§ 6 General Terms and Conditions, § 19 Contracts with Protective Effects for Third Parties, and Cross-Topic Case 6, in: Huguenin Claire / Hotz Basil (eds.), Cases on the Swiss Code of Obligations, Volume I: General Part, 2nd ed., Zurich/Basel/Geneva 2020.
A Case Study in Pink: Legal Consequences of Failing to Comply with a Contractually Reserved Form Requirement (Art. 16 CO), in: Portmann Wolfgang / Heiss Helmut / Isler Peter R. / Thouvenin Florent (eds.), Commemorative Publication for Claire Huguenin, Zurich/St. Gallen 2020, pp. 279–308 (with Nadine Pfiffner).
~~Commentary on Articles 19–21 CO, in: Widmer Lüchinger Corinne / Oser David (eds.), Basel Commentary, Code of Obligations I (Articles 1–529 CO), 7th ed., Basel 2019 (with Claire Huguenin).~~
~~The Alleged Dream Horse: Case Solution in Private Law, ius.full 02/2019, pp. 28–40 (with Nadine Pfiffner).~~
~~CO 2020: Does Switzerland Need a New Law of Contract? An Introduction, SZW 04/2015, pp. 280–300 (with Claire Huguenin).~~
CO 2020: Does Switzerland Need a New Law of Contract? An Introduction, in: Harke Jan Dirk / Riesenhuber Karl (eds.), CO 2020: Swiss Law of Obligations Reform from a Comparative Perspective, Tübingen 2016, pp. 5–36 (with Claire Huguenin).
Commentary on Articles 19–21 CO, in: Honsell Heinrich / Vogt Nedim Peter / Wiegand Wolfgang (eds.), Basel Commentary, Code of Obligations I (Articles 1–529 CO), 6th ed., Basel 2015 (with Claire Huguenin).
~~Contract Law, in: Kellerhals Andreas / Baumgartner Tobias (eds.), Business Law Switzerland–EU: Overview and Commentary 2015/16, Zurich/St. Gallen 2016, pp. 279–302 (with Claire Huguenin).~~
~~Contract Law, in: Kellerhals Andreas / Baumgartner Tobias (eds.), Business Law Switzerland–EU: Overview and Commentary, Zurich/St. Gallen 2015, pp. 257–277 (with Claire Huguenin).~~
§ 6 General Terms and Conditions, § 19 Contracts with Protective Effects for Third Parties, and Cross-Topic Case 6, in: Huguenin Claire / Hotz Basil (eds.), Cases on the Swiss Code of Obligations, Volume I: General Part, Zurich/Basel/Geneva 2014.
~~Contract Law, in: Kellerhals Andreas / Baumgartner Tobias (eds.), Business Law Switzerland–EU: Overview and Commentary, Zurich/St. Gallen 2014, pp. 271–289 (with Claire Huguenin).~~
~~Commentary on Articles 97–100 CO 2020, in: Huguenin Claire / Hilty Reto M. (eds.), Swiss Code of Obligations 2020: Draft for a New General Part, Zurich/Basel/Geneva 2013 (with Rolf H. Weber).~~
~~Commentary on Article 24 CO 2020, in: Huguenin Claire / Hilty Reto M. (eds.), Swiss Code of Obligations 2020: Draft for a New General Part, Zurich/Basel/Geneva 2013 (with Susan Emmenegger).~~
~~Contract Law, in: Kellerhals Andreas / Baumgartner Tobias (eds.), Business Law Switzerland–EU: Overview and Commentary 2012/13, Zurich/St. Gallen 2013, pp. 321–341 (with Claire Huguenin).~~
Opinion on the Preliminary Drafts of the Legal Affairs Committee of the Council of States concerning the Parliamentary Initiatives “More Consumer Protection and Fewer Abuses in Telephone Sales” (06.441) and “Repeal of the Provisions on Advance Payment Contracts” (07.500), Zurich 2012 (with Claire Huguenin and Davide Giampaolo).
~~Contract Law, in: Kellerhals Andreas / Baumgartner Tobias (eds.), Business Law Switzerland–EU: Overview and Commentary 2011/12, Zurich/St. Gallen 2012, pp. 297–319 (with Claire Huguenin).~~
~~Contract Law, in: Kellerhals Andreas / Baumgartner Tobias (eds.), Business Law Switzerland–EU: Overview and Commentary 2010/11, Zurich/St. Gallen 2011, pp. 311–334 (with Claire Huguenin).~~
~~Contract Law, in: Kellerhals Andreas (ed.), Business Law Switzerland–EU: Overview and Commentary 2009/10, Zurich/St. Gallen 2010, pp. 255–271 (with Claire Huguenin).~~
~~European Contract Law and the Swiss Code of Obligations, Jusletter, 8 September 2008 (with Claire Huguenin and Mathias Hermann).~~

~~Attorney at law (Swiss bar admission, 2011)~~
~~Senior Associate at act legal Switzerland (since 2023, formerly BGPartner Ltd)~~
~~Assistant and lecturer (Law of Obligations), University of Zurich~~
~~Research assistant SNF research project "Schweizerisches Obligationenrecht und Europäisches Vertragsrecht", University of Zurich~~
~~University of Fribourg, lic. iur. with supplement in European law~~

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