
team
Work Experience | Education
2013 - 2015
2012
2011 - 2012
2011
2007
2005 - 2011
2005 - 2011
2003 - 2004
managing director mediationDürst – Legal Solutions
advanced training mediation in family-owned companies and company succession
certification by Swiss Chamber of Commercial Mediation (SCCM)
advanced training mediation with highly conflicted parties
since 2021
2021
2018
2017
2019
2021
certification Mediator SBA by the Swiss Bar Association (SBA)
mediation education in Germany
lecturer at the Swiss Training Centre for Investment Professionals (AZEK), Zurich
attorney-at-law and mediator at STAIGER Attorneys-at-Law, Zurich
legal employee at STAIGER Attorneys-at-Law, Zurich
admission to the Bar, canton of Zurich
education stay at Perth, Australia
legal employee at the District Court of Bulach
besides legal studies legal assistant | private tutor
legal studies at the University of Zurich
education stay at the University of Lausanne
since 2016
since 2015
2015
Master of Law, University of Zurich
since 2021
since 2021
lecturer and member of the SBA Expert Committee on Mediation SBA
Co-Head Practice Group “Company Succession” of the SCCM
education stay at Quebec, Canada
Team of additional Experts
On request and if required, we work together with renowned experts from the legal, mediation, psychology, real estate, insurance, banking and business sector. We would like to make sure that your solutions are in line with legal and other requirements.
Jennifer Dürst is a litigator, mediator, CLP lawyer, legal advisor, and specialist in negotiation and strategic dispute resolution. She works at the law firm STAIGER Rechtsanwälte AG and is also the managing director of the ADR/mediation center mediationDürst. She has many years of professional experience in family law, matrimonial property law, cohabitation law, child law, separation law, and divorce law. Her practice focuses particularly on complex national and international cases. She provides both advisory and litigation services. Her other area of expertise is inheritance law, as well as national and international estate planning, estate planning, and succession planning. In addition to drafting prenuptial and inheritance agreements, wills, powers of attorney, and advance healthcare directives, she represents and advises heirs, families, and executors in the administration and distribution of estates. She also assists her clients in enforcing their claims in court. Jennifer Dürst is a trained and certified mediator with many years of professional experience in family, inheritance, and commercial law. She is also a qualified and experienced lawyer with CLP (Clinical Law Practice). She supports individuals and companies in finding tailored solutions for transformation processes, conflicts, and problem areas in private and commercial law. She also worked for an extended period at the Bülach District Court and has training experience in Canada, Australia, and Lausanne. In addition, she is a lecturer in mediation for the Swiss Bar Association (SAV) and in real estate law at the Swiss Training Centre for Investment Professionals (AZEK). Languages: German, English, French
Memberships | Function
Swiss Bar Association (SAV) | Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
Member of the SAV Mediation Expert Commission and lecturer
Swiss Chamber for Business Mediation (SKWM; www.skwm.ch)
Co-leader of the SKWM practice group "Succession Planning"
clp - collaborative law and practice Switzerland (www.clp.ch)
Specialist groups for family law, mediation and inheritance law (ZAV)
Verein successio (Inheritance Law; www.verein-successio.ch)
Swiss Association for Arbitration in Inheritance Matters (SVSiE; www.schiedsgericht-erbsachen.ch)



