Janis Matthys

Associate, Zurich

+41 58 105 2100

jmatthys@lalive.law

Janis Matthys

Janis specialises in domestic and international commercial litigation, as well as business advisory work across a broad range of corporate and commercial matters, including commercial contracts, shareholder matters, company restructuring and insolvency.

Prior to joining LALIVE in 2024, Janis worked as a Law Clerk at the District Court of Meilen and, while completing his doctoral thesis, as a Research and Teaching Assistant at the University of Zurich, focusing on Commercial Law and Private International Law.

Recent publications

Technische Störungen bei der Durchführung von Videokonferenzen in Zivilverfahren (Technical Disruptions during the conduct of videoconferencing in civil proceedings)
ANDRÉ SANTEN, JANIS MATTHYS
In: Anwaltsrevue, March 2025

Current professional memberships

  • Zurich Bar Association
  • Swiss Bar Association

Career history

  • Associate, LALIVE, Zurich, 2024 – present
  • Law Clerk, District Court of Meilen, 2021 – 2022
  • Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Zurich, 2017 – 2022

Academic qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), University of St. Gallen (HSG), 2018 – 2022
  • CAS in Arbitration, Universities of Lucerne and Neuchâtel, 2018
  • Master of Laws, University of Zurich, 2012 – 2018
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Practices

  • Asset Recovery & Insolvency
  • Corporate Commercial Advisory
  • Commercial Litigation

Sectors

  • Banking & Finance
  • Technology

Languages

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish

Nationality

  • Swiss

Admission

  • Zurich, 2024