David F. Ehlebracht

Associate

ehlebracht@ndlegal.ch
+41 44 250 45 20
+41 79 685 70 89
DE, EN
David Ehlebracht represents clients in proceedings before state courts, arbitral tribunals and administrative bodies. He focuses on commercial and corporate, real estate and inheritance law disputes.
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Professional Experience

  • Associate with Nater Dallafior Rechtsanwälte AG, Zurich, since 2023

  • Admitted to the bar since 2022

  • Law clerk with the Administrative Court of the Canton of St. Gall (2021-2022)

  • Law clerk with the District Court of Winterthur (2020-2021)

  • Junior associate with Schellenberg Wittmer, Zurich (2019-2020)

  • Junior associate with Gysi & Partner, St. Gall (2017-2019)

Education

  • Studies at the University of St. Gallen and Lausanne (B.A. HSG in Law and Economics, 2017; M.A. HSG in Law, 2020)

Recent Cases

  • Execution of a will in disputed circumstances among the heirs involving mediation negotiations conducted by Nater Dallafior, leading to the partition of the estate. The estate included multiple assets classes. Due to lifetime gifts and the granting of various loans to the heirs, numerous equalisation and reduction claims, questions of interpretation regarding the will as well as valuation issues were in dispute between the heirs.

  • Representing the interests of a listed, international industrial company in disputes with its most important supplier (amount in dispute approx. CHF 60 million)

  • Representation in court of a service company active in the real estate sector against a community of heirs in the enforcement of a contractual claim (amount in dispute approx. CHF 2 million)

  • Representation of a community of heirs in the context of an inheritance dispute (amount in dispute approx. CHF 5 million)

  • Representation in court of approx. 100 bond creditors in disputes against FINMA and a bank

Publications & Speaking Engagements

  • Nino Sievi / David F. Ehlebracht, Justitia 4.0 – Digitalisierung der Schweizer Justiz, ZZZ 2023, S. 291 ff.

  • Langlaufen, in: A. M. Schneuwly/R. Müller (Hrsg.), online Bergsportkommentar, Weblaw, 31 August 2023

  • Praxiskommentar zur Kapitalherabsetzung bei einer Unterbilanz (§90) as well as on Kapitalreduktion durch Ausscheiden aus der Genossenschaft (§92), in: F. Theus Simoni/I. Hauser/H. Bärtschi (Hrsg.), Handbuch Schweizer Genossenschaftsrecht, Basel 2022, pp. 928-941 and pp. 962-982

  • Regina Natsch / David F. Ehlebracht, Praxiskommentar zu grundlegenden Überlegungen zur Kapitalherabsetzung in der Genossenschaft (§89), in: F. Theus Simoni/I. Hauser/H. Bärtschi (Hrsg.), Handbuch Schweizer Genossenschaftsrecht, Basel 2022, pp. 919-927

  • Verantwortlichkeitsklagen gegen Mitglieder der Verwaltung und der Geschäftsführung einer Genossenschaft, Recht in Unternehmen, Nr. 34, Zürich/St. Gallen 2020

  • "Company foundation & Legal", Swiss CoopStarter 2021, 25th August 2021, Zurich