Lawyer

Katja Ziehe

After completing my law studies in Munich, I initially worked in various international commercial companies in Germany to gain a broader professional “field of vision”.
Looking beyond my legal horizons has been an important experience that still gives me an open-minded view of each case and a good understanding of economic interrelationships.

I have been working as a lawyer and mediator in Switzerland for almost 20 years now and have my own practice since 2004. I always focus on the various people’s narratives (behind the file), whether it is about separation, divorce, child support, a marriage contract, a property law calculation, a custody dispute, or a non-marital partnership’s economic dissolution.

As a Certified Specialist SBA Family Law, I have a sound knowledge of this area in law, which I keep up to date through regular training. Thanks to a broad network of colleagues in Europe and North America, I can always obtain legal information from other countries at short notice, if necessary.

My many years of experience have taught me that there are usually several paths to any goal. The choice of path in each case depends on the person’s concerns and his/her specific circumstances. I can assist clients in different ways: as a counselling lawyer, as a negotiator, as a mediator, as a litigator or as a collaborative lawyer.

We can find out which role I can best serve to help you in a joint discussion.

Preferred areas
of activity

  • Marriage and family law
  • Short-term mediation
  • Mediation
  • Collaborative Law & Praxis (CLP)
  • Coaching (coaching of individuals as well as team coaching)

Languages

German, English

Katja Ziehe

Katja Ziehe
Tel. +41 44 555 31 80
ziehe@goldbach-law.de

 
Vita
Publications

Education

1996 Bar exam
1994 – 1996 Trainee lawyer
1989 – 1994 Law studies at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich
1987 – 1989 Trained as a radio editor and studied journalism at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich
1987 Abitur (A-levels) at the Luisengymnasium in Munich, Germany

Further training

2016 Training as a Zen meditation teacher
2011 – 2012 CAS Family Law, Universities of Fribourg and Zurich, specialisation as a certified specialist SBA (Swiss Bar Association) Family Law
2011 – 2012 Training as a Professional Coach at the Institute for Mediation and Dispute Resolution (IMB), Munich
2008 – 2011 Training as certified martial arts teacher Yong Chun Quan by WULIN, WULIN Martial Arts Academy, Volketswil, Switzerland, www.wulin.ch
2010 Training as IACP Collaborative Practice Trainer with Diane S. Diel (Milwaukee, USA), Susan M. Miller (Wellesley, USA) and Emily Weaver (Oakland, USA)
2008 Collaborative Practice Training with Nancy Cameron (Vancouver, Canada) and Dr. Susan Gamache (Vancouver, Canada)
2006 Collaborative Family Law Training with Pauline H. Tesler, San Francisco, USA
2004 Mediator SBA
2001 – 2004 Training as mediator and specialisation as family mediator at the IMS (Institute for Mediation and Dispute Resolution), Munich, Germany

Professional activity

Since 2017 Partner at goldbach law in Küsnacht-Zurich
2012 – 2017 Partner at Ziehe & Reetz Attorneys at Law in Küsnacht-Zurich
2004 – 2012 Partner at Berger Hauser Del Grande Attorneys at Law in Küsnacht-Zurich
2002 – 2004 Associate with a Zurich law firm specialising in public and private construction law, matrimonial and family law, contract law, administrative law, and mediation
1996 – 2002 Business administration at German and international companies in Munich and Frankfurt am Main

Teaching

Since 2011 Trainer/educator IACP for collaborative law & practice basic trainings of collaborative law & practice clp Switzerland
Seit 2008 Lectures and workshops on the topic of “Collaborative Law & Practice” (national and international) as well as in mediation training and continuing mediation training
2006 – 2010 Lecturer in “Law and Social Security” at the University of Teacher Education in Special Needs, Zurich

Memberships

Swiss and Zurich Bar Association (SBA and ZBA), registered in the Cantonal Bar Register in Zurich

Bar Association of the Higher Regional Court District of Munich

German-Swiss Lawyers Association DSJV

Deutsch-Schweizerische Juristenvereinigung DSJV

DACH European Lawyers Association E.V.

Collaborative Law Pool Zurich-Eastern Switzerland

Collaborative law & practice clp Switzerland

collaborative law & practice clp Schweiz

European Network for Collaborative Practice (ENCP), President since 2019

IACP (International Academy of Collaborative Professionals)

Activities

Instructor for Yong Chun Quan Kung Fu at WULIN (children, youth and adults), meditation teacher

Legal expert at the Technical Centre for Diving Accident Prevention (FTU)

Mediator at the Counselling Centre Bülach of the Couples Counselling and Mediation in the Canton of Zurich

Publikationen

  • „Handle with care: aussergerichtliche Konfliktlösungsmethoden als Allheilmittel?“
    FamPra 2/2017, Seite 452 ff., ISSN  1424-1811
  • „AHV-Splitting und Versorgungsausgleich – wenn Äpfel mit Birnen verglichen werden“
    Anwaltsrevue 4/2014, Seite 171 ff., ISSN  1422-5778
  • „Collaborative Law & Practice – Aussergerichtliche Konfliktlösung im Team“
    im DACH Europäische Juristenvereinigung Tagungsband „Alternative Streitbeilegungsmechanismen, insbesondere Mediation“
    DACH Schriftenreihe 43, 2014, ISBN 978-3-7255-7148-2
  • „Collaborative Law & Practice – Konfliktlösung ausserhalb der Gerichte“
    in: perspektive mediation, Heft 1, 2014, ISSN 1814-3695
  • „Entwicklung von Collaborative Law in der Schweiz“ in Christina Lenz, Friedrich Schwarzinger (Hrsg.) „Konflikt Kooperation Konsens“
    2. Auflage, 2012, ISBN 978-3-934391-54-3
  • „Collaborative Law CL – ein neues ADR-Verfahren für Trennung und Scheidung“
    FamPra Tagungsband der 4. Schweizer Familienrecht§tage, 31. Januar / 1. Februar 2008, ISBN 978-3-7272-2858-2 (Mitautorin)

Kontakt

Katja Ziehe
Tel. +41 44 555 31 80
ziehe@goldbach-law.de