Peter Forstmoser
 Peter Forstmoser      (lawyer, academic) | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | 22 January 1943 Zurich, Switzerland | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | Swiss | |||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Zurich University, Harvard Law School | |||||||||||||
| Spouse | Regina Ogorek | |||||||||||||
| Member of | Club of Rome, International Institute for Strategic Studies | |||||||||||||
Swiss corporate lawyer, academic, money man. IISS. Club of Rome.
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Peter Forstmoser is a Swiss corporate lawyer and academic. He attended the 1978 Bilderberg meeting. the year before he founded a "liberal" think tank.
Education
Peter Forstmoser studied law at the University of Zurich from 1961 to 1969 and received his doctorate in 1970. He then completed his habilitation with Arthur Meier-Hayoz, with whom he had already completed his doctorate, and obtained his bar certificate (1971). From 1971 to 1972 he studied at Harvard Law School and obtained the title of LL.M.[1]
Career
In 1974, Peter Forstmoser became an associate professor at the University of Zurich and, finally, from 1978 until his retirement in 2008, a full professor of private, commercial and capital markets law at the university. Peter Forstmoser is an honorary professor at Beijing Normal University and holds a permanent visiting professorship at the University of Lucerne.[1]
Forstmoser has been a partner at the commercial law firm Niederer Kraft & Frey AG since 1975.
He specializes in Corporate Law (esp. Law of Stock Corporations and Limited Liability Companies), Banking & Finance, Stock Exchange Law, Collective Investment Schemes Regulation and the Liability of Corporate Directors and Officers.[1]
From 2000 to 2009, Forstmoser was Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Swiss Reinsurance Company. He is or has been a member of various boards of directors, including PSP Swiss Property, Mikron Holding and Hesta. Between September 2012 and March 2016, he was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Leonteq Securities AG.[1]
Peter Forstmoser is married to Regina Ogorek. He lives in Horgen. He holds the rank of Major (ret.) in the Swiss Army.
He is working as advisor, legal expert and arbitrator and is member or chairman of the boards of several corporations and foundations.[1]
- 1979 – 2007 Founder, chairman (1979 – 1999) and member (2000 – 2007) of the board of the think-tank Liberales Institut.
- 2000 – 2010 Member of the Board of the Think-Tank Avenir Suisse.
- 2010 – 2015 Member of the Board of Trustees of IISS International Institute for Strategic Studies.
- 2008 Member (since inception) of the Swiss Chapter of the Club of Rome.
- 2005 – 2009 Chairman of The Sustainability Forum (TSF) Zurich, an organisation of corporations, public and scientific bodies aiming at fostering principles of sustainability and corporate responsibility.
- 1998 Chairman (since inception) of MASTEPE-Foundation Zurich, a philanthropic foundation active primarily in education in developing countries.
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/2008 | 5 June 2008 | 8 June 2008 | US Virginia Chantilly | The 56th Bilderberg, Chantilly, Virginia, 139 guests |
| Manifesto Neutrality 21 - Necessary adjustment of neutrality | Switzerland | 87 well-known Swiss political figures who signed a manifesto to "update" the 400 years of Swiss neutrality policy, instead aligning with NATO and the EU. |
