Personals

Name:

Roger Giroud

Date of birth:

1 July 1952

Rights of residence in:

Zurich and Grandevent (Vaud)

Civil status:

Married, three children

Profession:

Attorney-at-law

Languages:

German and English

Education and qualifications

1986/87

One year’s postgraduate study at London University. LL.M. November 1987

1982

Licence to practise as an attorney in Zurich
Further licences: Aargau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Basel Country, Basel City, Berne, Glarus, Graubünden, Lucerne, Nidwalden, Obwalden, St. Gallen, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Thurgau, Uri and Zug.

1980

Awarded a doctorate in law; dissertation under Professors Peter Forstmoser and Hans Ulrich Walder: "The Institution and Staying of Bankruptcy Proceedings: the case of the Public Limited Company” (out of print); second, revised edition 1986 (out of print)

1976/77

Two terms reading economics at Zurich University

1971 – 1975

Four years’ study at Zurich University Faculty of Law and Political Sciences. First degree, November 1975.

1965 – 1971

6 1/2 years at Rämibühl High School, Zurich, Leaving Certificate B, 1971

1959 – 1965

6 years at primary school in Zurich.