CURRICULUM VITAE
Personalia
Dr. Ernst Walch, born on 12 May 1956 in Vaduz, resident in Planken, Attorney at Law, former Member of Government and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Principality of Liechtenstein.
Admissions to the Bar:
► New York, 1983
► Principality of Liechtenstein, 1984
Education:
► University of Innsbruck, Austria (Doctor utriusque iuris, 1980)
► New York University School of Law, Graduate Division, Institute of Comparative Law, U.S.A. (Master of Comparative Jurisprudence, 1981)
Languages: German, English, French
Certified translator and interpreter (German/English)
Practice Areas:
Arbitration, Asset Protection, Banking Law, Corporate Law, Estate Planning, Foundations, Litigation, Trust Law
Publications:
► Lester Nelson, The Commercial Laws of the World, Chapter Liechtenstein, Library of Congress Catalogue No. 65-22163, January 1986, Oceana Publications, Inc., Dobbs Ferry, New York
► Duncan E. Osborne and Elizabeth L. Morgan, Asset Protection: Domestic and International Law and Tactics, Chapter Liechtenstein, Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data No. 95-8267, April 1995, updated quarterly, Clark Boardman Callaghan, Thomson Legal Publishing Inc., Texas
► Zurn Trust und seiner Zukunft in Europa, Liechtensteinische Juristenzeitung, Vaduz, Juni 1991
► Dennis Campbell, International Transactions, Chapter Liechtenstein, International Inc., London 1996 Taxation of Low-tax ISBN 0-906524-08-3, BNA
► Asset Protection - Role Model Liechtenstein, in: Francesco Schurr (Hrsg.), Handbuch des Vermogensschutzes, Manz 2015 (CoAuthor) Memberships
► New York State Bar Association, New York, U.S.A.
► Liechtenstein Bar Association, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
► Liechtenstein Association of Professional Trustees, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
► The International Academy of Estate and Trust Law, San Francisco, U.S.A.
► Europaische Anwaltsvereinigung DACH e.V., Bonn, Germany Political Activities
► Member of the Steering Committee of the European Democrat Union (EDU) representing the Progressive Citizens Party (FBP), 1983 to 1993
► Member of the Liechtenstein Parliament, 1989 to 1996
► President of the Liechtensteinisch Parliament, 1993
► President of the Progressive Citizens Party, 2000 to 2001
► Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Principality of Liechtenstein, 2001 to 2005