Andreas Zünd

Andreas Zünd (born 8 February 1957)

Professional career After graduation he became a court clerk at the of Argovia for a year before he assumed the same duty at the Swiss Federal Court in Lausanne between 1987 until 1996.

Federal Judge of Switzerland As a Swiss Federal Judge he was involved in several notable cases of public law like the transfer of date from thousands of UBS bank account holders to the French authorities. In Switzerland judges are members of a political party for which Switzerland was often criticized by the Council of Europe. He is the sixth judge representing Switzerland at the ECHR and only the second Swiss Federal judge to assumed as a judge at the ECHR.