| Name | Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Portmann |
| Current place of work | University of Zurich, Faculty of Law |
| Position | Professor |
| lst.portmann@rwi.uzh.ch | |
| Field of research | National and international Labour and Employment Law as well as Private Law |
| Professional career | 1997 – present: Professor in Labour and Employment Law and in Private Law, University of Zurich
2001 – present: Consultant in a law firm, Switzerland 1987 – 1996: Lecturer in Private Law, University of Zurich 1983 – 1986: Attorney in a law firm, Switzerland |
| List of the 5 most relevant publications | 1. Swiss Labour and Employment Law, published by Dike, third edition, Zurich/St. Gall 2013, XVI/396 pp., with J.-F. Stoeckli, ISBN 978-3-03751-525-9
2. Commentary on the Tenth Title of the Swiss Code of Obligations: The Employment Contract, in Basel Commentary, Code of Obligations I, published by Helbing Lichtenhahn, sixth edition, Basel 2015, pp. 1771–2261, with Roger Rudolph, ISBN 978-3-7190-3171-8 3. Law of Torts, published by Schulthess Juristische Medien, Zurich/Basel/Geneva 2013, XXVI/260 pp., with A. K. Schnyder, M. Mueller-Chen, ISBN 978-3-7255-6726-3 4. The Concept of „Employee“: The Position in Switzerland, in: Bernd Waas, Guus Heerma van Voss (ed.): Restatement of Labour Law in Europe, Volume I: The Concept of Employee, Hart Publishing, Oxford and Portland, Oregon 2017, pp. 697 – 719, ISBN 978-1-50991-244-5 5. New Forms of Employment in Liechtenstein, in: Roger Blanpain, Frank Hendrickx, Bernd Waas (ed.): New Forms of Employment in Europe, Bulletin of Comparative Labour Relations no. 94, Verlag Wolters Kluwer, Alphen aan den Rijn 2016, pp. 263 – 268, ISBN 978-90-411-6239-7 |
| Other professional activity (memberships, grants, etc.) | – Member of the European Labour Law Network ELLN
– Member of the Europa Institut Zurich EIZ (member of the board) – Member of the Swiss Institute for Labour and Employment Law (member of the board) – Member of the Swiss Lawyers Society – Member of the Centre for Liechtenstein Law (member of the board) – Chairman of the editorial board of the Swiss Journal for Labour and Employment Law and Unemployment Insurance ARV – Vice Dean and Director of the Institute of Law at the University of Zurich 2010 – 2014 |