Kornelia Petrusic

Kornelia Petrusic

Kornelia Petrusic

MLaw, Attorney-at-law

Education

CAS Prozessführung – Civil Litigation, Certificate of Advanced Studies IRP-HSG (2025); Bar Exam in the Canton Ticino (2021); University of Zurich, Faculty of Law (MLaw, 2019); Erasmus semester at Erasmus University of Rotterdam (2018); University of Lucerne, Faculty of Law (BLaw, 2017)

Professional Experience

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Trainee Lawyer at a commercial law firm (2019-2020); Legal Intern at the District Court of Bellinzona (Civil Court) and at the Administrative Appeals Authority in the Canton of Ticino (2021); Law clerk at the Criminal Court of the Canton Ticino (2022-2025).

Attorney at the law firm Holenstein Brusa Ltd since 2025.

Languages

Italian, German, English, French (useful knowledge), Croatian

Preferred Areas of Practice

The advice and support of companies and individuals in (pre-)litigation and arbitration proceedings are core skills of our lawyers:
  • Pre-Litigation: We analyse the factual and legal situation, assess the litigation prospects and risks of your case and - if appropriate - conduct out-of-court settlement discussions with the counterparty.
  • Litigation and Arbitration: We develop sustainable litigation strategies and draft efficient legal submissions, assist you in court hearings and meetings with authorities and - if necessary - challenge court decisions.
Furthermore, we advise and represent our corporate clients in national and international arbitration proceedings in manufacturing, commercial as well as (financial) services related legal fields. Our lawyers are also regularly being appointed as experts or arbitrators. We have profound experience in legal advisory and representation services to corporate and private clients with regard to proceedings in the field of international mutual assistance in civil, administrative and criminal matters (including the areas of information exchange in the field of international criminal tax, financial markets, transfer of cultural property and sanctions control). Notably, this includes counselling and representing clients regarding:
  • the transmission of information and evidence abroad
  • cross-border inter-corporate investigations
  • issues concerning data protection
  • the detection and recovery of assets in Switzerland
  • the seizure, unfreezing and repatriation of such assets
We advise private clients and their families in all matters of matrimonial property and inheritance law, including national and international estate planning, estate administration and execution of wills. We also support our clients in taking up residence and domiciliation in Switzerland.
We have extensive experience in advising and representing companies and their executive officers and directors in both national and complex international restructuring and insolvency cases:
  • representation of creditors or debtors in restructuring and insolvency cases
  • representation of creditors in creditors’ committees
  • representation of creditors or debtors in enforcement, attachment, garnishment or seizer proceedings
  • representation of creditors, debtors or insolvency estates in litigation proceedings (see also Litigation and Arbitration)
  • running insolvency proceedings as commissioner (Sachwalter), extra-ordinary trustee in bankruptcy (ausseramtliche Konkursverwaltung) or liquidator
  • advising and supporting foreign bankruptcy trustees to attract and include assets located in Switzerland within the foreign bankruptcy estate
  • provision of legal or expert opinions on matters of Swiss insolvency law

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