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Prof. Dr. iur. Alexandra Butterstein LL.M.

Employee
University Liechtenstein Fürst-Franz-Josef-Strasse 9490 Vaduz Liechtenstein
Dean Liechtenstein Business Law School
Professor Company, Foundation and Trust Law
Member of the Rectorate Rectorate
Alexandra Butterstein holds the Chair of Company, Foundation and Trust Law, serves as the Dean of the Liechtenstein Business Law School, and is a member of the Rectorate at the University of Liechtenstein. She is the academic director of the continuing education programs offered by the Chair of Company, Foundation and Trust Law. In her research, teaching, and consultancy work, she has specialised in contemporary issues of corporate, company, foundation, and trust law with an international perspective.

  • Professor of Company, Foundation and Trust Law
  • Academic director of the further education programmes of the Chair of Corporate, Foundation and Trust Law (LL.M. in Corporate, Foundation and Trust Law, Certificate and Diploma Programme in Trusteeship, Certificate Programme in Compliance Officer)
  • Academic director of the doctoral programme in Financial Services Law
  • Teaching at Bachelor's, Master's and doctoral level as well as in further education
  • Research and knowledge-transfer projects in the field of Liechtenstein, European and International Business-, Corporate-, Foundation- and Trust Law as well as legal cross-section maters and European and International Private Law
2023
Habilitation / PD Dr. habilitata
2015 2016
Continuing programme "National and International Tax Law": International and Liechtenstein Tax Law, University of Liechtenstein
2012
Successfully passing the seminar "Specialist Solicitor for Commercial and Corporate Law"
2012 2014
Executive Master of Laws (LL.M.) in corporate, foundation and trust law, University of Liechtenstein (www.uni.li/llm-gesellschaftsrecht)
2011
Passing the Second legal state examination, Bremen
2009 2011
Legal trainee (german"Rechtsreferendarin") at the Country Court Bremen, Criminal Court Bremen and Commercial Appeal Bremen)
2007 2010
ph.d. at the Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck ("The British Company limited by shares as an alternative legal form in Germany")
2002 2007
Studies in Law at the University of Constance
2002
High school diploma, Johannes-Kepler Gymnasium, Reutlingen Reutlingen
since 2023
Professor for Company, Foundation and Trust Law
since 2023
Dean of Liechtenstein Business Law School
since 2022
Member of the Rectorate
2021 2022
Head of the Institute for Business Law
2021 2023
Assistant Professor (with tenure track) for Company, Foundation and Trust Law
2019 2021
Dep. Head of Institute, Institute for Business Law
2019 2021
Vice-President of the Mid-Level Academics Management Board
2019 2023
Representative of the Chair /of Professorship of Company, Foundation and Trustlaw
2017 2021
Member of the academic mid-level faculty
since 2016
Assistant Professor at the Chair of Company, Foundation and Trustlaw, University of Liechtenstein, Vaduz
2014 2016
Research assistant / Post-doctorate at the Chair of Company, Foundation and Trustlaw, University of Liechtenstein, Vaduz
2014 2019
Executive Director, Executive Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Company, Foundation and Trustlaw
since 2014
Self-employed attorney-at-law
2012 2014
Attorney at the Law Firm Dr. Braitinger & Grupp, Reutlingen
since 2012
Speaker at shareholders' meeting for the association for private investors "Deutsche Schutzvereinigung für Wertpapierbesitz e.V. (DSW)"
2020
Research visit at the Max-Planck-Institute for foreign and international Private Law, Hamburg
2019
Research visit at the Max-Planck-Institute for foreign and international Private Law, Hamburg
2007
Trainee at a law firm in London
2019
Research Award of the Principality of Liechtenstein for Young Academics
2018
Mentors Award (of the students body,University of Liechtenstein)
since 2025
Zivilrechtslehrervereinigung e.V.
since 2024
European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
since 2023
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
since 2022
Liechtenstein-Institute, Bendern
since 2021
Academic Association for Corporate and Company Law
since 2020
Liechtenstein Academic Society e.V. (LAG)
since 2018
Society of Young Civil Law Research
since 2017
Association of Young Foundation Experts
2017 2021
Member of the Disciplinary Commission of the University of Liechtenstein
2017 2019
Member of the Library Commission of the University of Liechtenstein
since 2016
Liechtenstein Arbitration Association
since 2012
Forum Junge Anwaltschaft
since 2012
German Lawyer Society (DAV)