Prof. Dr. iur. Dominique Jakob, M.I.L. (Lund) University of Zurich Ordinary Professor for Private Law Director of the Center for Foundation Law Treichlerstrasse 10, CH-8032 Zürich Tel: +41 (0)44 634 15 76 Fax: +41 (0)44 634 49 32 [email protected] www.rwi.uzh.ch/jakob www.zentrum-stiftungsrecht.uzh.ch Prof. Dr. iur. Dominique Jakob, LL.M. (Lund), is a professor of private law at the University of Zurich (UZH). He studied in Germany and in several other countries, and holds a master’s degree in interna- tional law from the University of Lund (Sweden) and a Ph.D. from the University of Munich. His post- doctoral (habilitation) thesis is representative of his specialization in comparative and international foundation law. In 2007 he joined the law faculty of the University of Zurich where he established the “Center for Foundation Law” in 2008 and an international conference, the “Zürcher Stiftungsrechtstag”, in 2010. His main fields of research and practice are international estate planning and wealth management (including trusts) as well as national, comparative, European, and international foundation law (with a focus on Swiss, Liechtenstein, and German relations). He is author of numerous publications in Swit- zerland and several other countries, sought-after speaker at international conferences, board member of various institutions, and acts as counsel to governments, financial institutions, companies, founda- tions, associations, families, and private clients. In 2015, he founded the law firm Jakob Studen Part- ner in Zurich. Dominique is member of the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law (TIAETL), the Interna- tional Wealth Advisors Forum, the German Society of International Law, the German Society of Civil Law Professors, and more. Some current publications in English language (see full list of over 130 publications under www.rwi.uzh.ch/jakob): Will-Substitutes in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, in: Braun/Röthel (eds.), Passing Wealth on Death, forthcoming, Oxford 2016; Trusts in Switzerland: Core implications for the Swiss estate planning environment, in: Kaplan (ed.), Trusts in Prime Jurisdictions, 4th ed., forthcoming, London 2016 (with P. Picht); Foundation Law in Switzerland, in: Developments in Foundation Law in Europe, Dordrecht et al. 2014, S. 283-310 (with G. Studen); Responsible Investments by Foundations from a Legal Perspective, International Journal of Not-for-Profit Law, Vol. 15, No. 1, 2013, S. 53-67 (with P. Picht); Johns Hopkins Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project (CNP), Country Report Switzer- land, Legal Background, Working Paper N° 47, Zürich 2009. .