Dorothee Auwärter advises and represents domestic and foreign companies as well as private individuals in the areas of contract law, commercial law, corporate law, employment law, tenancy law and succession planning/foundations.

Born in 1979, Dorothee Auwärter studied at the University of Neuchâtel (lic. iur. 2003) and at the University of St. Gallen (Executive MBA HSG 2012). She was admitted to the Zurich Bar in 2006. Dorothee Auwärter worked as an auditor and legal secretary at the District Court of Pfäffikon ZH. She has worked for Schiller Attorneys at Law since 2005 and has been a partner since 2014.

Dorothee Auwärter speaks German, French and English.

Dorothee Auwärter is Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Kuhn Rikon AG, a member of the Board Committee of Swissmem (Association of the Swiss Mechanical, Electrical and Metal Industries), a member of the Board of the Swiss Management Association, Vice President of the Migros Cooperative Eastern Switzerland and a member of various Boards of Directors, including those of Eberhard Unternehmungen, Kloten, and Wandfluh Holding AG, Frutigen. Dorothee Auwärter is a member of the Zurich Bar Association and the Swiss Bar Association.

In 2023 and 2024, Dorothee Auwärter was voted one of the Women in Business Top 100 by WOMEN IN BUSINESS magazine.

As an entrepreneur with one foot in the industry, she knows that business success requires not only risk awareness, but also courage.