Heinrich Hempel advises and represents domestic and foreign companies as well as individuals and public authorities in the areas of business law, intellectual property law, contract and commercial law, tenancy law, employment law, inheritance law/succession planning/foundations, constitutional and administrative law, competition law, procurement law and aviation law.

Born in 1963, Heinrich Hempel studied at the University of Zurich (lic. iur. 1987, Dr. iur. 1991) and at Columbia Law School (LL.M. 1996). He was admitted to the bar in 1993. Heinrich Hempel worked as a law clerk at the District Court of Bülach and for a New York law firm in 1996. He has worked for Schiller Attorneys at Law since 1993 and has been a partner since 1997.

Heinrich Hempel speaks German, English, French and Italian.

Heinrich Hempel is a member of the Zurich Bar Association, the Swiss Bar Association, the ASDA/SVLR (Swiss Association for Air and Space Law, President), the Musikkollegium Winterthur (President 2014 – 2021), the Columbia Law School Association, the EALA (European Air Law Association), the Zurich University Association (former board member) and the IATL (International Academy of Trial Lawyers, former board member).

As a music lover, Heinrich Hempel appreciates it when dissonance dissolves into harmony; but he also knows that sometimes dissonance must be endured.