Karl Eckstein (lawyer)
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Karl Eckstein (born 16th April 1949, Valviz, Germany) – professor, Doctor of Law, lawyer, honorary Consul of the Russian Federation in Switzerland.
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| Born | April 16, 1949 Valviz |
| Nationality | German |
| Citizenship | Swiss, Russian |
| Occupation(s) | Director of "Eckstein & Partner", lawyer, honorary Consul of the Russian Federation in Switzerland |
| Children | Alexander, Alina |
| Website | www |
Early life
Youth and Student years
Karl Eckstein was born on the 16th of April in Valviz, Germany (FRG). In 1965 he finished secondary school in Rheineck, St. Gallen (Switzerland) and entered the Teachers' training institute in Rorschach, St.Gallen, which he graduated from in 1969 and received the teacher certificate of initial classes. 1971-1975 Karl pursued his studies on the faculty of law of the University in Basel (Switzerland).
Teaching and academic career
Since 1969 (till 1971) Karl Eckstein worked as a teacher of initial classes in Dicken, St.Gallen. Later, in 1975 he got the certificate of conferment of the candidate’s degree of Law of University in Basel, where Karl successfully defended a doctoral thesis in 1979 and got the certificate of Doctor of Law. The qualification of Swiss lawyer was given to him by Superior Court of Basel in 1980. Since 1995 till now Eckstein has worked in MGIMO-University as a Professor of constitutional and administrative law. In 2001 in Moscow he received professor certificate according to the attestation commission decision.
Professional activity
While writing the doctoral thesis, Karl worked in the legal department of the St.Gallen’s Ministry of Education (1976 – 1977). Having received the certificate of Doctor of Law, Karl worked in the legal department of the federal energy department in Bern and was responsible for international law matters concerning the use of the atomic energy and admission to startup of a nuclear power plant in Leibstadt.
Since 1982 Eckstein has realized support and advice of western business owners in their activities in Russia and other countries-former republics of the USSR. Even during the Cold War Doctor of Law, professor Karl Eckstein was at the head of Moscow office of the largest Swiss industrial consortium. He represented interests of such Swiss concerns as Nestle, Sulzer, SIG, Bührle Oerlikon, Andre Lausanne, Bühler Uzwil etc.
At dawn of the perestroika in 1986 when there was a prospect of access to the large soviet market, professor Eckstein founded his own consulting company “Eckstein & Partner” (legal and accounting services, trust management affairs). In 2000 the firm’s practice has expanded and began to include the protection of business interests in the European court of human rights and representation of clients' interests at Interpol. Karl's law firm specialises in providing legal advice to lawyers and companies considering using the European Convention to protect their rights and interests, either by assisting them in successfully using the Court’s case law before national authorities or by helping them lodge an application with the Court. Eckstein's legal practice covers a wide range of violations of companies' Convention rights such as violations taking place in the framework of criminal investigations, corporate raiding and failure of the states to protect against interferences by third parties, searches and seizures, asset freezing orders, tax disputes, shareholders disputes, licenses and permits procedures, expropriations, bankruptcy proceedings and investment protection.
During 1992-1993 Eckstein gave legal advice to the commission on issues of the school reform of the Parliament of the Russian Federation.
1992 – 1994 he was the counselor of the government of Tajikistan, managed the project "Economic reform of Tajikistan" on the instructions of the government (together with St.Gallen University – professor Franz Eger and professor Bernd Ships).
In 2000 Eckstein together with R.Shafhauser and S.Vershinin issued the book "How to arrange relations between a citizen and an official?". Karl was one of the first who suggested creating a single code of administrative-procedural rules at the federal level because the present regulation of administrative procedures in Russia is fragmentary though the significance of a single regulation in this sphere was recognized indisputable in many democratic legal states long ago. Principles that regulate the administrative procedures in Switzerland as the country with firm democratic traditions are presented and commented in the book.
In 2007 Karl Eckstein became the first honorary Consul[1] of the Russian Federation [2] in Switzerland. On the 5th of June 2007 in Zürich the official opening of the Honorary Consulate[3] of the Russian Federation. More than 300 people took part in the opening ceremony. Among them there were ex- ambassador of the Russian Federation in Switzerland Dmitry Cherkashin, the mayor of Zurich, Elmar Ledergerber and representatives of the local authorities, the business community, politicians and cultural figures. As the main goals Karl Eckstein as the Honorary consul [4] of the Russian Federation sees the development and strengthening of business, economic and cultural relations between Russia and Switzerland. Office in Zurich should become a starting point, first of all, for business people, Swiss and Russian, who wish to establish good bilateral relations and business in Russia and Switzerland.
Publications
(For more information see http://www.eckstein.ru/deutsch/ueber_uns/unsere_Firma/Prof.Dr.Karl_Eckstein)
- 2007 - Geschäftserfolg in Russland
Orell Füssli Verlag, Zürich 2007[5]
- 2007 - A right to be left in peace
Karl Eckstein / Mjriana Visentin in Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law: Liber amicorum Luzius Wildhaber, Basel 2007
- 2005 - Doktrin des öffentlichen Rechts in Russland
in: Wirtschaftsrecht zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts, Festschrift für Peter Nobel zum 60. Geburtstag, Stämpfli Verlag Bern, 2005, S. 893-908
- 2005 - Business mit Russland
Verlag Paul Haupt, mit einem Vorwort von Nationalrat Ernst Muehlemann, Hauptreferent des Europarates für die Aufnahme Russlands
- 2003 - Markteintritt: Reibungsloser Einstieg
Der Wirtschaftswegweiser für den Mittelstand "So kommen Sie nach Russland", Primeverlag 2003 (S. 194 - 198)
- 2002 - “Fundamental rights and freedoms: according to Russian Constitution and European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms”
Moscow, Nota Bene publishing house, the foreword of the European Court of human rights president in Strasbourg, prof. Dr. Lucius Wildhaber, Moscow (in Russian)
- 2001 - Commentary on the draft law "On administrative procedures"
Moscow, Publishers Progress Complex (in Russian)
- 2000 - "How to arrange relations between a citizen and an official? Administrative procedures on the example of Switzerland laws "
Moscow, Publishers EKON (in Russian)
- 2000 - Commentary on the second chapter of Russian Constitution
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), issue 2, Moscow, Publishers EKON (in Russian)
Membership
Union of German economics in Moscow
European Business Congress
Forum East – West, Bern
IG – GUS, Chamber Of Commerce Switzerland - Russia
German – Russian Forum
Cooperation council Switzerland-Russia
Joint Chambers of Commerce(Presidium member)
Member of Parliament of St. Gallen (Switzerland)
References
- ^ http://www.nashagazeta.ch/print/node/6586
- ^ http://www.rusconsul.ch/up_daten/cons081027r_MigrosForumEcksteinNashaGazeta.pdf
- ^ http://www.rusconsul.ch/up_daten/cons070317d_MZ_1.pdf
- ^ http://www.rusconsul.ch/up_daten/cons080516d_LeaderArtikelApril2008A.pdf
- ^ http://rusconsul.ch/index.php?s=6&u=47&l=de
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