Daniel Brugger Senior Legal AI Advisor
Attorney at Law

Daniel Brugger

Senior Legal AI Advisor
Attorney at Law
+41 58 450 80 00
daniel.brugger@lenzstaehelin.com
Zürich
Brandschenkestrasse 24
CH-8027 Zürich
www.lenzstaehelin.com
  • Expertise

    Daniel Brugger is a Senior Legal AI Advisor at our firm. In this role, he provides strategic and operational advice to the firm on the use of artificial intelligence and legal tech. He is also Head of Legal Tech/AI at the Institute for Law and Economics at the University of St.Gallen.

     

    Daniel is the founder of several initiatives in the field of legal tech, including Onlinekommentar.ch and IusBubble.com, and was involved in the development of the first AI-based chatbot for a Swiss public authority. He is a member of the advisory board of the “JUKI – Judiciary and Artificial Intelligence” research project at the Universities of Basel and Zurich and regularly teaches at universities as well as in continuing education programs on topics related to AI and law. He also reports regularly as a podcaster on current developments at the interface of artificial intelligence and law.

  • Professional Experience and Education

    and Education

    2026Senior Legal AI Advisor, Lenz & Staehelin
    2025-todayHead Legal Tech / AI, University of St.Gallen
    2014–25Law Clerk, Swiss Federal Supreme Court
    2011–12Law Clerk and Auditor, District Court Zurich
    2010–11Trainee Lawyer, Lenz & Staehelin
    2013Swiss Bar Admission
    2009University of Luzern (MLaw)
    2007Zurich University of Applied Sciences (BLaw)
  • Sprachen

    German, English, French
  • Memberships

    Member of the advisory board of the “JUKI – Judiciary and Artificial Intelligence” research project at the Universities of Basel and Zurich
  • SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

    • Brugger D., Kommentierung zu Art. 701 OR, in: Onlinekommentar.ch, September 2023
    • Brugger D., Der Onlinekommentar, in: Recht und Zugang, 2/2023
    • Brugger D., Onlinekommentar.ch, die gemeinnützige Plattform für Open-Access-Kommentare, in: Verfassungsblog December 2021
    • Brugger D., Der Tatsachenvortrag “zu Beginn” der Hauptverhandlung (Art. 229 Abs. 2 ZPO), in: ZZZ 45/2019
    • Brugger D., Der Verweis auf Beilagen in Rechtsschriften, in: SJZ/RSJ 16-17/2019
    • von der Crone H., Brugger D., Salärgovernance, in: SZW/RSDA 3/2014
    • Brugger D., von der Crone H., Gerichtliche Beurteilung von Geschäftsentscheiden, in: SZW/RSDA 2/2013
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