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Elena Koch is a Senior Assistant at the Chair of Private Law with a focus on Property Law at the University of Zurich. She holds a Dr. iur. des. degree (2024), a Master in Law from Université de Strasbourg (2015), and dual Master's degrees from the University of Zurich (2015, 2013). Her career spans legal practice, academic research, and education.
- 2024: Doctorate (Dr. iur. des.), University of Zurich
- 2015: Master in Banking and Financial Law, Université de Strasbourg
- 2015: Master of Law, University of Zurich
- 2013: Bachelor of Law, University of Zurich
- 2010: Matura, Cantonal School Frauenfeld
Her research focuses on Roman law, legal history, and property law, with particular emphasis on creditor-debtor relationships post-mortem, historical credit security mechanisms, and land transaction disputes. She contributes to animated legal education videos as part of the Swiss Law Clinic project.
Recent publications include analyses of Roman legal doctrines (venditio bonorum, Formula Baetica) and Swiss jurisprudence. Her work bridges classical legal history with modern comparative law applications.
- 2024: Swiss National Science Foundation Doc.mobility fellowship
- 2016: Scholarship for XIII Collegio di Diritto Romano in Pavia
- 2013: University of Zurich Semester Prize for Seminar Papers
- 2010: Jimmy Bauer Foundation Prize for Matura diploma
As a practicing attorney and legal educator, she has contributed to court audits, law firm trainings, and interdisciplinary projects on contractual and property law concepts. Her lectures address topics from Roman legal institutions to succession debt distribution.
