Eva Viola Bohnenblust

Eva Viola
Bohnenblust

MLaw Attorney at Law
Certified Specialist SBA Family Law
Mediator
Collaborative Lawyer clp Switzerland (clp lawyer)

German, English

  • Career
    2025 Certified Specialist SBA Family Law and Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Family Law at the Universities of Fribourg
    Since 2024 Partner at FamPlus AG
    2019 to 2024 Attorney at a Zurich law firm specialising in family and inheritance law
    2023 Collaborative Lawyer clp Switzerland (clp lawyer)
    2022 Training as a mediator
    2021 to 2023 Co-editor of the online platform iusNet Familienrecht
    Since 2020 Lecturer for the Treuhand Suisse intensive course on family and inheritance law
    Since 2019 Part-time substitute judge at the Horgen District Court, since 2021 exclusively in family law proceedings
    2018 Admission to the bar of the Canton of Zurich
    2015 to 2018 Auditor and court clerk at the Horgen District Court
    2014 to 2015 Trainee at a large commercial law firm in Zurich, preceded by several years as a student paralegal
    2013 to 2014 Legal assistant at a real estate company in London
    2008 to 2014 Law studies at the University of Zurich, graduating with a Master of Law (magna cum laude)
  • Network
  • Publications / Presentations
    • Commentary on Federal Court decision 5A_749/2023 of 12.09.2024, Employee equity holdings in matrimonial property settlements («Mitarbeiterbeteiligungen in der güterrechtlichen Auseinandersetzung»), iusNet Familienrecht, August 2025
    • Family case law from September 2024 to May 2025 («Die familienrechtliche Rechtsprechung von September 2024 bis Mai 2025»), presentation at the Swiss Bar Congress in June 2025
    • Calculation maintenance in blended family situations («Unterhaltsberechnung in Patchworksituationen»), presentation on 05.03.2025 at the Schulthess Forum on blended families and cohabitation (together with Christian Fraefel)
    • Employee equity holdings in matrimonial property settlements («Mitarbeiterbeteiligungen in der güterrechtlichen Auseinandersetzung»), presentation held on 01.02.2025 in the specialisation course Certified Specialist SBA Family Law (as a course participant)
    • Lecture for the Fundamentals of fiduciary practice: family and inheritance law («Treuhand fundiert, Familien- und Erbrecht»), study course organised by Treuhand Suisse, module on pension equalisation and child support (2024 and 2022 and 2021)
    • Maintenance and pension equalisation in the context of matrimonial property law - selected issues related to recent case law («Ausgewählte Fragestellungen an der Schnittstelle von Güterrecht und Unterhalt sowie Vorsorgeausgleich - unter Berücksichtigung neuerer Rechtsprechung»), presentation on 27.06.2023 at the Schulthess Forum on matrimonial property law in Zurich
    • Maintenance for adult children («Referat zum Volljährigenunterhalt»), presentation on 30.03.2023 at a meeting of the Family Law Section of the Zurich Bar Association
    • Lecture for the Fundamentals of fiduciary practice: family and inheritance law («Treuhand fundiert, Familien- und Erbrecht»), study course organised by Treuhand Suisse, module on pension equalisation and child support (2021 and 2022)
    • Commentary on Federal Court decision BGE 147 III 393, No duty to fund maintenance from multi-million inheritance («Kein Unterhalt aus Millionenerbe»), iusNet Familienrecht, August 2021
    • Preparing and initiating matrimonial law proceedings («Vorbereitung und Einleitung eherechtlicher Verfahren»), presentation on 01.11.2021 at the civil procedure law conference «ZPR! Das Prozessieren in familienrechtlichen Verfahren», Stiftung juristische Weiterbildung
    • Selected issues relating to matrimonial property settlements («Ausgewählte Fragestellungen der güterrechtlichen Auseinandersetzung»), presentation on 30.06.2021 at the Schulthess Forum on matrimonial property law in Zurich (together with Silvano Arpino)
    • The relevant value («Der massgebliche Wert»), presentation on 15.01.2021 and 09.09.2020 at the Schulthess Forum on matrimonial property law I and II in Zurich and Bern (together with Stefanie Althaus)
    • The relevant value in matrimonial property settlements («Der massgebliche Wert in der güterrechtlichen Auseinandersetzung»), in: FamPra 03/2020, pp. 670 ff. (together with Stefanie Althaus)
  • Personal
    • Friend, sister, auntie
    • Culture and cuisine
    • Swimming, diving, sun and sea