Alexander Rihs
Alexander Rihs mainly advises and litigates in public law. His practice focuses on construction, planning and environmental law, nature and heritage protection law, state and municipal law, general administrative law and public procedural law.
In civil law, Alexander Rihs advises and represents his clients in particular in the areas of the law of obligations, property law, civil procedure law and debt collection and bankruptcy law.
Alexander Rihs, Attorney at Law
Career
2008 - 2014
Studied law at the University of Zurich (Master of Law UZH)
2020 - 2024
Deputy Chief Clerk at the High Court of the Canton of Schaffhausen
2011 - 2017
Legal assistant at a Zurich law firm and various legal internships (law firm, court and legal service of a municipality)
2021
Admitted to the bar of the Canton of Schaffhausen
2018 - 2020
Clerk at the High Court of the Canton of Schaffhausen
2025
Attorney at law with Rey Läuffer Hofstetter Attorneys at Law, Baden
Career
2008 - 2014
Studied law at the University of Zurich (Master of Law UZH)
2011 - 2017
Legal assistant at a Zurich law firm and various legal internships (law firm, court and legal service of a municipality)
2018 - 2020
Clerk at the High Court of the Canton of Schaffhausen
2020 - 2024
Deputy Chief Clerk at the High Court of the Canton of Schaffhausen
2021
Admitted to the bar of the Canton of Schaffhausen
2025
Attorney at law with Rey Läuffer Hofstetter Attorneys at Law, Baden
Alexander Rihs
Sideline
Activities
Substitute judge
Substitute judge at the High Court of the Canton of Schaffhausen
Publications
Alexander Rihs/Andreas Baeckert
Commentary on Art. 7, 16, 30, 31 and 36b VRG and Art. 7 JG, in: Bilger/Herrmann/Meyer (eds.), Commentary on Schaffhausen Administrative Jurisdiction
Annette Dolge/Alexander Rihs
Recent Schaffhausen case law on the SchKG, Blätter für Schuldbetreibung und Konkurs 2021, p. 153 ff.
Alexander Rihs/Andreas Baeckert
Municipal merger, in: Handbuch für Gemeinderecht
Publications
Alexander Rihs/Andreas Baeckert
Commentary on Art. 7, 16, 30, 31 and 36b VRG and Art. 7 JG, in: Bilger/Herrmann/Meyer (eds.), Commentary on Schaffhausen Administrative Jurisdiction
Annette Dolge/Alexander Rihs
Recent Schaffhausen case law on the SchKG, Blätter für Schuldbetreibung und Konkurs 2021, p. 153 ff.
Alexander Rihs/Andreas Baeckert
Municipal merger, in: Handbuch für Gemeinderecht