Droit des obligations, procédure civile et nouvelles technologies
Bruno Pasquier is an associate professor of private law at the Faculty of Law. He has been Dean of the Faculty of Law since 2023 and President of the Appeals Commission since 2024.
Bruno Pasquier studied law at the University of Fribourg (BLaw 2008, MLaw 2009) and was admitted to the bar in the canton of Aargau in 2011. In 2014, he published his dissertation on the assessment of damages by judges under Art. 42 para. 2 of the Swiss Code of Obligations. After working as a lawyer, he conducted postdoctoral research in Hamburg and Berkeley, where he also obtained an LL.M. In 2019, he received his habilitation at the University of Fribourg for a study on contracts in bankruptcy proceedings. Since 2021, he has been working as a substitute judge at the Cantonal Court of Fribourg.
Bruno Pasquier researches and teaches private law, in particular liability law and contract law, but also procedural law. His research and teaching also address issues related to new technologies.