CV

Oliver D. William obtained his law degree from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, and subsequently worked as a practicing attorney in Zurich. During this time, he also contributed to a research project supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), the German Research Foundation (DFG), and the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). He earned his doctorate from the University of Zurich with a thesis titled "Reinsurance and the Law of Aggregation - Event, Occurrence, Cause." After completing his dissertation, he began a postdoctoral project that focuses on exploring how non-legal norms such as customs and usages become relevant in the law of obligations. In 2020, he joined the University of Bern as a senior teaching and research assistant, where he continued his postdoctoral work and taught courses in various legal areas.

In 2023, Oliver D. William joined the University of Lucerne as an Assistant Professor of private law, with a particular focus on the law of obligations. In addition to his teaching and research duties, he serves as a special advisor to the project group responsible for developing the Principles of Reinsurance Contract Law (PRICL) and is a co-organizer of the Transatlantic Lectures on Insurance Law (ATILA) offered by the European Law Institute's (ELI) Special Interest Group on Insurance Law.

Research

Oliver D. William's research interests centre on several key areas of national and international law, including contract law and tort law. He also conducts research on legal methodology and is particularly interested in comparative law as it applies to the aforementioned branches of law.

Publications