Current activity

In private practice, since 1991 in Zurich, since 1994 in own firm

Professional focus

Areas of law

My career

  • Studies Law/Economics Universities Freiburg/Brsg. (B.A. Econ., 1979), Geneva, Göttingen (1st State Exam., 1983)
  • Columbia Law School (LL.M., 1984)
  • Basel (lic. iur., 1986)
  • Law clerk, 2nd State Exam., Court of Appeals Karlsruhe, 1984-1987.Bar Admissions: New York 1985
  • Germany 1987
  • Switzerland 1991
  • US Supreme Court 2014

Arbitration experience

Chairman, party-appointed and sole arbitrator as well as counsel in more than 190 international arbitrations under the rules of ICC, DIS, SCAI Swiss Chambers' Arbitration Court (Swiss Rules), VIAC Vienna, LCIA, SCC, SIAC, ICDR (AAA), CAS, MKAS (Moscow), Ukrainian CC, Romanian CC, Zurich CC, German-Swiss CC, and of other institutions; UNCITRAL, ad hoc. Domestic arbitration. Mediation. Subject-matters: commercial contracts, sale of goods/commodities, agency/distribution, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, shareholders' agreements, privatisations, foreign investments, infrastructure/development projects, construction/engineering, automotive, oil & gas, energy and natural resources, mining, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, biotechnology, IT/telecommunication, IP (patents, license agreements, FRAND, technology transfer), insurance/reinsurance, banking/finance, tax, defence contracts, disputes involving states and public entities; substantive laws of Austria, Brazil, Czech Republic, England, France, Georgia, Germany, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, New York, Poland, Romania, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, CISG, EU, etc.

Publications

  • Praxishandbuch Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit (co-author) 2007
  • Articles and conference reports on international arbitration and international sales law

Languages

Memberships

  • DIS, ASA, LCIA, arbaut
  • Zurich, Swiss and German Bar Associations
  • NYSBA
  • IBA, UIA (Chairman, Intern. Sale of Goods Commission 1998-2004)

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