Zenhäusern, Urs

Partner with Baker & McKenzie Zurich

• International arbitration / litigation
• International commercial law
• Technology transfer, licensing, construction, distribution and agency agreements
• EPC contracts
• Unfair competition
• Antitrust law
• Sports law

• Lic. iur., University of Fribourg, 1986
• Dr. iur., University of Fribourg, 1991
• Law clerk at Zurich District Court, 1991
• Court Secretary at Commercial Court of Canton Zurich: 1992-1994
• Lecturer at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology: 1990/91
• Lecturer for Competition/Antitrust Law at University of Fribourg: 1995/96
• Lecturer for Intellectual Property Law matters at the Postgraduate Program of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology: 2000/2001

As arbitrator: Sole arbitrator, Secretary to arbitration panels. As counsel: Counsel for parties in more than 100 international arbitration cases (mainly ICC, UNCITRAL, Swiss Chambers of Commerce). Subject-matter of the arbitral proceedings: Major infrastructure and construction projects; Power plant and mass transport projects; Post M&A disputes; Technology transfer; Sale of goods/commodities; Industrial property rights; Joint venture, agency, distribution and license agreements.

• Der internationale Lizenzvertrag (The International Licensing Contract)
• Internationales Konkursrecht, in: Schuldbetreibung und Konkurs in der Schweiz (International Insolvency Law, in: Debt Collection and Bankruptcy in Switzerland)
• Unfair competition, in: Developments in Swiss Business Law
• The new Swiss Merger Act: Commentary of Art. 38-42
• Agency and Distributorship Agreements under Swiss Law, in: Agency and Distributorship Laws in Europe
• Das schweizerische Kartellgesetz: Kommentar zu Art. 14, 16 und 25 (The Swiss Cartel Act: Commentary of Art. 14, 16 and 25)
• Lizenz- und Know-how-Vertrag, in: Handkommentar zum Schweizer Zivilgesetzbuch und zum Obligationenrecht (License and Know-how Contracts, in: Commentary on the Swiss Civil Code and the Code of Obligations)
• Lizenzverträge als Alternative zum Export (Licensing Agreements as an Alternative to Export)
• Ausländisches Kartellrecht: Fallstricke für schweizerische Unternehmen (Foreign Antitrust Law: Traps for Swiss Companies?)
• Class Action und Punitive Damages als U.S.-amerikanische Besonderheiten: Abwehrmöglichkeiten für Schweizer Unternehmen (Class Action and Punitive Damages as U.S. Peculiarities: Possible Defensive Actions for Swiss Companies)
• Software und das Jahr 2000: Zur Haftung der EDV-Anbieter und Berater (Software and the Year 2000: The Liability of Software Suppliers and Consultants)
• Elektronischer Vertragsabschluss und Zahlungsverkehr im Internet (Electronic Contracts and Internet Payment Transactions)
• Costs in Swiss International Arbitrations
• Parallel Proceedings before State Courts and Arbitral Tribunals
• Contract of Guarantee and Remedies against Unjustified Calls of Guarantees
• The New Swiss Rules of International Arbitration
• Enforcing English Worldwide Freezing Injunctions ("Mareva Injunctions") in Switzerland

• German
• English
• French
• Spanish

• ASA
• DIS
• ArbAut
• AIPPI
• LES
• ILA
• IBA