Counsel, Wenger Plattner Attorneys at Law I Tax Advisors I Notaries, Basel, Zurich and Berne
Current activity
Professional focus
Areas of law
My career
- 1964: Law degree (lic. iur.), University of Basel
- 1965/66 Additional studies in Geneva and Rome
- 1966: Doctorate (Dr. iur.), University of Basel
- 1967: Admission to the Bar
- 1970: Admission as Civil Law Notary, Basel-City
- 1978:Founded the law firm Wenger Cueni (today Wenger Plattner)
Arbitration experience
Since 1980 increasingly focussing on international commercial arbitration, mainly as chairman of the panel, under a variety of institutional rules and in ad-hoc proceedings (over 140 cases). Arbitration experience includes disputes relating to long-term supply, joint venture, distribution, agency, patent licensing and financing agreements as well as to M&A transactions with regard to a broad variety of industries (industrial equipment, engineering and construction, investment projects, military equipment, pharmaceutical and chemical products, media and telecommunication, banking and insurance).
Publications
- Zum obligationenrechtlichen Schiedsverfahren im schweizerischen Recht. Eine rechtsvergleichende und historische Studie zur Unterscheidung zwischen Schiedsrichter und Schiedsgutachter unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des "arbitrato libero" des italienischen Rechts, Basel 1968
- Die Rechtsmittel gegen schiedsrichterliche Entscheidungen, in: Lalive/Wenger, L'arbitrage international privé et la Suisse, Mémoires publiés par la Faculté de Droit de Genève, no. 53, Genève 1977
- Die Rechtsmittel gegen schiedsrichterliche Entscheidungen gemäss Konkordatsrecht und gemäss zürcherischem Recht, in: K.H. Böckstiegel (Hrsg.), Die internationale Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit in der Schweiz, Köln etc. (Heymann) 1979
- Säumnis und Säumnisfolgen im internationalen Schiedsverfahren, in: Mélanges ICCA 1984 (Etudes suisses sur l'arbitrage, no. 1), Zürich 1984; Die internationale Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit, Basler Juristische Mitteilungen (BJM) 1989, pp. 337-359 and in Schweizer Studien zum internationalen Recht, Bd. 67, Zürich 1990
- Commentary [in English] on Articles 178 and 186 (arbitration agreement and jurisdiction of arbitral tribunal) of the Swiss PILS in: Berti/Honsell/Vogt/ Schnyder (Eds.), International Arbitration in Switzerland, Basel/Den Haag 2000
- The Role of the Arbitrator in Bringing about a Settlement – A Swiss Perspective, in: Markus Wirth (Ed.), Best Practices in International Arbitration, ASA Special Series No. 26, 2006
- Commentary [in German] on Articles 178 and 186 (arbitration agreement and jurisdiction of arbitral tribunal) of the Swiss PILS in: Honsell/Vogt/Schnyder/Berti (Eds.)
- Kommentar zum Internationalen Privatrecht, 2nd edition (co-author), Basel 2007
- Commentary [in German] on Articles 353 to 356 of the Swiss Civil Procedure Code in: Sutter-Somm/Hasenböhler/Leuenberger (Eds.), Kommentar zur Schweizerischen Zivilprozessordnung, Zürich 2010
- The New Swiss Law on Domestic Arbitration: How International is it? in: Müller/Rigozzi (Eds.), New Developments in International Commercial Arbitration, Zürich 2010.
Languages
Memberships
- ASA - Association Suisse d'Arbitrage
- Swiss Bar Association
- DIS - Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit