Current activity

Partner, Schellenberg Wittmer (since 2012)

Professional focus

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  • Arbitration
  • Arbitration-related litigation
  • Swiss law
  • Construction and engineering
  • International trade
  • Energy including Oil & Gas
  • Pharmaceuticals

Areas of law

My career

  • Dr.iur (summa cum laude; Prof. Walther Hug Prize), University of Zurich (2010)
  • Visiting Scholar, Columbia Law School (2008/09)
  • Associate, Schellenberg Wittmer (2006-2011)
  • Master of Law, University of Fribourg (2002)
  • International Law Certificate, University of Amsterdam (2000)

Arbitration experience

Counsel and arbitrator in a wide array of commercial disputes related to construction and engineering projects, research and development, sales contracts including post-M&A disputes, joint ventures, the pharmaceutical and automotive industries and the energy sector, including oil & gas disputes.

Publications

  • Selection: Emergency Arbitrator Procedure, ICC Bulletin Special Series 2011
  • Commentary on Art. 183 PILA, Art. 29 ICC Rules and special chapter Interim Measures, in Arroyo (ed.), Arbitration in Switzerland, Practitioners' Guide, (forthcoming 2012)
  • The New ICC Emergency Arbitrator Rules, Transnational Notes, Reflections on Transnational Litigation and Commercial Law, 27 September 2011
  • Die Durchsetzung einstweiliger Massnahmen in internationalen Schiedsverfahren, Zurich 2010 (2011)
  • The laws governing interim measures in international arbitration, Ferrari/Kröll (eds), Conflict of Laws in International Arbitration, Munich 2011, pp. 409-457
  • Swiss Rules of International Arbitration – Time to Introduce an Emergency Arbitrator Procedure?, 28 ASA Bulletin 3/2010, 461-477
  • Die Wahl des Schweizer Rechts – was man wissen sollte, RIW 3/2009, 126–139
  • How to Deal with Multi-tiered Dispute Resolution Clauses, ASA Bulletin 1/2008, 103 ff.
  • Streiterledigung bei Grossprojekten II: Die ICC Dispute Board Rules, Anwaltsrevue 11-12/2007, 494 ff.

Languages

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  • German (native)
  • English (native)
  • French
  • Dutch
  • Italian (basic)

Memberships

  • DIS
  • IPBA
  • Swiss-Asian Chamber of Commerce
  • ASA
  • IBA
  • LCIA
  • ICCA
  • ICDR Y&I
  • YAS
  • ICC YAF
  • YAP
  • SAV
  • ZAV

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