Dr Yannick Hostettler > Wenger Plattner > Basel, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

Wenger Plattner
AESCHENVORSTADT 55
4010 BASEL
Switzerland

Work Department

Litigation and Arbitration
Corporate and Commercial
IP and IT
Employment Law

Position

Yannick Hostettler advises and represents Swiss and foreign companies as well as individuals in proceedings before state courts of all instances and arbitral tribunals. His practice focuses on commercial disputes, particularly in the areas of distribution, general contract, intellectual property and employment law. He also provides advice on non-contentious matters in these fields.

Yannick Hostettler has extensive experience in conducting complex cross-border litigation, in the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgements and in international mutual legal assistance in civil and criminal matters. He publishes regularly on topics concerning civil procedure and intellectual property law.

Career

Bar admission (2016), Partner at Wenger Plattner (2022)

Languages

German, English

Education

University of Basel (Dr. iur. 2021), University of Basel (MLaw 2014)

Lawyer Rankings

Switzerland > Employment

The employment team at Wenger Plattner has a special focus on dispute resolution for high-profile companies and individuals, including entrepreneurs and senior management staff. The team is particularly strong in bonus disputes, employment termination litigation, and litigation relating to non-competition clauses including interim relied proceedings and arbitration. The practice is headed by Roland Bachmann, who has extensive experience litigating on separation agreements and complex bonus plans and advising clients on all issues relating to employment law. The team is supported by IP expert Damian Schai and commercial dispute specialist Yannick Hostettler.

Switzerland > Dispute resolution: litigation

Counting corporations, public law entities and private clients in its varied client roster, ‘excellent’ Wenger Plattner fields a wide-ranging litigation practice, advising on liability, banking and inheritance law disputes to name a few. The team operates across its Zurich and Basel offices, the latter of which being notable experienced in pharma industry mandates. Zurich-based team leader Stephan Kesselbach principally focuses on corporate, contract and insolvency law litigation. Other key names to note include Zurich-based Roland Bachmann, as well as Dieter Gränicher and Yannick Hostettler, who operate in the firm’s Basel office.