Dr Thomas Weibel > VISCHER > Basel, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile
VISCHER Offices
AESCHENVORSTADT 4
4010 BASEL
Switzerland
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Dr Thomas Weibel
Work Department
Dispute Resolution
Position
Partner – Head of Dispute Resolution.
Main practice areas: Litigation and Arbitration, Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law, Private International Law, Inheritance Law, Corporate Law, Intellectual Property and Competition Law, White Collar Crime.
Particular focus on:
(i) complex cross-border commercial litigation and arbitration, with a particular focus on the financial industry, aviation, and shareholder disputes,
(ii) high-profile and bet-the-company disputes, as well as
(iii) white collar cases (fraud, embezzlement, including tracing and freezing of assets).
Also acts regularly as expert for Swiss law in high-stake disputes before foreign courts and arbitral tribunals, including cross-examination as Part 35 Expert under the UK CPR.
Further practice areas:
i) recognition and enforcement of judgments and awards,
ii) internal investigations,
iii) injunctive relief, and
iv) inheritance disputes.
Regularly publishes and lectures on national and international civil procedure law as well as inheritance law, and acts as editor in chief for civil procedure law for a case law periodical.
Career
Internship STG-Coopers & Lybrand Ltd (now PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd.) Legal Department, Basel (1997-1998); Internship F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.; Corporate Law, Basel (1998); Court clerk at the District Court of Liestal (1999).
Languages
German, English, French, Spanish, Italian.
Memberships
International Bar Association IBA; Swiss Bar Association; Swiss Lawyers Association; European Bar Association (DACH); Basel Bar Association; Basel Lawyers Association; Pro iure; Swiss Association for Arbitration in Inheritance Matters.
Education
University of Basel (lic. iur., 1997; Dr. iur., 2001, summa cum laude); University of Kent at Canterbury (LL.M. in International Commercial Law, 2004).
Leisure
La Cetra Barockorchester Basel (Chairman of the Board).
Lawyer Rankings
Switzerland > Dispute resolution: litigation
Noted for being able to ‘handle large and complex cases’, VISCHER‘s arsenal of skills encompasses commercial lease disputes, aviation-related cases, and insurance litigation. The practice is jointly led by experienced commercial litigator Daniele Favalli, Thomas Weibel, who handles a plethora of cross-border financial services, defence, and aviation matters, and Gerald Virieux, who leverages his considerable experience in the recognition and enforcement of foreign court decisions alongside a variety of employment disputes. In Zurich, Karin Graf is retained by an array of private clients and corporations for assistance on banking, commercial, and insolvency disputes, while in Basel, Christian Oetiker has recently been engaged to handle complex pharmaceutical and medical devices litigation.