Dispute Resolution: Litigation and Arbitration
Daniele Favalli
Partner, head Arbitration practice.
Gerald Virieux
Partner
Thomas Weibel
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.
Raphael Butz
Partner. Litigation and Arbitration. Leading the practice area of construction and real estate disputes.
Lorenz Ehrler
Partner
Karin Graf
Partner
Felix C Meier-Dieterle
Partner civil litigation, enforcement proceedings, real estate and labour law
Christian Oetiker
Christian Oetiker is a partner in VISCHER's litigation and arbitration team. He represents businesses in proceedings before national courts throughout Switzerland as well as before national and international arbitral tribunals. He also acts as arbitrator. Christian studied at the University of St. Gallen (HSG) and the London School of Economics. He has an in-depth understanding of economic issues. He regularly represents both national and international companies from the financial, chemical and aviation industry. Recent cases include litigation on derivative contracts (governed by the ISDA Master Agreement) and on accounting matters. In addition to dispute resolution, he advises on private international law, general contractual issues and unfair competition law. Christian publishes and speaks regularly on litigation and arbitration matters as well as other selected topics. He is a member of the Board of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) and of the Swiss Commission of Arbitration and ADR of the ICC. From 2008 until 2019, he was a member of the Arbitration Court of the Swiss Chambers' Arbitration Institution.
Marc Ph. Prinz
Partner; Head of Labour & Employment Law Practice Group
Team Services
VISCHER's experienced Dispute Resolution team of dedicated litigators represents clients from all sectors in complex national and transnational commercial litigation and arbitration. The sizeable team is able to handle big tickets on short notice. The team acts in numerous languages.
The team is constantly thinking ahead strategically, with a view to later enforcement. The clients describe the team as reliable, trustworthy, highly skilled, proactive, and dynamic. The Dispute Resolution team is passionate about quality and fully independent.
Awards and Recognition
CHAMBERS 2023 - GLOBAL
CHAMBERS 2023 - EUROPE
