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Dr Werner Wenger

+41 61 279 70 00 werner.wenger@wenger-plattner.ch

Work Department

Litigation and Arbitration
Corporate and Commercial
Banking and Finance
Private Clients

Position

Werner Wenger is a founding partner of Wenger Plattner, since 2012 practising as of counsel.

Increasingly focusing his practice on international commercial arbitration, Werner Wenger has been serving as chairman or sole arbitrator under numerous institutional rules (among others ICC and Swiss Rules) and in ad hoc-proceedings. His arbitration experience includes disputes relating to long-term supply, joint venture, distribution, agency, licensing and financing agreements as well as to M&A transactions with regard to a broad range of industries (media, telecommunication, insurance, banking, industrial equipment, engineering and construction, pharmaceutical and chemical products, military equipment). In professional directories covering international commercial arbitration, Werner Wenger has been described by peers as a highly experienced practitioner (ranked in Chambers Europe, Chambers Global, Who’s Who Legal and as one of the “Best of the Best” in Expert Guides).

In addition, Werner Wenger advises clients involved in negotiating complex commercial contracts and in corporate law matters. He is also acting as board member of various companies and as executor of last wills.

Career

Establishment Wenger Plattner, 1980;

Languages

German, French, English, Italian

Education

University Basel (lic. iur), 1964; University Basel (Dr. iur.) , 1966