Lustenberger + Partners

Arbitration | Litigation | Corporate & Commercial

Gino Koenig has more than 30 years of experience in arbitration and litigation, commercial contracts and corporate law. He has acted in more than 80 international and domestic arbitration proceedings as counsel, president, sole arbitrator and party appointed arbitrator under both ad hoc and institutional rules (ICC, Swiss Rules, DIS, VIAC).

Dr. Koenig also has extensive experience in corporate law and commercial contracts, in particular in advising clients in the field of infrastructure projects. Since 2006, he is president of the Appeals Chamber of the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation (member since 1998) and responsible for more than 400 decisions. He was president of an ice hockey club from 1996–2013.

• Partner with Lustenberger + Partners (since 2009)
• Partner with Gloor & Sieger, Zurich (1998-2008)
• Associate with Müller, Wehrli & Partner and Gloor & Sieger, Zurich (1991-1998)
• Associate with Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, Washington, D.C. (USA) (1989-1990)
• Associate with Gloor & Sieger, Zurich (1958-1987)
• Law Clerk with the District Court Hinwil (Canton of Zurich) (1983-1984)
• Trainee with Reichenbach Attorneys at Law, Zurich (1982-1983)
• Trainee in the Foreign Exchange Department of a major Swiss Bank (1981-1982)

German English (French and Italian)

• Zurich and Swiss Bar Associations (ZAV/SAV)
• Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
• German Institution of Arbitration (DIS)
• Swiss Association of Sports Law (ASDS)
• International Bar Association (IBA)
• Virginia State Bar (VSB)

• 1989: Dr. iur., University of Zurich (equivalent to S.J.D.)
• 1988: Virginia State Bar (USA)
• 1988: LL.M., University of Virginia School of Law
• 1985: Zurich Bar, admitted to all Swiss courts
• 1980: lic. iur., University of Zurich (equivalent to J.D.)