Baker McKenzie Switzerland SA

Dispute Resolution, Insurance and Corporate Law

Prof. Dr. Joachim Frick, LL.M./J.S.D. practices mainly in the areas of dispute resolution, insurance and corporate law and became a partner in 2001. He regularly represents clients as a party counsel in litigation and arbitration proceedings with special emphasis on corporate, insurance, and M&A disputes. He heads the insurance practice of the Zurich office and co-heads the European Financial Services & Insurance Group as a steering committee member. He advises Swiss and international insurance and reinsurance clients in litigious and non-litigious insurance matters.

In addition to practicing as a lawyer, Joachim Frick regularly teaches as a professor of law at Zurich University (Titularprofessor). He is a member and regular speaker in various professional organizations concerning his areas of practice. He is a graduate of Zurich University (Dr. iur. 1992) and Yale Law School (LL.M. 1996, J.S.D. 2000) and has practiced with Baker McKenzie Taipei and Chicago.

Prof. Frick represents clients as a party counsel in litigation and arbitration proceedings with special emphasis on insurance, corporate and post-M&A disputes. In addition, Prof. Frick advises insurance and reinsurance companies on regulatory, corporate and compliance matters and represents them in transactions as well as in front of regulator, courts and arbitral tribunals. He also regularly advises clients in aviation and aircraft financing transactions.

German; English; French; Italian

Ius Alumni Zurich Yale Club of Switzerland Yale Club of New York ASA Swiss Arbitration Association DIS German Institution of Arbitration Liechtenstein Arbitration Association Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb) ASDA Swiss Insurance Association ASDA/SVLR Swiss Association for Air and Space Law Swiss Bar Association

University of Zurich (Titular Professor) (2007) Yale Law School (J.S.D.) (2002) Yale Law School (LL.M.) (1995) University of Zurich (Dr. iur.) (1992) University of Zurich (lic. iur.) (1989) Freies Gymnasium Zurich (Matura) (1984)