Werner Jahnel

Practice Areas

Private Client

Litigation

International Commercial Arbitration

Business Advisory

Art and Cultural Property

Career

Werner Jahnel joined LALIVE in 2008 and has been based in the Zurich office since 2010. He specialises in private wealth, advising private clients, family offices, foundations and trust companies on complex international estate planning and inheritance law matters, succession planning, divorce and family issues. He is certified by the Swiss Bar Association as a Specialist in Inheritance law. Having practised international arbitration for two decades, he currently acts as counsel and arbitrator in commercial and private client related disputes.

Professional Memberships

- Vice-president of the Swiss Association for Arbitration in Inheritance Matters (SVSiE)

- Member of the International Advisory Board of the Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC)

- Member of the working group for Arbitration and Inheritance Law of the Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC)

- Member of The International Academy of Estate and Trust Law (TIAETL)

- Member of Association Successio

- Founding member of the Association of Young Austrian Arbitration Practitioners (YAAP)

- Member of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)

- Member of the Austrian Arbitration Association (ArbAut)

- Member of the German Institution of Arbitration (DIS)

- Member the Liechtenstein Arbitration Association (LIS).