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Walder Wyss features a dedicated dispute resolution team with roughly 60 members, which has grown significantly, also with lateral hires over the past few years.

Walder Wyss’s strong arbitration reputation is founded in its extensive and successful experience and expertise in construction, plant and equipment engineering disputes as well as disputes arising from distribution, agency and JV agreements and shareholders and post-M&A disputes. Nowadays, Walder Wyss covers a broad range of industries. The enforcement of arbitral awards complements our practice.

More recently, Walder Wyss has seen growth in the area of private client and trust disputes and commodities trading and pharma related disputes.

The depth of our team is not only one of numbers but also of the quality of our team members which is also reflected in the appointments and activities of team members in the arbitration community. Several of our team members serve in the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA), the Arbitration Court of the Swiss Arbitration Centre (SAC), the ICC etc., other members have academic appointments as professors for arbitration, and hold positions in arbitration focused international organizations.

Members of our team are regularly appointed as arbitrators (and sole arbitrator/chairperson) by various international arbitral institutions and/or are on the respective lists of arbitrators (in particular ICC, SAC, SIAC, etc).

Chambers Review

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Arbitration - Switzerland

2
Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Walder Wyss possesses a notable bench active in a range of commercial arbitrations, often under ICC rules and frequently involving commercial agreements. The law firm is well placed to assist with corporate arbitrations, such as shareholder agreement, share purchase agreement and post-M&A disputes. Walder Wyss is also experienced in handling arbitration proceedings under Swiss Rules, and several team members have experience acting as arbitrators.

Work Highlights

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  • Walder Wyss represented Afriland First Group in ICC arbitration brought against Equatorial Guinea in relation to a share purchase agreement for the sale of the majority of shares of CCEI Bank.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Andrea Meier
3
Andrea Meier
3
Band 3

Andrea Meier represents clients in supply chain disputes under ICC and Swiss rules. She also has experience sitting in arbitral tribunals for property, post-M&A and construction disputes.

Andrea Meier is very user-friendly for clients. I find her to be really good.

Diana Akikol
3
Diana Akikol
3
Band 3

Diana Akikol has experience as an arbitrator and co-arbitrator in investment and contractual disputes under ICC rules. She has notable experience in construction, licensing, post-M&A and shareholder matters.

Diana Akikol is a very brilliant and hard-working lawyer.

Dieter Hofmann
4
Dieter Hofmann
4
Band 4
Dieter Hofmann handles a range of arbitrations, including contractual and post-M&A, often under Swiss Rules.

I am very impressed by Dieter Hofmann; he is a really good arbitration counsel. When he argues, he knows how to make his point in a strong way. He is a no-nonsense person who asks very good questions.

Michael Feit
4
Michael Feit
4
Band 4

Michael Feit represents clients in post-M&A arbitration and contractual disputes, often concerning non-compete clauses. He is often sought out by clients from the construction and technology sectors.

Michael Feit is a great thinker and a wonderful advocate.

Michael Feit is a great lawyer who is very easygoing, easy to talk to and smart.

Michael Feit is a very strong analytical thinker. He is highly articulate and very well prepared. He does the groundwork and has the ability to extract key arguments and present them convincingly.

Michael Feit is a true strategist. His ability to take strategic view is masterful. He is very decent, calm and intelligent and is aware of the importance of a sophisticated, people-oriented approach.

Ranked Lawyers at
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Switzerland

Arbitration Counsel

Andrea Meier
3
Andrea Meier
3
Band 3
Dieter Hofmann
4
Dieter Hofmann
4
Band 4
Michael Feit
4
Michael Feit
4
Band 4
Arbitrators

Diana Akikol
3
Diana Akikol
3
Band 3
Andrea Meier
4
Andrea Meier
4
Band 4

Members

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Albane de Ziegler

Chloé Terrapon-Chassot

Dieter Hofmann

Dieter Hofmann

Head of Department

Marco Stacher

Maurice Courvoisier

Micha Bühler

Michael Cartier

Pascale Köster

Peter Straub

Stefano Fornara

Industries

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Commodities

Construction & Engineering

Distribution & Agency

Energy

M&A

Pharmaceuticals

Renewables

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