Career
Owner, Daniel Hochstrasser AG, Zurich/Switzerland (since 2023)
Attorney, Partner at Bär & Karrer (1993-2022), Managing/Senior Partner (2000-2006, 2011-2021)
Court Secretary (staff attorney) at District Court, Court of Appeals and Court of Cassation (Supreme Court) of Zürich (1987-1992)
Counsel, Legal Department of the French subsidiary of Swiss group of companies (1986-1987)
Professional Memberships
Member of the Zurich Bar Association, Swiss Bar Association and International Bar Association
Member of the Advisory Committee of the Swiss Arbitration Academy
Member of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA), LCIA, DIS, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Swedish Arbitration Association, Users Council of SIAC, Dutch Arbitration Association
Member of the Court of the Swiss Arbitration Chambers (2004-2014)
Member of the Board of the Swedish Arbitration Association (2007-2011)
Member of the comité de rédaction of "Bulletin ASA" (1997-2000)
President of the Commission on International Arbitration of the Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA) (1998-2001); President of the Strategic Planning Group of AIJA (2001-2004); Work Coordinator for the Scientific Program of AIJA’s Annual Congress 2002 in Lisbon
Publications
The Ins and Outs of Arbitrator Selection, in: STOCKHOLM ARBITRATION YEARBOOK 2023, PP. 31-50
All counsel are equal, but some are more equal than others: codes of conduct in international arbitration
(with Romana Weinöhrl Brüggemann), in: GEGENWART UND ZUKUNFT DES ANWALTSBERUFES, FESTSCHRIFT ZUM 125-JÄHRIGEN JUBILÄUM DES SCHWEIZERISCHEN ANWALTSVERBANDES (SAV), 2023, PP. 307-333
Daniel Hochstrasser discusses arbitration, medicine, and becoming a leader in ESG,
in: LEADERS LEAGUE, APRIL 2023
Zur Revision des Kostenrechts im Zivilprozess – Das Gegenteil von gut ist nicht schlecht, sondern gut gemeint (with Predrag Sunaric), in: AJP 3/2021, pp. 348-354
Dissenting Opinion – weder Ärgernis noch Torheit (with Predrag Sunaric), in: SchiedsVZ, 1/2021, pp. 35-40
Schiedsgerichte: Corona als Katalysator für neue Verhandlungsformen (with Stephan Wilske), in: Lawstyle 2020, pp. 16-18
Commentary on the Swiss Private International Law Act, 4th Edition, Zurich 2020: Introduction to International Arbitration, pp. 1799-1869 (with Simone Burlet); Commentary on Article 176, pp. 1869-1886 (with Daniel C. Pfiffner)
Richard Susskind, Online Costs and the future of Justice – Niemand will Gerichte, Richter und Anwälte!, Book Review, in: Lawstyle, 1/2020, pp. 34/35
Die Vergleichsverhandlung aus Sicht des Anwalts (with Nadja Jaisli), in: Fachhandbuch Zivilprozessrecht, Zurich 2020, pp. 473-483
Arbitration in Switzerland (with Nadja Jaisli Kull, Predrag Sunaric and Nadine Wipf), in: Lexology GTDT - Arbitration 2020, February 2020
Brexit and its Effects on Civil and Commercial Litigation in Switzerland (with Nadja Jaisli, Andrea Roth and Marianna Nerushay), in: Bär & Karrer Briefing October 2019
Revision of the Swiss International Arbitration Law (with Nadja Jaisli and Andrea Roth), in: Bär & Karrer Briefing October 2018
