Stefanie Pfisterer

Practice Areas

Stefanie Pfisterer specializes in arbitration and litigation. She has broad experience as counsel and arbitrator in international and domestic arbitration proceedings. She also represents clients in complex court proceedings. Contentious international trust and estate matters are her other areas of focus.

Stefanie Pfisterer has been involved in more than 50 arbitration proceedings under various arbitration rules. She is experienced in disputes arising, inter alia, out of agency and distribution, joint ventures and shareholder agreements, M&A transactions, and international sales contracts.

Stefanie Pfisterer also represents clients in complex court proceedings in a broad range of matters, in particular in international and cross-border disputes. She also represents entrepreneurs, foundations, and international families in contentious trust and estate matters.

Stefanie Pfisterer is a member of the Arbitration Court of the Swiss Arbitration Centre, a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, and a lecturer at the University of St. Gallen.

Career

Qualified in Switzerland, 2007, and New York, 2013. Doctoral student/research assistant at the University of Zurich, Law School, Prof. Anton K. Schnyder, 2009-2011. Associate at a law firm in Bern, 2009-2011. Senior Associate at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP in London, 2012-2014. Joined Homburger in 2014. Partner of Homburger since 2021. Member (since 2021) and Vice President (since 2024) of the Court of the Swiss Arbitration Centre. Member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR since 2021. Lecturer at the University of St. Gallen since 2021.

Professional Memberships

Harvard Law School (LL.M., 2012). University of Bern (MLaw, summa cum laude, 2007). University of Zurich (Dr. iur., summa cum laude, 2012)

Publications

Stefanie Pfisterer is the author of numerous publications in the field of dispute resolution, including commentaries on the Federal Act on Private International Law (IPRG), the Swiss Code of Civil Procedure Code of Civil Procedure and the Swiss Rules.

Personal

Endurance sports

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Switzerland, continental Europe

Languages Spoken

German, English, French

Education