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Practice Areas
Stefanie Pfisterer specializes in dispute resolution. She has broad experience as counsel and arbitrator in international arbitration proceedings. 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 M&A transactions, shareholder agreements, joint ventures, agency and distribution, and international sales contracts. She also frequently pursues enforcement, interim relief and/or annulment proceedings in relation to arbitral awards/arbitration proceedings. Furthermore, Stefanie Pfisterer represents clients in complex court proceedings in a broad range of matters, in particular in international and cross-border disputes. Contentious international trust and estate matters are her other areas of focus. In particular, she represents entrepreneurs, foundations, and international families in contentious trust and estate matters. Stefanie Pfisterer is Vice President of the Arbitration Court of the Swiss Arbitration Centre, a member of the board of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA), 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. Member of the ASA board since 2026. Lecturer at the University of St. Gallen since 2021.
Professional Memberships
Harvard Law School (LL.M., 2012). University of Zurich (Dr. iur., summa cum laude, 2012). University of Bern (MLaw, summa cum laude, 2007).
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
Harvard Law School
LL.M.
2012
University of Zurich
Dr. iur., summa cum laude
2012
University of Zurich
MLaw, summa cum laude
2007
