Lawyers Dieter Hofmann

Dieter Hofmann

Partner
lic. iur., Attorney at Law, Solicitor of England & Wales

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Location

Zurich

Contact

Direct phone: +41 58 658 56 90
dieter.hofmann@walderwyss.com

Curriculum Vitae

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Areas of activity: Litigation Restructuring & Insolvency Arbitration White Collar Crime & Investigations

Dieter Hofmann heads the Litigation & Arbitration Team. His primary focus is dispute resolution in complex, mainly international cases, ranging from pre-litigation advice, representation of clients in court and in arbitration proceedings, coordination in cases involving multiple jurisdictions, enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards and international legal assistance. He also sits as arbitrator in international arbitrations.

Dieter Hofmann has considerable experience in complex disputes arising from shareholders’ agreements, joint ventures, M&A, international contracts, engineering and construction projects, banking, finance, (re-)insurance, directors’ liability, insolvency etc.

Dieter Hofmann is Chair of the Zurich Bar’s Litigation Practice Group and has presented papers at international conferences and published on litigation and arbitration in Switzerland and abroad. In addition, he is a past Vice Chair of the American Bar Association Section of International Law’s International Litigation Committee and a past Chair of Dispute Resolution International (DRI).

Dieter Hofmann studied law at Zurich University (lic. iur. 1991). He has worked as a District Court law clerk in Zurich and as an attorney with major law firms in Zurich and in London. In 1994, he was admitted to the Zurich and Swiss Bar, and in 1999, he was also admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales (not practising).

Dieter Hofmann speaks German, English and French. He is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and is admitted to practise throughout Switzerland.

WWL ranking - Arbitration Switzerland 2023

7 December 2023

UBS/CS Merger Completed

13 June 2023

Legalcommunity.ch Awards: Walder Wyss Receives Awards as Market Leading Firm and Labour Law Firm of the Year

5 May 2023

Chambers and Partners has moved Walder Wyss’s Arbitration Team up to Band 2 in its 2023 Global Ranking

16 February 2023

Who’s Who Legal has again recognized a record number of Walder Wyss arbitration practitioners as leaders in their field

31 January 2023

Record number of arbitration practitioners of Walder Wyss featured in Who’s Who Legal 2020

12 August 2020

Data Switzerland Firm of the Year 2020

14 February 2020

Nyrstar announced its successful financial restructuring

19 August 2019

Walder Wyss advised 40 North in the acquisition and subsequent sale of shares in Clariant AG

29 May 2018

Landmark Decision: Successful Enforcement of a Foreign Freezing Order under the Lugano Convention

1 November 2017

Doing Business in Switzerland – A Practical Guide

14 May 2023 | by Ramona Wyss, Andrea Haefeli, Gion Giger, David Vasella, Davide Cerutti, Marco Galli, Roger Staub, Manuel Bigler, Reto Jacobs, Monique Sturny, Thomas P. Müller, Nadja D. Leuthardt, Adriano Antonietti, Valentine Schnyder, Stefan Knobloch, Dimitrios Berger, Dominik Hohler, Letizia Schlegel, Stéphanie Oneyser, Urs P. Gnos, Dario Galli, Michael Kündig, Markus Vischer, Urs Schenker, Christian A. Schmid, Patrick W. Vogel, Alexander Sorton, Samuel Lieberherr, Daniel Dedeyan, Nico Bernhard, Theodor Härtsch, Tervel Stoyanov, Lukas Wyss, Markus Pfenninger, Valentin Wiesner, Rafal Szala, Thiemo Sturny, Roger Ammann, Hubertus Hillerström, Ken Savioz, Simone Wetzstein, Valentina Eichin, Irène Suter-Sieber, Olivier Sigg, Laura Luongo, Francis Nordmann, André Kuhn, Davide Jermini, Christian Eichenberger, Matthieu Seydoux, Thomas Meister, Janine Corti, Robert Desax, Fabienne Limacher, Dieter Hofmann, Rodolphe Gautier, Roxane Allot, Micha Bühler, Michael Feit, Maurice Courvoisier, Oliver M. Kunz and Pascale Köster | Editor[s]: Urs P. Gnos, Theodor Härtsch | ed.: 2nd edition

International Arbitration 2021: Switzerland - Trends and Developments

16 August 2021 | by Diana Akikol, Rodolphe Gautier, Andrea Meier and Dieter Hofmann | in: "Chambers Global Practice Guide" | pp. 20-30

Doing Business in Switzerland – A Practical Guide

4 June 2020 | by Urs P. Gnos, Theodor Härtsch, Ramona Wyss, Andrea Haefeli, Gion Giger, David Vasella, Davide Cerutti, Marco Galli, Roger Staub, Benno Fischer-Siddiqui, Reto Jacobs, Monique Sturny, Thomas P. Müller, Nadja D. Leuthardt, Adriano Antonietti, Valentine Schnyder, Stefan Knobloch, Dimitrios Berger, Dominik Hohler, Jenny Süess, Stéphanie Oneyser, Dario Galli, Michael Kündig, Markus Vischer, Urs Schenker, Rafael Zemp, Patrick W. Vogel, Laurent Schmidt, Christian Lütolf, Daniel Dedeyan, Nico Bernhard, Tervel Stoyanov, Lukas Wyss, Markus Pfenninger, Valentin Wiesner, Rafal Szala, Thiemo Sturny, Roger Ammann, Hubertus Hillerström, Ken Savioz, Ueli Sommer, Simone Wetzstein, Christoph Stutz, Nadine Mäder, Olivier Sigg, Laura Luongo, Francis Nordmann, André Kuhn, Davide Jermini, Christian Eichenberger, Théo Meylan, Thomas Meister, Janine Corti, Robert Desax, Fabienne Limacher, Dieter Hofmann, Rodolphe Gautier, Olivia Sistovaris, Micha Bühler, Michael Feit, Maurice Courvoisier, Oliver M. Kunz, Albane de Ziegler and Pascale Köster | Editor[s]: Urs P. Gnos, Theodor Härtsch

Enforcement of Foreign Judgements in Switzerland 2020

21 February 2020 | by Dieter Hofmann and Oliver M. Kunz | in: "Lexology / Getting The Deal Through" | London

Complex Commercial Litigation 2020: Chapter Switzerland

2019 | by Dieter Hofmann, Michael Cartier and Oliver M. Kunz | in: Lexology

Complex Commercial Litigation in Switzerland 2019

31 October 2018 | by Dieter Hofmann, Oliver M. Kunz and Michael Cartier | in: "Getting The Deal Through" | London | pp. 93-99

Getting the Deal Through: Complex Commercial Litigation 2018 - Switzerland

22 November 2017 | by Dieter Hofmann, Oliver M. Kunz and Michael Cartier | in: Getting the Deal Through 2018 | pp. 89-94

5 years Swiss Civil Procedure Code – international aspects and arbitration

Consumers in Arbitration – From a Swiss Perspective

Commentary on Art. 5 and Art. 38–52 of the Lugano Convention on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement in Civil and Commercial Matters

4 January 2016 | by Dieter Hofmann [co-author] and Oliver M. Kunz [co-author] | in: "Basler Kommentar zum Lugano-Übereinkommen" | 2. Auflage | Basel

Provisional Measures in connection with General Meetings in Case-Law

2015 | by Markus Vischer [co-author] and Dieter Hofmann [co-author] | in: Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Finanzmarktrecht (SZW) 5/2016 | pp. 503–511

Insurance Litigation 2016 – Switzerland

31 December 2015 | by Dieter Hofmann [co-author] and Daniel Staffelbach [co-author] | in: Getting the Deal Through | pp. 67–69

Product Liability in Switzerland

September 2015 | by Dieter Hofmann and Christine Leuch | in: Lexology

Commercial Litigation Switzerland

Insurance Litigation 2015 – Switzerland

31 December 2014 | by Dieter Hofmann [co-author] and Daniel Staffelbach [co-author] | in: Getting the Deal Through | pp. 62–64

Commentary on Article 27 Swiss Rules

24 November 2013 | by Dieter Hofmann and Oliver M. Kunz | in: Manuel Arroyo (Editor[s]) | "Arbitration in Switzerland – The Practitioner’s Guide" | The Hague

Commentary on Art. 257 of the Swiss Civil Procedure Code («Legal Remedy in Clear Cases»)

New Rules on International Arbitration

23 June 2012 | by Dieter Hofmann | in: For The Defense May 2012 | pp. 12–15

IBA Rules of Evidence – Commentary on the IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration

26 January 2012 | by Tobias Zuberbühler [co-author], Christian Oetiker [co-author], Thomas Rohner [co-author] and Dieter Hofmann [co-author] | Zurich

Product Liability: Switzerland

5 October 2011 | by Dieter Hofmann, Dieter Hofmann [co-author] and Antonio Carbonara [co-author] | in: "Getting the Deal Through" | London | pp. 173–178

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