Lawyers Maurice Courvoisier

Maurice Courvoisier

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Dr. iur., LL.M., Attorney at Law

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Basel

Contact

Direct phone: +41 58 658 14 52
maurice.courvoisier@walderwyss.com

Curriculum Vitae

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Areas of activity: Commercial Contracts Art & Entertainment Litigation Arbitration Sports

"Maurice Courvoisier is a litigation and arbitration superstar. He is, due to his tremendous track record, capable to assess complex litigation and arbitration risks and changes very fast, he is coming up with excellent, highly precise and strong arguments and submissions supporting his client's position in the best way possible." - The Legal 500

Maurice Courvoisier advises and represents clients in arbitration and litigation proceedings in all areas of corporate and commercial law, including sales, distribution and licensing contracts, construction and civil engineering, joint ventures, and mergers and acquisitions. His areas of expertise include general contract law, private international law and international procedural law, as well as international judicial assistance and recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards in Switzerland. In addition, Maurice has a wealth of experience in dealing with theatre, art and sports-related law. He also acts as an arbitrator, and is included in the ICC Switzerland list of arbitrators.

Maurice is listed as a "National Leader" in litigation and arbitration by Who’s Who Legal (WWL) and as an expert in litigation and international arbitration by Best Lawyers.

Maurice is co-head of the Basel local group of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA), legal counsel of the Union of Swiss Theatres, member of the Federal Arbitration Commission for the Exploitation of Copyrights and Related Rights, member of the Basel supervisory authority for lawyers, former long-time member of the Basel Bar Association board and a former member of the court of arbitration of the Swiss Chambers' Arbitration Institution (SCAI). He is also a member of the American Bar Association (ABA), the New York Bar Association (NYSBA), the International Bar Association (IBA) and the German Arbitration Institute (DIS).

Born in 1970, Maurice was educated at the University of Basel (lic. iur., 1995; Dr iur., 2001; both summa cum laude) and at Columbia University In New York (LL.M., 1998; Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar). He was a research and teaching fellow for Professor Ingeborg Schwanzer and Swiss Federal Supreme Court Judge Professor Thomas Geiser at the University of Basel. He held several roles prior to joining Walder Wyss in 2014; he worked as a court clerk at the regional court of Biel/Bienne before joining a leading Swiss corporate law firm in 2007, where he became a partner five years later.

Maurice speaks German, English, French and Italian. He is registered with the Bar Registry of the canton of Basel-Stadt and was also admitted to practice in the State of New York, USA, in 2001.

Walder Wyss recognised in GAR 100 2026 among the world’s leading arbitration firms

31 March 2026

The Best Lawyers 2026 Awards

12 June 2025

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

Success before CAS: Robert Lehmann-Dolle acquitted of all doping charges

23 November 2021

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

12 August 2020

Maurice Courvoisier has been appointed as member of the Swiss Chambers’ Arbitration Institution (SCAI) Court of Arbitration

23 January 2020

Konflikterledigung durch Schiedsgerichte

15 December 2025 | Speaker Maurice Courvoisier | FHNW Hochschule für Wirtschaft

Art. 353-356 ZPO

1 January 2025 | by Maurice Courvoisier and Frédéric Barth | in: "Christoph Leuenberger, Cordula Lötscher, Benedikt Seiler, Thomas Sutter-Somm «Kommentar zur Schweizerischen Zivilprozessordnung»" | 4. Auflage

Konflikterledigung durch Schiedsgerichte

13 December 2024 | Speaker Maurice Courvoisier | FHNW Hochschule für Wirtschaft

Streiterledigungsplanung im Internationalen Geschäft

4 November 2024 | Speaker Maurice Courvoisier | ZHAW School of Management and Law, Winterthur

Product Liability 2024

11 June 2024 | by Maurice Courvoisier, Jonas Knechtli and Peter Bürkli | in: "International Comparative Legal Guide"

Doing Business in Switzerland – A Practical Guide

15 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

Manual on Sports Criminal Law: The Swiss Federal Supreme Court as appellate and revision instance against awards of international arbitral tribunals seated in Switzerland

28 December 2020 | by Maurice Courvoisier and Jonas Knechtli [co-author] | in: Cherkeh / Momsen / Orth (Editor[s]) | "Handbuch Sportstrafrecht"

Doing Business in Switzerland – A Practical Guide

5 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

Lawyer's Deskbook on Civil Procedure: Chapter 19 Trial, Chapter 28 International Judicial Assistance

1 January 2020 | by Maurice Courvoisier, Nicolas Gut [co-author] and Christoph Zogg [co-author] | in: Haas / Marghitola (Editor[s]) | "Fachhandbuch Zivilprozessrecht"

Basel commentary on international private law: art. 51-58, 186 SIPL

1 January 2020 | by Maurice Courvoisier | in: Grolimund / Loacker / Schnyder (Editor[s]) | "Basler Kommentar Internationales Privatrecht" | 4th edition

The Extension of Arbitration Agreements to Non-Signatories - the Swiss Perspective

18 November 2019 | Speaker Maurice Courvoisier | Turkish-Swiss Arbitration Forum | Istanbul

Streiterledigungsplanung im Internationalen Geschäft

11 November 2019 | Speaker Maurice Courvoisier | ZHAW School of Management and Law, Winterthur

Kommentar zu Art. 34-37 Swiss Rules

by Maurice Courvoisier | Editor[s]: Wolters Kluwer | "Arbitration in Switzerland - The Practitionier's Guide" | ed.: 2. Auflage, 2018

Das Schiedsgericht im Clinch zwischen Gehörsanspruch und Beschleunigungsverbot: Wie viel Effizienz erträgt ein Schiedsverfahren?

3 March 2016 | Speaker Maurice Courvoisier | 2. Tagung zur Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit: Hot Topics | Europainstitut Zürich

Der Fall Pechstein: Sportschiedsgerichtsbarkeit auf dem Prüfstand

6 November 2015 | Speaker Maurice Courvoisier | DSJV-Herbstveranstaltung | Berlin

Conflict resolution planning in international business

7 August 2015 | by Maurice Courvoisier and Christoph Zogg [co-author] | in: Münch/Passadelis/Lehne (Editor[s]) | "Handbuch Internationales Handels- und Wirtschaftsrecht" | Basel