Lawyers Peter Straub

Peter Straub

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

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Location

Zurich

Contact

Direct phone: +41 58 658 55 06
peter.straub@walderwyss.com

Curriculum Vitae

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Areas of activity: Litigation Restructuring & Insolvency Arbitration

Peter Straub is counsel in the Litigation & Arbitration Team. He is specialised in complex international commercial disputes and represents parties in both state court litigations and before arbitral panels. His main areas are disputes stemming from telecommunications, pharmaceutical products, construction, joint ventures, commodities trading, high end consumer goods, shareholders' positions, post M&A, etc. Peter Straub is sitting as an arbitrator in international arbitrations (ICC, Swiss Rules, UNCITRAL, ad hoc, etc.). He also handles international recognition and enforcement matters. He has published on various subjects in his area of expertise and is a frequent panellist in international conferences.

Born in 1959, Peter Straub was educated at the University of Zurich (lic. iur. 1984, Dr. iur. 1988) and the London School of Economics (LL.M. 1991). He practiced with international law firms in Zurich before he became a partner in a major law firm in Zurich in 1996.

Peter Straub practices in German and English and speaks French and Italian. He is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and admitted to practice in all Switzerland.

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

16 February 2023

Federal Supreme Court facilitates the recognition and enforcement of English language arbitral awards in Switzerland

24 July 2012

Chapter on Switzerland

31 December 2008 | by Peter Straub [co-author] and Pierre Karrer [co-author] | in: "Practicioner"s Handbook on International Arbitration" | Munich

Continuing Pending Litigation in case of Insolvency - A Swiss Law Perspective

31 December 2008 | Speakers Peter Straub and Michael Cartier | UIA Winter Seminar Report 2009 "Rescue of Companies: M&A, Insolvency and Litigation Aspects and the International Contest" | St. Christoph, Austria