Dieter Hofmann

Dieter Hofmann

Associé
lic. iur., Avocat, Solicitor England & Wales

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Zurich

Contact

Téléphone direct: +41 58 658 56 90
dieter.hofmann@walderwyss.com

Curriculum Vitae

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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.

Doing Business in Switzerland – A Practical Guide

| par 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 et Pascale Köster | edit.: Urs P. Gnos, Theodor Härtsch | éd.: 2nd edition

Doing Business in Switzerland – A Practical Guide

| par 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 et Pascale Köster | edit.: Urs P. Gnos, Theodor Härtsch

Exécution des jugements étrangers 2020: Suisse

| par Dieter Hofmann et Oliver M. Kunz | dans: «Lexology / Getting The Deal Through» | Londres

Complexité du contentieux commercial en Suisse en 2019

| par Dieter Hofmann, Oliver M. Kunz et Michael Cartier | dans: «Getting The Deal Through» | Londres | P. 93-99

5 années de CPC du point de vue de la procédure civile internationale et de l"arbitrage

| par Dieter Hofmann et Anja I. Fuchs | dans: Dolge (edit.) | «5 Jahre ZPO – Stolpersteine und überraschende Entwicklungen» | Zurich | P. 115–153

Consommateurs dans le domaine de l"arbitrage – point de vue de la Suisse

| par Dieter Hofmann [co-auteur] et Pascale Köster [co-auteur] | dans: Klausegger/Klein/Kremslehner/Petsche/Pitkowitz/Power/Welser/Zeiler (edit.) | «Austrian Yearbook on International Arbitration 2016» | 10. Auflage | Vienne | P. 3–20

Commentaire des articles 5 et 38–52 de la Convention de Lugano

| par Dieter Hofmann [co-auteur] et Oliver M. Kunz [co-auteur] | dans: «Basler Kommentar zum Lugano-Übereinkommen» | 2. Auflage | Bâle

Insurance Litigation 2016 – Switzerland

| par Dieter Hofmann [co-auteur] et Daniel Staffelbach [co-auteur] | dans: Getting the Deal Through | P. 67–69

La responsabilité du fait des produits en Suisse

| par Dieter Hofmann et Christine Leuch | dans: Lexology

Litiges commerciaux devant les tribunaux étatiques – Suisse

| par Dieter Hofmann [co-auteur] et Stefano Codoni [co-auteur] | dans: Horrocks/Phelan (edit.) | «Commercial Litigation – International Series» | 2. Edition | Londres | P. 7–18

Insurance Litigation 2015 – Switzerland

| par Dieter Hofmann [co-auteur] et Daniel Staffelbach [co-auteur] | dans: Getting the Deal Through | P. 62–64

Commentary on Article 27 Swiss Rules

| par Dieter Hofmann et Oliver M. Kunz | dans: Manuel Arroyo (edit.) | «Arbitration in Switzerland – The Practitioner’s Guide» | The Hague

Commentaire relatif à l"art. 257 du code de procédure civile suisse («Protection juridique dans les cas clairs»)

| par Dieter Hofmann [co-auteur] | dans: Spühler/Tenchio/Infanger (edit.) | «Basler Kommentar Schweizerische Zivilprozessordnung» | 2. Auflage | Bâle

New Rules on International Arbitration

| par Dieter Hofmann | dans: For The Defense May 2012 | P. 12–15

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

| par Tobias Zuberbühler [co-auteur], Christian Oetiker [co-auteur], Thomas Rohner [co-auteur] et Dieter Hofmann [co-auteur] | Zurich

Product Liability: Switzerland

| par Dieter Hofmann, Dieter Hofmann [co-auteur] et Antonio Carbonara [co-auteur] | dans: «Getting the Deal Through» | Londres | P. 173–178

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