Avvocati Andrea Meier
Andrea Meier

Andrea Meier

Partner
Dr. iur., LL.M., Avvocato

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Telefono diretto: +41 58 658 58 66
andrea.meier@walderwyss.com

Curriculum Vitae

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Aree di attività: Contenzioso Arbitrato Sport

Andrea Meier practises arbitration and litigation and is recognised as a leader in her field. She has acted as arbitration counsel or arbitrator in more than 110 arbitrations under various national laws and arbitration rules (ICC, Swiss Arbitration Centre, DIS, VIAC, WIPO, UNCITRAL, CAS, ad-hoc, etc.).

A particular focus of Andrea Meier's work is the construction sector. For many years, she has represented parties in disputes relating to large industrial and infrastructure projects, including the development of an offshore gas field, the construction of a gas power plant and the delivery of gas turbines, as well as the planning and erection of a large pharmaceutical production plant. She has also particular expertise regarding disputes in the field of renewable energies, the mobility sector and the pharmaceutical sector, and frequently represents parties in post-M&A and joint venture disputes.
Moreover, Andrea Meier regularly represents clients from the financial industry before state courts and arbitral tribunals and advises them on cross-border matters regarding foreign court proceedings (banking secrecy, Article 271 Swiss Criminal Code). She has extensive experience in handling a wide array of disputes involving the banking sector.

Chambers Global, Chambers Europe and Who's Who Legal have recognised Andrea Meier for many years as a global arbitration leader. Clients and peers describe her as a “tough counsel” (Who Legal Arbitration) and a “commercially minded lawyer who is always willing to listen to the client's viewpoint first” (Chambers Global). Clients have also stated that she is “elegant in removing the hostilities, good in leading the tribunals” and "open to the commercial side and the business realities” and describe her as “diligent, precise and on top of things. Extremely good to work with as well: proactive, always on time, always on budget” (Chambers Europe and Global). In 2018, Who's Who Legal's Future Leaders edition ranked her as the most highly regarded arbitration partner in Europe aged 45 or under. In the litigation field, she has been named a “Thought Leader Litigation” (Who's Who Legal) constantly since 2020.

Andrea Meier holds leading functions in key professional organisations. She is Vice President of ASA (Swiss Arbitration Association) and a member of ASA's Executive Committee, a former ASA below 40 co-chair, a former member of the Arbitration Court of the Swiss Arbitration Centre, a member of the Appointing Committee of the DIS (German Arbitration Institute), a member of the Board of the Finland Arbitration Institute, and a former arbitrator of the CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport). Furthermore, she is a member of the Working Group of the International Bar Association (IBA) on the revision of the Guidelines on Party Representation.
Andrea Meier regularly publishes in the field of international arbitration and is a frequent speaker at international arbitration conferences in Switzerland and abroad. Most recently, she was speaker at the ASA Conference 2025 on the topic of extension of arbitration agreements to third parties, and co-organizer and speaker at the 2024 ASA Arbitration Conference on "Taming the Beast: The Case for Limiting Document Production”.

Andrea Meier joined Walder Wyss as a partner in 2020. Previously, she was a partner in a renowned boutique law firm for dispute resolution and from 2003 to 2010 an associate and senior associate in a leading major law firm. Andrea Meier holds a law degree and a doctorate degree from the University of Zurich (lic. iur. 1999, Dr. iur. 2007) and a post-graduate degree from Harvard Law School (2005).

Lugano Convention on International Jurisdiction and Enforcement, Commentary

| di Andrea Meier | in: Anton K. Schnyder, Miguel Sogo (Editore) | Zurich

Commentary on Article 43 Swiss Rules (Emergency Relief)

| di Andrea Meier e Nicole Cleis | in: Zuberbühler/Müller/Habegger (Editore) | "Swiss Rules of International Arbitration – Commentary" | 3rd Edition

Commentary on Article 177 PILS

| di Andrea Meier e Chloé Terrapon Chassot | in: Dr. Simon Gabriel/Dr. Marco Stacher (Editore) | "Berner Kommentar, Internationale Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit, Art. 176-194 IPRG sowie Art. 7 und 196 IPRG" | Bern

Commentary on Article 194 PILS

| di Andrea Meier | in: Dr. Simon Gabriel/ Dr. Marco Stacher (Editore) | "Berner Kommentar, Internationale Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit, Art. 176-194 IPRG sowie Art. 7 und 196 IPRG" | Bern

Sezione sull’arbitrato multiparte; commento agli articoli 7-10 del Regolamento ICC 2012; commento all’articolo 24 del Regolamento ICC 2012, commento all’appendice IV del Regolamento ICC 2012, arbitrato in Svizzera

| di Andrea Meier | in: Manuel Arroyo (Editore) | "The Practitioner's Guide"

"Arbitration Clauses in Third Party Beneficiary Contracts - Who may and Who Must Arbitrate?"

| di Andrea Meier e Anna Lea Setz [Co-autore] | in: ASA Bulletin Volume 34, No. 1

Diritto sostanziale applicato dagli arbitri e dai tribunali: è la stessa cosa?

| di Andrea Meier | in: Müller / Bessons / Rigozzi (Editore) | "New Developments in International Commercial Arbitration" | Genf / Zurich

Do Lawyers Always Have to Have the Last Word? Iura Novit Curia and the Right to Be Heard in International Arbitration: an Analysis in View of Recent Swiss Case Law

| di Andrea Meier | in: ASA Bulletin

Commento all’articolo 43 Swiss Rules (Emergency Relief)

| di Andrea Meier | in: Zuberbühler/Müller/Habegger (Editore) | "Swiss Rules of International Arbitration – Commentary" | 2nd Edition

Convenzione di Lugano concernente la giurisdizione e l’esecuzione internazionale, commento

| di Andrea Meier | in: Anton K. Schnyder (Editore) | "Commentary on Articles 25-30 and 59-60"

Section on Switzerland, Section on Swiss Rules of International Arbitration

| di Andrea Meier e Dr. Georg Segesser and Alexander Jolles [Co-autore] | in: Arbitration World - Jurisdiction Comparison

Assicurazioni e riassicurazioni transfrontaliere: Country Q&A Svizzera

| di Andrea Meier e Dr. Martin Bernet [Co-autore] | in: "PLC Insurance and Reinsurance Handbook 2010"

In guten wie in schlechten Zeiten: Ausstieg und Haftung aus Produktentwicklungsverträgen

| di Andrea Meier | in: AJP

At what costs may a football player breach his contract?

| di Andrea Meier | in: ASA Bulletin Volume 26, No. 3

Chiamata in causa di terzi sulla necessità di essere (talvolta) inefficienti

| di Andrea Meier e PD Dr. Nathalie Voser [Co-autore] | in: "Austrian Arbitration Yearbook"

Chiamata in causa di terzi sull’arbitrato internazionale

| di Andrea Meier | Schulthess | "Zürcher Studien zum Privatrecht"

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