Dieter Hofmann

Dieter Hofmann

Partner
lic. iur., Avvocato, Solicitor England & Wales

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Zurigo

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Telefono diretto: +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

| di 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 e Pascale Köster | Editore: Urs P. Gnos, Theodor Härtsch | Ed.: 2nd edition

Doing Business in Switzerland – A Practical Guide

| di 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 e Pascale Köster | Editore: Urs P. Gnos, Theodor Härtsch

Esecuzione delle sentenze di tribunali esteri nel 2019 – Svizzera

| di Dieter Hofmann e Oliver M. Kunz | in: "Lexology / Getting The Deal Through" | London

Complesse controversie di diritto commerciale in Svizzera nel 2019

| di Dieter Hofmann, Oliver M. Kunz e Michael Cartier | in: "Getting The Deal Through" | London | pag. 93-99

5 Jahre ZPO aus der Sicht des internationalen Zivilprozesses und der Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit

| di Dieter Hofmann e Anja I. Fuchs | in: Dolge (Editore) | "5 Jahre ZPO – Stolpersteine und überraschende Entwicklungen" | Zürich | pag. 115–153

Konsumenten in der Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit – Aus Schweizer Sicht

| di Dieter Hofmann [Co-autore] e Pascale Köster [Co-autore] | in: Klausegger/Klein/Kremslehner/Petsche/Pitkowitz/Power/Welser/Zeiler (Editore) | "Austrian Yearbook on International Arbitration 2016" | 10. Auflage | Wien | pag. 3–20

Kommentar zu Art. 5 und Art. 38–52 des Lugano-Übereinkommens

| di Dieter Hofmann [Co-autore] e Oliver M. Kunz [Co-autore] | in: "Basler Kommentar zum Lugano-Übereinkommen" | 2. Auflage | Basel

Insurance Litigation 2016 – Switzerland

| di Dieter Hofmann [Co-autore] e Daniel Staffelbach [Co-autore] | in: Getting the Deal Through | pag. 67–69

Responsabilità per danno da prodotti in Svizzera

| di Dieter Hofmann e Christine Leuch | in: Lexology

Wirtschaftsrechtliche Streitigkeiten vor staatlichen Gerichten – Schweiz

| di Dieter Hofmann [Co-autore] e Stefano Codoni [Co-autore] | in: Horrocks/Phelan (Editore) | "Commercial Litigation – International Series" | 2. Edition | London | pag. 7–18

Insurance Litigation 2015 – Switzerland

| di Dieter Hofmann [Co-autore] e Daniel Staffelbach [Co-autore] | in: Getting the Deal Through | pag. 62–64

Kommentar zu Art. 27 Swiss Rules

| di Dieter Hofmann e Oliver M. Kunz | in: Manuel Arroyo (Editore) | "Arbitration in Switzerland – The Practitioner’s Guide" | Den Haag

Kommentar zu Art. 257 der Schweizerischen Zivilprozessordnung («Rechtsschutz in klaren Fällen»)

| di Dieter Hofmann [Co-autore] | in: Spühler/Tenchio/Infanger (Editore) | "Basler Kommentar Schweizerische Zivilprozessordnung" | 2. Auflage | Basel

New Rules on International Arbitration

| di Dieter Hofmann | in: For The Defense May 2012 | pag. 12–15

IBA Rules of Evidence – Kommentar zu den IBA Rules über die Beweiserhebung in der internationalen Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit

| di Tobias Zuberbühler [Co-autore], Christian Oetiker [Co-autore], Thomas Rohner [Co-autore] e Dieter Hofmann [Co-autore] | Zürich

Produkthaftpflicht in der Schweiz

| di Dieter Hofmann, Dieter Hofmann [Co-autore] e Antonio Carbonara [Co-autore] | in: "Getting the Deal Through" | London | pag. 173–178

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