Zurich / Dispute Resolution / International Arbitration / Corporate and Financial Services Litigation

Urs Hoffmann-Nowotny is a partner in Schellenberg Wittmer's Dispute Resolution Group in Zurich. His main areas of practice are domestic and international commercial litigation and arbitration as well as pre-litigation strategic advice. Urs Hoffmann-Nowotny acts as counsel before Swiss courts and arbitral tribunals in a wide range of commercial disputes. He has also been a secretary to arbitral tribunals in major disputes under the ICC and Swiss Rules. Urs Hoffmann-Nowotny has special expertise in banking litigation, having acted as counsel to financial services providers in numerous disputes with private and institutional clients, and in corporate law disputes (including liability of directors and officers and joint ventures) as well as the enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards, asset recovery and international legal assistance.

2017 - Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer 2014 to date - Lecturer in the CAS programme "Civil Litigation" of the University of St. Gallen 2010 - Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer 2008 to date - Lecturer for civil procedure at the University of Zurich 2006-2010 - Research and teaching assistant to Prof. Dr. Hans Caspar von der Crone and Prof. Dr. Paul Oberhammer at the University of Zurich 2004 - Trainee at a Swiss business law firm 2004 - Law clerk at the District Court of Meilen 2002 - International Summer Trainee at a business law firm in Chicago

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IBA. DRI International (defense bar). Swiss and Zurich Bar Associations.

2010 - Dr. iur., University of Zurich (summa cum laude, Professor Walther Hug Prize) 2006 - Bar Admission in Switzerland 2003 - lic. iur., University of Zurich (summa cum laude)