Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

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

Urs Hoffmann-Nowotny is a Partner in our Dispute Resolution Group in Zurich and a member of the firm's Management Committee. His main areas of practice are domestic and international commercial litigation and arbitration as well as pre-litigation strategic advice.

Experience:

• Acts as counsel before Swiss courts and arbitral tribunals in a wide range of commercial disputes
• Special expertise in banking litigation, corporate law disputes (including liability of directors and officers) as well as the enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards, asset recovery and international legal assistance
• Successful representation of UBS AG before the Zurich Commercial Court and the Federal Supreme Court in a CHF 25 million lawsuit brought by a Swatch Group company for losses suffered with bond fund investments during the financial crisis

2024 - Member of the Management Committee of Schellenberg Wittmer 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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Lecturer for civil procedure at the University of Zurich and in the CAS programme "Civil Litigation" of the University of St. Gallen

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)