burckhardt Ltd

Dispute resolution, Corporate, Commercial law, Contract law, Art law

David Liatowitsch represents clients in litigation proceedings before Swiss courts and in international arbitration proceedings (ICC, Swiss Rules, ad hoc) in commercial, contract, corporate and personality law disputes as well as in debt enforcement and bankruptcy matters, including the freezing of assets and the enforcement of awards. In addition, he advises institutional collectors, museums and galleries in art law matters and matters related to inheritance and charitable foundation law and appears as a speaker on related topics.

Before joining burckhardt Ltd he worked with a Zurich based commercial law firm for six years and as an inhouse-litigation counsel with a Big Four accounting firm for one year.

German, English, Italian

He is a co-founder of the NYU International Arbitration Association, a member of PAIAM (Professional Advisors to the International Art Market) and sits on the board of a foundation focusing on art and science.

He studied law at the University of Zurich with an exchange at the University Luiss Guido Carli, Rome (lic. iur. 2006). After interning with the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris (2007) he was admitted to the Zurich bar (2009). In 2010 he obtained an LL.M. from New York University and in 2014 a CAS in Law & Management from University of St. Gallen.