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About
Provided by Felix Dasser
Practice Areas
International dispute resolution (litigation; arbitration as counsel and as arbitrator; ADR); international legal assistance; white-collar crime; investigations; expert on Swiss law.
Career
Qualified in 1991. Partner of Homburger 2000. Habilitation 1999, Adjunct Professor in private (international) law, international civil procedure, and comparative private law (University of Zurich) 2005. Teaching assignments at various institutions including the Hague Academy of International Law and the China University of Political Studies and Law.
Professional Memberships
Swiss and Zurich Bar Associations; Swiss Arbitration Association (President); IBA; IPBA; ICC; LCIA; DIS; ICAC; German Academic Association for International Procedural Law; Swiss Conference of University Teachers in Civil Procedural Law; German Association of Comparative Law.
Publications
Numerous publications concerning contract law, dispute resolution and private international law; eg: Commentary on the Lugano Convention, 3rd ed. 2021 (editor); comprehensive statistical analyses of Swiss court decisions in international arbitration (ASA Bulletin 2007, 444; most recent update 2021, 7); empirical studies on the lex mercatoria (eg WAMR [2011] 2, 143); various publications on dispute resolution clauses; commentary on Swiss domestic arbitration (KuKo-ZPO) (3rd ed. 2021); "Soft Law" in International Commercial Arbitration (Hague Academy of International Law, Recueil des cours, Vol. 402, 2019; Pocketbook Vol. 44, 2021).
Personal
Swiss citizen, born 1958. Graduated as lic iur (m.c.l. 1985) and Dr iur (s.c.l. 1989) from University of Zurich; LLM (Harvard Law School) 1990; Privatdozent University of Zurich (1999).
Languages Spoken
German, English, French
Chambers Review
Europe
Felix Dasser represents clients in international ICSID arbitration proceedings relating to development projects. He is also President of the Swiss Arbitration Association.
Felix Dasser regularly acts on cross-border disputes. He has particular experience assisting clients in climate change litigation and insurance-related disputes.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Felix Dasser's advice is technically really good but he pairs this with a deep knowledge. He has seen everything and can put the nuts and bolts into perspective."
"Felix Dasser's advice is technically really good but he pairs this with a deep knowledge. He has seen everything and can put the nuts and bolts into perspective."
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