Urs Weber-Stecher

Practice Areas

International Dispute Resolution / International Arbitration / Commercial Mediation

Career

• Today: Independent Arbitrator and Commercial Mediator

• President of the Commission of Arbitration and ADR of ICC Switzerland (2014-2022)

• Lecturer for International Arbitration at the Law School, University of Zurich (2001-2022)

• Partner and head of the arbitration team at Wenger Vieli Ltd. (2003-2021)

• Member of the Arbitration Court of the Swiss Chambers' Arbitration Institution (today: Swiss Arbitration Centre) (2010 – 2019)

• Vice-Chair of the Dispute Resolution & Arbitration Committee of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)(2014 - 2020)

• Visiting professor for post-graduate studies in international arbitration at the INSPER University, São Paolo, Brazil (November 2011)

• Lecturer for competition law at the Law School, University of Lucerne (2005 – 2009)

• Lecturer for International and European Civil Procedure Law (esp. Lugano Convention) at the Law School, University of Zurich (1999 - 2001)

• Associate at Wenger & Vieli Ltd. (1998-2002)

• Head of Unit, Swiss Federal Office for Foreign Economic Affairs (today part of the SECO), International and European Economic and Business Law, a.o., responsible for dispute resolution under international investment treaties (Bilateral Investment Treaties and negotiations on a Multilateral Agreement on Investment among the OECD countries) and competition law (1995-1998);

• Scientific assistant at the Institute for European Law, Law School of the University of Zurich (1992-1994)

• Law Clerk, District Court of Dielsdorf, Canton of Zurich (1990-1991)

Professional Memberships

• Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)

• Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb)

• Fellow of the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution (AIADR)

• Member of the Association Suisse de l’Arbitrage (ASA)

• Member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR

• Member of the Swiss ICC Commission of Arbitration and ADR

• Member of the International Council of Commercial Arbitration (ICCA)

• Member of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)

• Member of the Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit (DIS)

• Member of the Vienna International Arbitration Centre (VIAC)

• Member of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)

Publications

• 2021 I Mediationskomponenten in kombinierten Streitbeilegungsverfahren, in: KonfliktDynamik, Heft 4/2021, p. 332-340 (mit Julia Jung)

• 2021 I Enforcing Arbitral Awards (Chapter on Switzerland), in: In-depth Feature of Financier Worldwide, October 2021 (with Nicolas Bracher)

• 2021 I The Myth of Partial Awards on Advances on Costs in International Commercial Arbitration in Switzerland under the Swiss Rules, 39 ASA Bulletin 3/2021, p. 545-569 (with Flavio Peter)

• 2021 I Merger Control (Chapter on Switzerland), in: Global Legal Insights 2021, p. 151-157 (with Michael Tschudin and Frank Scherrer)

• 2020 I Wirtschaftsmediation – ideale Ergänzung zur Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit, in Schweizer Anwaltsrevue 11/12 | 2020, p. 440-445 (with Katja Rener)

• 2020 I Merger Control (Chapter on Switzerland), in: Global Legal Insights 2020, p. 195-201 (with Michael Tschudin and Frank Scherrer)

• 2020 I Cartels - enforcement, appeals and damages actions (Chapter on Switzerland), in: Global Legal Insights 2020, p. 271-282 (with Michael Tschudin and Frank Scherrer)

• 2019 I Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution – Switzerland, in: Annual Review 2019, Financier Worldwide

• 2017 I International Arbitration in Switzerland, in: Global Legal Insights –International Arbitration, 3rd ed. 2017, p. 338-348 (with Flavio Peter)

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, France, England, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, USA and CISG, ex aequo et bono

Languages Spoken

German and English

Industry Sector Expertise

Energy and natural resources, construction, engineering, machinery, information and communication technology, aerospace and defense, automotive, railways, telecommunication, insurance, pharmaceuticals, medical engineering, commodity trading, food production.

Experience

Urs Weber-Stecher acted as chairman, co-arbitrator, sole arbitrator and counsel in over 170 international and national arbitration proceedings under various arbitration rules (such as, ICC, Swiss Arbitration Centre, DIS, VIAC, HKIAC, CEPANI, ZCC, UNCITRAL) and in ad hoc arbitrations