Urs Hoffmann-Nowotny

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 · Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

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Partner in the Dispute Resolution Group in Zurich at Schellenberg Wittmer and member of the firm's Management Committee, specialising in domestic and international commercial litigation and arbitration and pre‑litigation strategic advice. Has particular expertise in banking litigation, corporate law disputes (including directors' and officers' liability), enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards, asset recovery and international legal assistance.

Practice areas

Dispute ResolutionLitigationInternational ArbitrationBanking & FinanceCorporate / M&ARestructuring & InsolvencyInsuranceAsset Recovery

Office

Switzerland

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd · 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

Switzerland

Expertise

Banking litigationCorporate law disputes (directors' and officers' liability)Enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awardsAsset recoveryInternational legal assistancePre-litigation strategic advice

Education

Dr. iur., University of Zurich (2010; summa cum laude; Professor Walther Hug Prize)
lic. iur., University of Zurich (2003; summa cum laude)

Admissions

Switzerland (bar admission, 2006)

Languages

GermanEnglishFrench