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Michael Bösch

Michael Bösch has been a Partner with Thouvenin Rechtsanwälte since 2011. He is specialized in international commercial, investment treaty and sport arbitration, in particular under the rules of the ICC, LCIA, Swiss Chambers’ Arbitration Institution but also ad hoc. In doing so, Michael acts primarily as counsel, increasingly also as arbitrator. In addition, he represents clients in state litigation. His additional expertise is corporate and commercial law where he represents domestic and foreign clients. He is a board member of several companies and acts as a secretary to the board of Zahnärztekasse AG and EOS Schweiz AG. Since many years, Lexology recommends Michael Bösch for arbitration and litigation. Legal500 also recommends Michael Bösch for litigation as well as for corporate, commercial and M&A. At the firm, Michael Bösch served as Managing Partner from 2022 until the end of 2025. Previously, he was HR manager and then responsible for the firm’s marketing/business development. · Thouvenin Rechtsanwälte

SwitzerlandInternational Arbitration, Investment Treaty ArbitrationGerman, English, French

About

Michael Bösch is a Partner at Thouvenin Rechtsanwälte (since 2011) specializing in international commercial, investment treaty and sports arbitration, acting primarily as counsel and increasingly as an arbitrator. He also represents clients in state litigation and corporate/commercial matters, serves on several company boards (including as secretary to the board of Zahnärztekasse AG and EOS Schweiz AG), and has been recommended by Lexology and Legal500.

Practice areas

International ArbitrationInvestment Treaty ArbitrationSports ArbitrationLitigationCorporate / M&AInsolvency & Restructuring

Office

Expertise

International Commercial ArbitrationInvestment Treaty ArbitrationSports ArbitrationState LitigationCorporate and Commercial LawBoard Secretary / Corporate Governance

Education

  • LL.M., Georgetown University Law Center (International Legal Studies – dispute resolution), 2005
  • Master of Law (lic. iur.), University of Fribourg, 2000

Admissions

  • Admitted to the Zurich Bar (all Swiss courts), 2003
  • Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb), 2012
  • Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), 2013

Languages

GermanEnglishFrench