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Dieter Gränicher

Dieter Gränicher is an of Counsel in the practice groups M&A / Corporate and Private Clients. He advises Swiss and international companies and individuals in these areas and represents them before arbitration tribunals and state courts. He also acts as an arbitrator, board member, and executor, and served as a notary until end of 2025 (including in the field of German notarial services). He is experienced in complex contract projects and restructurings (shareholder agreements, outsourcing, and corporate transactions, etc.) as well as in extensive infrastructure projects (in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries as well as the energy sector). He is skilled and experienced in national and international commercial disputes, focusing on manufacturing, work, supply, distribution, and licensing agreements, as well as corporate disputes. Dieter Gränicher publishes on topics related to arbitration. · Wenger Plattner

SwitzerlandCorporate / M&A, Private ClientsGerman, English

About

Dieter Gränicher is Of Counsel at Wenger Plattner in the M&A/Corporate and Private Clients practice groups, advising Swiss and international companies and individuals and representing them before arbitration tribunals and state courts. He acts as an arbitrator, board member and executor, has experience in complex contract projects, restructurings and large infrastructure projects in the chemical, pharmaceutical and energy sectors, is experienced in national and international commercial and corporate disputes, and published on arbitration; he served as a notary until the end of 2025.

Practice areas

Corporate / M&APrivate ClientsNotaryCompetitionLitigationArbitrationCommercial

Office

Expertise

Chemical & PharmaceuticalEnergyInfrastructure ProjectsShareholder AgreementsOutsourcing & Contract StructuringCommercial & Corporate DisputesInternational Arbitration

Education

  • Universities of Zurich, Neuchâtel and Basel — lic. iur., 1978
  • University of Basel — Dr. iur., 1983

Admissions

  • Swiss bar admission (1980)
  • Notary diploma (1984); served as notary until end of 2025 (including German notarial services)

Languages

GermanEnglish