lic. iur., Attorney at Law, Solicitor of England & Wales Partner Phone +41 58 658 56 90 [email protected]Dieter Hofmann heads the Litigation & Arbitration Team. His primary focus is dispute resolution in complex, mainly international cases, ranging from pre-li‐ tigation advice, representation of clients in court and in arbitration proceedings, coordination in cases involving multiple jurisdictions, enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards and in‐ ternational legal assistance. He also sits as arbitrator in international arbitrati‐ ons. Dieter Hofmann has considerable expe‐ rience in complex disputes arising from shareholders’ agreements, joint ven‐ tures, M&A, international contracts, en‐ gineering and construction projects, banking, finance, (re-)insurance, direc‐ tors’ liability, insolvency etc. Dieter Hofmann is Chair of the Zurich Bar’s Litigation Practice Group and has presented papers at international confe‐ rences and published on litigation and arbitration in Switzerland and abroad. In addition, he is a past Vice Chair of the American Bar Association Section of In‐ ternational Law’s International Litigation Committee and a past Chair of Dispute Resolution International (DRI). Dieter Hofmann studied law at Zurich University (lic. iur. 1991). He has worked as a District Court law clerk in Zurich and as an attorney with major law firms in Zurich and in London. In 1994, he was admitted to the Zurich and Swiss Bar, and in 1999, he was also admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Eng‐ land and Wales (not practising). Dieter Hofmann speaks German, English and French. He is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and is ad‐ mitted to practise throughout Switzer‐ land. Dieter Hofmann
Die ter Hof mann heads the Li ti ga ti on &Ar bi tra ti on Team. His pri ma ry fo cus isdis pu te re so lu ti on in com plex, main lyin ter na tio nal ca ses, ran ging from pre-li ‐ti ga ti on ad vice, re pre sen ta ti on of cli entsin court and in ar bi tra ti on pro cee dings,co or di na ti on in ca ses in vol ving mul ti pleju ris dic tions, en force ment of for eignjudg ments and ar bi tral awards and in ‐ter na tio nal le gal as sis tan ce. He also sitsas ar bi tra tor in in ter na tio nal ar bi tra ti ‐ons.
Die ter Hof mann has con sider a ble ex pe ‐ri ence in com plex dis pu tes ari sing fromshare hol ders’ agree ments, joint ven ‐tures, M&A, in ter na tio nal con tracts, en ‐gi nee ring and con st ruc tion pro jects,ban king, fi nan ce, (re-)in suran ce, di rec ‐tors’ lia bi li ty, in sol ven cy etc.
Die ter Hof mann is Chair of the Zu richBar’s Li ti ga ti on Prac ti ce Group and haspre sen ted pa pers at in ter na tio nal con fe ‐ren ces and pu blis hed on li ti ga ti on andar bi tra ti on in Swit zer land and ab road. Inad di ti on, he is a past Vice Chair of theAme ri can Bar As so cia ti on Sec tion of In ‐ter na tio nal Law’s In ter na tio nal Li ti ga ti onCom mit tee and a past Chair of Dis pu teRe so lu ti on In ter na tio nal (DRI).
Die ter Hof mann stu di ed law at Zu richUni ver si ty (lic. iur. 1991). He has workedas a Dis trict Court law clerk in Zu richand as an at tor ney with ma jor law firmsin Zu rich and in Lon don. In 1994, he wasad mit ted to the Zu rich and Swiss Bar,and in 1999, he was also ad mit ted as aSo li ci tor of the Su pre me Court of Eng ‐land and Wales (not prac ti sing).
Die ter Hof mann speaks Ger man,English and French. He is re gis ter edwith the Zu rich Bar Re gis try and is ad ‐mit ted to prac ti se throug hout Swit zer ‐land.
Doing Business in Switzerland – APractical Guideby Urs P. Gnos, Theodor Härtsch,Ramona Wyss, Andrea Haefeli, GionGiger, David Vasella, Davide Cerutti,Marco Galli, Roger Staub, BennoFischer-Siddiqui, Reto Jacobs, MoniqueSturny, Thomas P. Müller, Nadja D.Leuthardt, Adriano Antonietti, ValentineSchnyder, Stefan Knobloch, DimitriosBerger, Dominik Hohler, Jenny Süess,Stéphanie Oneyser, Dario Galli, MichaelKündig, Markus Vischer, Urs Schenker,Rafael Zemp, Patrick W. Vogel, LaurentSchmidt, Christian Lütolf, DanielDedeyan, Nico Bernhard, TervelStoyanov, Lukas Wyss, MarkusPfenninger, Valentin Wiesner, RafalSzala, Thiemo Sturny, Roger Ammann,Hubertus Hillerström, Ueli Sommer,Simone Wetzstein, Christoph Stutz,Nadine Mäder, Olivier Sigg, LauraLuongo, Francis Nordmann, AndréKuhn, Davide Jermini, ChristianEichenberger, Théo Meylan, ThomasMeister, Janine Corti, Robert Desax,Fabienne Limacher, Dieter Hofmann,Rodolphe Gautier, Olivia Sistovaris,Micha Bühler, Michael Feit, MauriceCourvoisier, Oliver M. Kunz, Albane deZiegler and Pascale KösterEditor[s]: Urs P. Gnos, Theodor Härtsch2020
Complex Commercial Litigation 2020:Chapter Switzerlandby Dieter Hofmann, Michael Cartier andOliver M. KunzLexology2020
Enforcement of Foreign Judgements inSwitzerland 2020by Dieter Hofmann and Oliver M. Kunzin: "Lexology / Getting The DealThrough" London, 2020
Getting the Deal Through: ComplexCommercial Litigation 2018 -Switzerlandby Dieter Hofmann, Oliver M. Kunz andMichael Cartierin: Getting the Deal Through 2018, pp.89-94, 23 November 2017
5 Jahre ZPO aus der Sicht desinternationalen Zivilprozesses und derSchiedsgerichtsbarkeit [5 years Swiss Civil Procedure Code –international aspects and arbitration]by Dieter Hofmann and Anja I. Fuchsin: Dolge (Editor[s]), "5 Jahre ZPO –Stolpersteine und überraschendeEntwicklungen" Zurich, 2016, pp. 115–153
For a complete list of publicationsplease visit our website:www.walderwyss.com/dieter.hofmann
Product Liability in Switzerlandby Dieter Hofmann and Christine LeuchLexologyOctober 2015
Complex Commercial Litigation inSwitzerland 2019by Dieter Hofmann, Oliver M. Kunz andMichael Cartierin: "Getting The Deal Through" London, 2018, pp. 93-99
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