Baumgartner Mächler Rechtsanwälte

Professional experience

Andreas Hauenstein is head of the litigation and arbitration team. For more than 20 years, Andreas Hauenstein has advised and acted as counsel to companies and individuals in disputes concerning commercial and corporate law, contract law, employment law as well as debt enforcement and bankruptcy law. Due to his consistent focus on dispute resolution in contract and commercial law cases, Andreas Hauenstein has a lot of experience in out-of-court disputes and negotiations, as well as the management of complex litigation and arbitration proceedings in a national as well as international context.

Andreas Hauenstein has special expertise in the representation of shareholders, shareholder groups or corporations in all sorts of corporate law matters and disputes. Acting as counsel to shareholders, corporations and corporate bodies in cases of liability of directors and officers in particular is a core area of his practice. Andreas Hauenstein also has special experience in acting as counsel to private and institutional clients in disputes against banks relating to investment advisory and investment management contracts. Another core area of his practice is the recovery of assets, in particular in cases of fraud. Further, Andreas Hauenstein acts as counsel in cases of mutual legal assistance in criminal matters.

Career

2009    Partner at Baumgartner Mächler
2008    Lax & Co LLP, London
2006    University of Zurich/Europe Institute (LL.M.)
2003    Associate at Baumgartner Mächler
2003    Admission to the bar
2001    Law Clerk at the District Court of Zurich
2000    Trainee at the District Court of Zurich
2000    University of Zurich (lic. iur.)

Languages

German, English, French

Admission

Admitted to the Swiss Bar

Areas of expertise

• Stock corporation law and corporate law
• Banking law
• Contract law
• Labour law
• Fraud (recovery of assets)
• Debt and bankruptcy law
• International mutual legal assistance in criminal matters

Memberships

Swiss Bar Association (SAV), Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
International Bar Association (IBA)

Publications

Andreas Hauenstein regularly publishes articles on the latest Swiss case law in corporate law matters on his blog corporatelitigation.

Punitive Damages im internationalen Zivilprozessrecht und der internationalen Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit,
in: Veröffentlichungen aus dem Nachdiplomstudium Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht der Universität Zürich und dem Europa Institut Zürich, Band 46, Zürich 2007.

Die Vollstreckbarerklärung der englischen Freezing order unter dem Lugano-Übereinkommen und das rechtliche Gehör,
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Zivilprozessrecht (SZZP) 2/2007, S. 187 f.