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Andreas Hauenstein

LL.M., Partner, Co-Head Dispute Resolution
ah@bmlaw.ch +41 44 215 44 77
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Ruben Morillas

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Andreas Hauenstein is co-head of the Dispute Resolution Team at Baumgartner Mächler. For more than 20 years, he has been advising Swiss and foreign companies and individuals, in particular from the UK and the US, in all areas of commercial law. Andreas has extensive experience in civil litigation and national and international arbitration proceedings (Swiss Rules, ICC, LCIA) of all sizes and complexities.
  • 2009 Partner in Baumgartner Mächler
  • 2008 Lax & Co LLP, London
  • 2003 Associate with Baumgartner Mächler
  • 2001 Law Clerk at the District Court of Zurich
  • 2000 Clerk at the District Court of Zurich
  • 2006 University of Zurich/European Institute (LL.M.)
  • 2003 Admitted to the bar
  • 2000 University of Zurich (lic. iur.)
  • Company Law and other corporate Law
  • Shareholders’ agreements (ABV)
  • Banking Law
  • Contract Law
  • Enforcement Law
  • Employment Law
  • Asset recovery (e.g. fraud)
  • National and international debt collection and bankruptcy Law
  • International mutual legal assistance in criminal matters
  • German
  • English
  • French
  • Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
  • Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
  • Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) (View ASA Profile)
  • International Bar Association (IBA)

A selection of current cases includes:

  • Representation of former shareholders of Credit Suisse in review proceedings pursuant to Art. 105 FusG before the Commercial Court of the Canton of Zurich.
  • Representation of a foreign trading company in the enforcement of a foreign judgment and the recovery of assets in Switzerland.
  • Representation of companies and individuals in connection with investments in two Swiss limited companies.
  • Representation of a private individual in two arbitration proceedings concerning inheritance law (Swiss Rules).
  • Representation of a private individual in a dispute arising from a shareholders’ agreement in arbitration proceedings (Swiss Rules).
  • Expert witness on Swiss company law in civil proceedings before the High Court of Justice in London.
  • Representation of private individuals in a contractual dispute before the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (judgement 5A_579/2021).
  • Representing a party in an international commercial dispute before the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA).
  • Advising an American law firm in connection with a class action in New York with a Swiss connection.
  • Advising an English law firm and English liquidators on the recognition of an English bankruptcy order and the recovery of assets.
  • 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.