Biography: Arbitration

Nathalie Voser is a partner in Schellenberg Wittmer's dispute resolution group and head of the international arbitration group in Zurich. She has extensive experience in the representation of parties in international arbitration cases. Furthermore, she has particular expertise in disputes relating to construction and civil engineering projects, mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures, international commodity sales and licence agreements as well as the automotive and pharmaceutical industries. In addition to acting as counsel, she is also regularly appointed as arbitrator (co-arbitrator or chairperson) under various institutional arbitration rules and in ad hoc arbitrations.

Nathalie Voser was admitted to the Bar in Switzerland in 1990, after graduating from the University of Basel where she obtained her law degree (summa cum laude) in 1988. After a doctoral dissertation in the area of private international law (summa cum laude), she received an LLM from Columbia University (New York) with honours in 1994. She was raised bilingual in French and German, is equally fluent in English and has a good working knowledge of Italian.

Nathalie Voser also has a strong academic background. Since 1999, she has regularly taught courses on conflicts of law and the Swiss code of obligations. In 2005, she obtained a venia docendi in Swiss private law, international private law and comparative law from the University of Basel, where she is an assistant professor (Privatdozentin). Among other subjects, she teaches international arbitration in the MA programme at the University of Basel.

Nathalie Voser served as rapporteur for the IBA Guidelines of Conflicts of Interest and was a member of the Drafting Subcommittee of the Taskforce on the Revision of the ICC Rules of Arbitration.

Articles recently published by Nathalie Voser focus on international commercial arbitration dealing with matters such as conflicts of interests, provisional measures and multiparty arbitration and certain areas of Swiss and comparative substantive law. She has given numerous presentations in these areas in Europe and the US and also has co-authored a textbook on international arbitration in Switzerland.

Schellenberg Wittmer is one of the leading business law firms in Switzerland. Over 130 lawyers in Zurich and Geneva advise domestic and international clients on all aspects of business law. The firm's areas of expertise include: banking and finance, competition and antitrust, dispute resolution and international arbitration, intellectual property/information technology, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital, private clients, trusts and estates, foundations, real estate and construction, restructuring and insolvency, taxation, white-collar crime and compliance.

Biography: Commercial Litigation

Nathalie Voser is a partner in Schellenberg Wittmer's dispute resolution group and head of the international arbitration group in Zurich. She has extensive experience in the representation of parties in international arbitration cases. Furthermore, she has particular expertise in disputes relating to construction and civil engineering projects, mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures, international commodity sales and licence agreements as well as the automotive and pharmaceutical industries. In addition to acting as counsel, she is also regularly appointed as arbitrator (co-arbitrator or chairperson) under various institutional arbitration rules and in ad hoc arbitrations.

Nathalie Voser was admitted to the Bar in Switzerland in 1990, after graduating from the University of Basel where she obtained her law degree (summa cum laude) in 1988. After a doctoral dissertation in the area of private international law (summa cum laude), she received an LLM from Columbia University (New York) with honours in 1994. She was raised bilingual in French and German, is equally fluent in English and has a good working knowledge of Italian.

Nathalie Voser also has a strong academic background. Since 1999, she has regularly taught courses on conflicts of law and the Swiss code of obligations. In 2005, she obtained a venia docendi in Swiss private law, international private law and comparative law from the University of Basel, where she is an assistant professor (Privatdozentin). Among other subjects, she teaches international arbitration in the MA programme at the University of Basel.

Nathalie Voser served as rapporteur for the IBA Guidelines of Conflicts of Interest and was a member of the Drafting Subcommittee of the Taskforce on the Revision of the ICC Rules of Arbitration.

Articles recently published by Nathalie Voser focus on international commercial arbitration dealing with matters such as conflicts of interests, provisional measures and multiparty arbitration and certain areas of Swiss and comparative substantive law. She has given numerous presentations in these areas in Europe and the US and also has co-authored a textbook on international arbitration in Switzerland.

Schellenberg Wittmer is one of the leading business law firms in Switzerland. Over 130 lawyers in Zurich and Geneva advise domestic and international clients on all aspects of business law. The firm's areas of expertise include: banking and finance, competition and antitrust, dispute resolution and international arbitration, intellectual property/information technology, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital, private clients, trusts and estates, foundations, real estate and construction, restructuring and insolvency, taxation, white-collar crime and compliance.