Database of arbitrators
Dr. Niklaus Zaugg
Partner
CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd
Gender: Male
Nationality: Swiss
Address: 8022 Zurich,
Country: Switzerland
Email Address: niklaus.zaugg@cms-vep.com
Phone: +41442851111
Website: https://cms.law/en/che/people/niklaus-zaugg
Languages: German Native, English Fluent, French Fluent, Spanish Knowledge
Experience as sole arbitrator: Yes , 2 cases
Experience as co-arbitrator: Yes , 4 cases
Experience as presiding arbitrator: No
Experience as counsel in arbitration proceedings: Yes , 30 cases
Legal systems: Civil Law
Bar Admission: 2006: Admission to the bar (Zurich, Switzerland)
Fields of arbitration specialization: Construction & Infrastructure, Corporate law / M&A, Finance & Banking
Publications:
• Upcoming: Schulthess Commentary: Die revidierte ZPO – Gesetzesausgabe annoté (in particular Articles regarding domestic arbitration)
• Business Human Rights – A new field of activity for international arbitration?, ASA Bulletin 1/2021
• Imposing Virtual Arbitration Hearings in Times of COVID-19: The Swiss Perspective, Kluwer Arbitration Blog, January 2021
• The modification of Switzerland’s international arbitration law, CMS International Disputes Digest, June 2020
• The New Swiss Financial Market Legislation – New Momentum for ADR?, juriste international 4/2019, Union Internationale des Avocats, March 2020
• ADR under the new Swiss Financial Services Act, CMS International Disputes Digest, July 2019
• Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit als alternative Streitbeilegungsmethode, KMU Magazin Nr. 09, September 2018
• Implications of Third Party Funding on the integrity of arbitral proceedings – Is there need for action in Switzerland?, Von A wie Arbitration über T wie Transport bis Z wie Zivilprozess – Liber discipulorum für Professor Dr. Andreas Furrer zum 55. Geburtstag, April 2018
• Objective scope of res judicata of arbitral awards – Is there room for discretion?, ASA Bulletin 2/2017, June 2017
• Teil- und Zwischenschiedssprüche – Treue Diener im Dienste der Verfahrensökonomie?, News Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit der Zürcher Handelskammer, May 2016
• Vorprozessualer Anspruch von Bankkunden auf Erstellung von Stichtagbewertungen ihrer Portfolios?, AJP/PJA 7/2015, July 2015
• Verfahrensgliederung in der internationalen Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit – Wirkungsweise von Teil- und Zwischenschiedssprüchen unter dem 12. Kapitel IPRG, Luzerner Beiträge zur Rechtswissenschaft, Diss. Lucerne/Zurich 2014
• How caucusing and other elements of mediation fit into International Commercial Arbitration, The Australian ADR Reporter, June 2012 [awarded Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Australia Branch) Book Price]