구성원
Wolfgang Peter
Senior PartnerTEL +41 58 317 70 70
EMAIL wpeter@peterandkim.com
자격 Geneva, 1979
언어 German, English, French
전문분야
- Arbitration / Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Distribution / Agency
- Joint Ventures / Consortia
- Investments & BITs
- Mergers & Acquisitions
산업분야
- Automotive & Heavy Industry
- Construction & Engineering
- Electricity Supply
- Fashion & Luxury Goods
- Oil & Gas
- Pharmaceutical & Biotech
Dr. Wolfgang Peter is recognized by clients and his peers as one of the most in-demand counsels and arbitrators in Europe and globally. Dr. Peter is particularly active in cases involving complex issues of valuations, including post-M&A disputes, joint ventures and projects stemming from the heavy industry.
He has particular expertise in cases involving gas & oil contracts, including upstream and downstream projects, as well as price reviews under long-term gas supply agreements. In recent years, he has been involved in numerous arbitrations stemming from transactions in the Asia-Pacific region. Dr. Peter regularly advises third-party funding companies in evaluating the merits of the Claimant(s)’ cases, especially with regard to damage claims.
An active speaker and contributor to the arbitration community at large, he is a member of the LCIA Board of Directors and of the ASA Board. Prior to his new venture, Dr. Peter founded and headed the arbitration group of Python & Peter, and acted as a CEO of two luxury watch-making companies, for 12 years.
- Counsel in an ad hoc arbitration between a state-owned enterprise and a sovereign state, involving aspects of public international law, with an amount in dispute of USD several billion.
- Counsel in a case involving two state-owned entities in a highly complex ad hoc arbitration stemming from oil production and delivery agreements, securing an award of more than a billion USD for our clients.
- Counsel to a major energy conglomerate in its price adjustment disputes against another European major relating to long-term gas supply agreements subject to ICC Rules.
- Counsel in an ad hoc arbitration stemming from the production sharing agreement for unconventional gas in the Asia-Pacific region.
- Chairman of the Arbitral Tribunal in the Vivendi v. Elektrim arbitration, an important decision on the interrelation between arbitral proceedings and bankruptcy, confirmed by two instances of the English courts.
- Co-counsel in an ICC arbitration concerning the break-up of Arthur Andersen, resulting in a seminal decision of the Swiss Supreme Court on the joinder of the arbitration agreements.
- Who’s Who Legal (WWL): Thought Leaders 2019-2020; Arbitration Switzerland 2010-2020, National Leader
- Who’s Who Legal (WWL): Energy, Construction 2019-2020 Global Leader
- Chambers Global and Europe: Most in Demand Arbitrators and Counsel (2016-2020)
- Founding Partner of Python & Peter, Geneva (1981-2015)
- CEO of Breguet and Jaquet Droz (1987-2000)
- Adviser to the Federal Minister of Justice and Police (1980-1982)
- Secretary of the Federal Expert Commission on Swiss Company Law (1979-1980)
- Doctorate in Law Degree, University of Frankfurt (1986)
- Visiting Scholar, Harvard Law School (1982-1983)
- Bachelor of Law Degree, University of Lausanne (1977)
- Doctorate in Economics, University of Lausanne (1975)
- Degree in Political Science, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva (1974)
- Bachelor of Business Administration, University of Lausanne (1972)
- Member of the Board of Directors of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
- International Bar Association
- Geneva Arbitration Association
- Geneva Association of Business Law
- Material Adverse Change Clauses: Some Practical Thoughts, in Contemporary Issues in International Arbitration andMediation – The Fordham Papers 2015, Edited by ArthurW. Rovine, 2017, p. 203-213
- Witness ‘Conferencing’, Arbitration International, Volume 18, Issue 1, 1 March 2002, Pages 47–58; A seminal article introducing the practice of witness conferencing
- Arbitration & Renegotiation of Intl Investment Agreements, 2 Editions, Kluwer Law Publications, 1986 and 1995